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    What are your favorite Widgets?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by loesjoel, Jul 10, 2006.

  1. loesjoel

    loesjoel Notebook Consultant

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    Someone just suggested I look at widgets for a certain program I'd like, so I've just dove into the world of Yahoo Widgets. I'm just wondering what your favorite widgets are, what they do, where you got them, and all the such! Right now I'm just using two preloaded widgets - the yahoo weather and notepad, though I don't think the notepad will stay around as it's not doing what I want it to do.

    So go ahead, post your favorites and tell us about them (including how much memory they seem to use up).

    One of my personal favorites (aside from the weather one) is The Leaky Cauldron's Harry Potter quote widget! :)
     
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    rkj__ Notebook Consultant

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    Honestly, the two that i find most useful are both pre-loaded. Unit converter, and dictionary. Not much to explain there. I have several others on my dashboard, but i could stand to shed a few of them so they pop up just a little bit quicker.

    I've got the mac mini, not a laptop, but still OSX.
     
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    i haev the weather, Calendar, and Imformer Widget.
    The imformer is my favorite dashboard information displayer
     
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    loesjoel Notebook Consultant

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    What's imformer?
     
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