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Apple Dashboard Widgets Available

stcanard said:
Just curious, but if you want it on your desktop, why don't you just run an app? I picture using dashboard for all that informational stuff that I just don't want on my desktop, because it will clutter the screen and get stuck behind all the other windows where I won't notice it anyway.
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i listen to KEXP.org all day and like to know what song they are playing. my konfabulator widget updates via their website and tells me. i just have to glance at my desktop to see the band and title. and it updates at a preset interval as long as it is running. i think dashboard only updates when it's activated so i may have to wait a second (or more) for it to update.
 
alternapop said:
i listen to KEXP.org all day and like to know what song they are playing. my konfabulator widget updates via their website and tells me. i just have to glance at my desktop to see the band and title. and it updates at a preset interval as long as it is running. i think dashboard only updates when it's activated so i may have to wait a second (or more) for it to update.
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That's interesting, and it shows that if the konfabulator people haven't thrown too much of a snit there might still be an opening for them.

See, to me desktop widgets are useless. I have so many windows open that anything that floats on top obscures something else I'm working on, and anything that doesn't float gets buried so that by the time I command tab to find it, it would have been easier to hit F12 and wait for the update.

But obviously there are a lot of people missing the desktop widgets (this reminds me a lot of what happened with expose, the Mac community was really divided on the usefulness of it based on their work patterns) and the knofabulator group already has the expertise to fill that void...
 
Highland said:
Here's a couple of widgets I'm working on with another guy (he's coding, I'm doing the graphics).

Tracker — Parcel tracking.
Eventually this will support several services.

Fuel Guage — See how much HD space is available.

Both will be available from http://www.widgetdeveloper.com/ as soon as we've finished them. The guy I'm working with has some other widgets in the pipeline. Also, we're looking for suggestions... so post them here if you'd like us to work on it.
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awesome!!!

some widgets I'd like to see:

VoiceMemo (with a simple iTunes-like drill-down filing metaphor)
ImageSearch (featuring Google and maybe others)
Remote (to control some kind of X-11 type connected interface for room lighting, etc.)

and some games to pass the time while we watch our loved ones traverse the globe in the flight info widget...

Chess (could use the same GPL'd chess engine Apple's Chess uses)
Backgammon (there's also a GPL'd engine for this)
MAME (or even a few individual remade games, like Space Invaders)
 
I like widgets on the desktop as well -- I have a number of Konfabulator widgets that I use regularly, and I like have immediate access to them. Given that widgets will run in Safari 1.3, I imagine that it will be relatively easy for someone to put together a WebKit-based engine that will run widgets on the desktop (although I really would like to see this as a built-in Dashboard option).
 
tonywalker23 said:
a Bible thing to type in a verse referance and it pulls up the verse from somewhere like biblegateway.com would be cool too.
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Hey, Tony... if you find anything like this, let me know. I would be interested as well.
 
brooklyn said:
What happens when Apple runs out of big-cat names? Will they start using Mean sounding names like?

Mac OS X v10.? "Rottweiler"
Mac OS X v10.? "Wolverine"


Go get'em Tiger!
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They have enough names to last them until OS 11. The only question I have is what will the names be then? I would prefer something that actively rubs it in MS's face.
Maybe
OS 11.0: "So hows that Longhorn thing working out" Edition
OS 11.1: "You got served" Edition
OS 11.2: "Copy THIS!" Edition
OS 11.3: "pwned!!" Edition
OS 11.4: "Making it look easy" Edition
OS 11.5: "Still here" Edition
OS 11.6: "Gates vs. Jobs" Edition
OS 11.7: "Micro Who?" Edition
OS 11.8: "Nothing but net" Edition
OS 11.9: "What does getting drop kicked by a small company feel like?" Edition


Or maybe.....

OS 11.0: "You" Edition
OS 11.1: "talk" Edition
OS 11.2: "Smack," Edition
OS 11.3: "but" Edition
OS 11.4: "what" Edition
OS 11.5: "version" Edition
OS 11.6: "Are" Edition
OS 11.7: "you" Edition
OS 11.8: "on" Edition
OS 11.9: "now?" Edition


Leave everyone hanging for the next version.... 😀
 
We are going off the topic here SiliconAddict, but take a look at that quote that I pulled from googled web site.

"According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple registered four new trademarks in early July: Cougar, Lynx, Leopard and Tiger. All four were filed under the "computer operating system software" category.'
 
I am finding Dashboard very useful, especially when in PhotoShop.
Before, I had to remember all the RGB numbers to put them into calculator to find thier mean, but now I just pull of Dashboard with its transparent background and can look at the number at the same as i punch them in.
Or to do other minor stuff without going through all those windows.

Any pro user will find them usefull. And this is becouse of all the windows and apps that we constantly have open.

what is the point of buying 20" or 23" display to gain realestate and to cover it up with those widgets?
 
So did anyone actually get to download the new widgets? Could someone help a fellow switcher who has Tiger already and post them? 😉 I could really use that fedex widget.
 
Highland said:
Here's a couple of widgets I'm working on with another guy (he's coding, I'm doing the graphics).

Tracker — Parcel tracking.
Eventually this will support several services.
Tracker.jpg
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Very cool- Good idea, I would actually use something like this.

Anyone thought of making some sort of internet phone widget?? Perhaps with skype or a similar program??
 
Highland said:
Here's a couple of widgets I'm working on with another guy (he's coding, I'm doing the graphics).

Tracker — Parcel tracking.
Eventually this will support several services.
Tracker.jpg


Fuel Guage — See how much HD space is available.
fuel_gauge_3.jpg


Both will be available from http://www.widgetdeveloper.com/ as soon as we've finished them. The guy I'm working with has some other widgets in the pipeline. Also, we're looking for suggestions... so post them here if you'd like us to work on it.
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Those widgets look cool, and the ideas behind them are great too!
 
Ideas for Widgets:

Any good designers out there?

How about a Rhyming Dictionary or a Bible Verse Look-Up Widget?

Those would be cool and frequently used.
 
adam1185 said:
Haha the tiger dev tools come with a fortune cookie widget
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There is lots of good stuff in the dev tools folder. Check out Quartz Composer, you can make your own slideshows and Apple rss type screensavers using a object oriented programming metaphor. There screensavers can respond to CPU load on one or two CPU's, audio, midi, tons of cools stuff.

I already have made 5 screensavers.
 
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