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Eidorian
Jul 15, 2006, 06:55 PM
Not the most appropriate of places to leak some information. Take it for what it's worth. The poster seemed knowledgeable enough to answer my questions quickly and effectively. I think it's odd for Apple to use viral marketing even if it is fake. It seems fake to me but a little hype helps.

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doowrehs
Jul 17, 2006, 09:28 PM
I can't quite believe this is real, but some of the stuff mentioned and pictured certainly seems more plausible than that found in other Leopard fakes...
p0intblank
Jul 17, 2006, 09:46 PM
There are most likely not real, but I would LOVE to have the Dashboard Widgets mountable on the desktop. I have a few of Yahoo!'s Widgets on my desktop now and I find it much more convenient to look at them that way, rather than having to switch to the Dashboard.
WildCowboy
Jul 17, 2006, 09:52 PM
There are most likely not real, but I would LOVE to have the Dashboard Widgets mountable on the desktop. I have a few of Yahoo!'s Widgets on my desktop now and I find it much more convenient to look at them that way, rather than having to switch to the Dashboard.

You can put widgets on the Desktop already by enabling developer mode.
baby duck monge
Jul 17, 2006, 09:57 PM
You can put widgets on the Desktop already by enabling developer mode.

Any way you could provide a few more details about that? Like what you do after you enable the developer mode? It definitely sounds like something I would be interested in doing!
dornoforpyros
Jul 17, 2006, 10:17 PM
I'd say someone's yanking your chain, given apples history of secretsy I can't see them starting a viral campaign for something like this. Maybe a new iPod campaign ala Gabbo from the simpsons where it's in your face. But sending people to message boards seems very un-apple.
mark!
Jul 17, 2006, 10:24 PM
You can put widgets on the Desktop already by enabling developer mode.

i think it should be easier. some switchers & not so computer literate (or wahateveR) mac users are scared of things like terminal. it needs to be more....user friendly like the rest of thee system. and in developer mode you can only have 1 widget on the desktop.
thejadedmonkey
Jul 17, 2006, 10:43 PM
Just go to dashboard, drag a new widget, but before you let go, close dashboard. The widget will stick to the desktop. It's that easy..no dev. mode.
mark!
Jul 17, 2006, 10:53 PM
Just go to dashboard, drag a new widget, but before you let go, close dashboard. The widget will stick to the desktop. It's that easy..no dev. mode.

only one is lame.
xfiftyfour
Jul 17, 2006, 11:20 PM
only one is lame.

yeah, and it disappears after you re-open dashboard.
Lollypop
Jul 18, 2006, 12:46 AM
Think they are fake as well. Few cool features, but very un-apple like if you ask me. Where is the apple menu, and the dock? the idea of having minmized apps on the desktop though does seem neat.
mark!
Jul 18, 2006, 01:24 AM
yeah, and it disappears after you re-open dashboard.

which is teh suxxx0rz.