why didnt anyone tell me widgets were for PC.

[Templarian]

These things are sweet, i thought only Mac could get em. Well just wanted to say that.

[Jeff Wheeler]

Because on PC they're just as annoying and useless as on Mac. :)

[MetteBB]

What the F is Widgets? :huh:

[Jeff Wheeler]

Where the H have you been? :P

(They're one of the most popular features in Mac OS X Tiger - Dashboard. They allow you to do little things and get information by a single key. You drag new widgets onto your Dashboard whenever you like. On Windows, you can use a program that has been around forever that imitates the same features,although it existed first).

[MetteBB]

oh so you're talking about the yzbar? The apple dock?

[Jeff Wheeler]

No.

(http://www.konfabulator.com/)

[lostinbeta]

No, Widgets.

In Max OS X Tiger, like Nokrev said... they exist in a program called Dashboard ( http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/dashboard/ )

For windows, the program Desktop X ( http://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/ ) (or konfabulator) was around first.

Widgets are just mini applications on your desktop that you can hide/show when you need them that help you get useful information or whatever.

Some people find them useful, other people find them to be crap.

[Jeff Wheeler]

I personally find them to be crap, or at least when I am running Photoshop, Transmit, Adium, iTunes, Automator, Safari, and TextWrangler, and none of the data shows up.

[lostinbeta]

I'm gonna stay neutral to what they are. Because while I personally don't have much need for them, I do see how they could be useful to other people.