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Google Gadgets Beta for Mac
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Oh no! I hit the dashboard button or F12!
I'm not exactly sure why I haven't completely removed dashboard from my dock yet and disable the f12 hotkey. Everytime I load dashboard I hate it. My machine actually runs less efficiently when I run dashboard cause it keeps all those widgets running in memory. I run finalcut pro, photoshop, iphoto, idvd, dvd studio pro, motion, logic, etc. Having 200+mb chewed up for some lame widgets is pathetic. And that memory never comes back until I log out and log back in. So I regret every time I mistakenly hit dashboard.. bye bye memory.
I really really wish dashboard was something that allowed integration of widgets as regular applications floating around in the desktop. If they were something more accessible I'd use it. I find myself still using the regular calculator application instead of dashboard because i get the memory back when I'm done using it and I can throw it right there on the dock.
I'm not exactly sure why I haven't completely removed dashboard from my dock yet and disable the f12 hotkey. Everytime I load dashboard I hate it. My machine actually runs less efficiently when I run dashboard cause it keeps all those widgets running in memory. I run finalcut pro, photoshop, iphoto, idvd, dvd studio pro, motion, logic, etc. Having 200+mb chewed up for some lame widgets is pathetic. And that memory never comes back until I log out and log back in. So I regret every time I mistakenly hit dashboard.. bye bye memory.
I really really wish dashboard was something that allowed integration of widgets as regular applications floating around in the desktop. If they were something more accessible I'd use it. I find myself still using the regular calculator application instead of dashboard because i get the memory back when I'm done using it and I can throw it right there on the dock.
I have mixed feelings about dashboard. I liked sherlock a little more in the beginning and dashboard is just now getting some of the things I liked in sherlock, as in the Fandango movie thingy, but it's marginally useful. However, I would be nice to actually place some of them on my desktop, I know there's a hack, but I avoid hacks when possible.
I'm going to hold out on Google's widgets to see what other's think.
"But boy I'd love to have 'em installable on my iPhone"
Is that the point were all missing here ????
could this be a beta for google widgets/gadgets on the iphone ????
didn't i see an ijailbreak phone that had loads of stuff on it and you slide the pages across ??? imagine that full of widgets/gadets that you wanted.
Is that the point were all missing here ????
could this be a beta for google widgets/gadgets on the iphone ????
didn't i see an ijailbreak phone that had loads of stuff on it and you slide the pages across ??? imagine that full of widgets/gadets that you wanted.
"But boy I'd love to have 'em installable on my iPhone"
Is that the point were all missing here ????
could this be a beta for google widgets/gadgets on the iphone ????
didn't i see an ijailbreak phone that had loads of stuff on it and you slide the pages across ??? imagine that full of widgets/gadets that you wanted.
Imagine there actually being more than a couple of Google widgets which you actually wanted....
Well, I think the google widgets part is OK but I don't want the double indexing that I had to install so I'll probably install.
For those using Leopard and dashboard widgets for calculations... don't forget you can now use "spotlight" for basic math problems and instant dictionary.
I go in and out of widgets. At some points I love them and at some points I hate them. I'm glad they are included in the OS though so you have the option.
For those using Leopard and dashboard widgets for calculations... don't forget you can now use "spotlight" for basic math problems and instant dictionary.
I go in and out of widgets. At some points I love them and at some points I hate them. I'm glad they are included in the OS though so you have the option.
To me, there is practically no point to Dashboard, particularly when it is stuck on its own layer. It might be practical if it were more efficient in sharing resources between widgets, but it seem to be more of a memory hog than individual applications running anyway.
Google gadgets seem even more pointless, considering it's extra effort to install and yet another memory-hogging process running.
Google gadgets seem even more pointless, considering it's extra effort to install and yet another memory-hogging process running.
I use widgets everyday multiple times, for weather at 10-15 airports, radar,
and world clocks (over 25 widgets on demand with a corner mouse hit)
... all very helpful for a pilot on the go. Google adds sounded exciting until I looked, nothing that interesting, so I will stick with the tried and true widgets.
and world clocks (over 25 widgets on demand with a corner mouse hit)
... all very helpful for a pilot on the go. Google adds sounded exciting until I looked, nothing that interesting, so I will stick with the tried and true widgets.
Well, when Google Desktop for Mac came out, I was totally excited. But, it took me no longer than 3 days to get rid of it again because it uses way too many resources.
And unlike my excitement for Google Desktop, I can't even come up with a reason for trying these widgets.
Thanks but no thanks.
Hey Google, how about you stop creating something that people don't want and go to work on applications for the iPhone. You know how to create those.
And unlike my excitement for Google Desktop, I can't even come up with a reason for trying these widgets.
Thanks but no thanks.
Hey Google, how about you stop creating something that people don't want and go to work on applications for the iPhone. You know how to create those.
Sometimes I worry. I sit at my desk, look out of the window and think - "hmm, it looks cold." Then I hit F12 and confirm my suspicions. And check up on whether my parents are equally cold and whether I should have emmigrated. Then I hit F12 again and go back to work.
My IPhone is even worse. I can walk around town and think - "hmm, pleasantly warm". And again get some objective evidence at the touch of a button.
I wonder how our ancestors ever managed.....
My IPhone is even worse. I can walk around town and think - "hmm, pleasantly warm". And again get some objective evidence at the touch of a button.
I wonder how our ancestors ever managed.....
No way am I installing that Google Desktop crapware, I'm waiting patiently for Yahoo Widgets to gain 10.5 support.
I turned off dashboard when I realized how much those widgets were costing me just sitting there doing nothing. Lots o Ram.
I am going to invite a widget that does absolutely nothing. Am I too late, has anyone invited that yet? You know you open it up and it just sits there and does nothing. I suppose it would do something like piss off the person that downloaded it and installed it. Cool idea I should patent it and make millions of dollars, but atlas I'm too lazy.
Isn't there a catch with Google Desktop?
I think that Google Desktop not only "Spotlight"s your hard disk for rapid searching, but some sanitized version of your computer's contents "for statistical reasons" are collected by the Google Central - they get to sniff around your folders
I think that Google Desktop not only "Spotlight"s your hard disk for rapid searching, but some sanitized version of your computer's contents "for statistical reasons" are collected by the Google Central - they get to sniff around your folders
What is the the point of this anyway? OS-X already has a search function (Spotlight, duh!) and access to a whole website full of widgets.
Oh....I forgot...we were dealing with Google the Son of Microsoft who fell and hit his head one too many times on the edge of the crib.
I'm with the rest of my buddies on this thread. This is about...oh, what? *Checks watch* Four years late?
Nice try, Google. Keep up the "good" work.
And...I honestly would not be one iota surprised if Google Desktop spied on your computer. I am weary of any application put out by a massive corporation that has it's own "Market Research Division" like Google does. Believe it. A week after I signed up for GMail they sent me five page survey wanting to know all sorts of odd things about my web surfing. I put it promptly into the paper shredder.
Oh....I forgot...we were dealing with Google the Son of Microsoft who fell and hit his head one too many times on the edge of the crib.
I'm with the rest of my buddies on this thread. This is about...oh, what? *Checks watch* Four years late?
Nice try, Google. Keep up the "good" work.
And...I honestly would not be one iota surprised if Google Desktop spied on your computer. I am weary of any application put out by a massive corporation that has it's own "Market Research Division" like Google does. Believe it. A week after I signed up for GMail they sent me five page survey wanting to know all sorts of odd things about my web surfing. I put it promptly into the paper shredder.
Isn't this thread about Google Gadgets, not about some people's opinions how much they hate Mac Widgets and Dashboard?
Anyways, did anyone actually click on the link and see the Google Gadget icons? They're HORRENDOUSLY FUGLY looking. Goes to show how even the third party Widget developers (most anyways) at least understand some aesthetics, all the Google Gadgets look like Windows 3.1 icons if redrawn by a third grader using M$Paint. Apple = Creative People, Microcrap and Google peeps... not so much.
Anyways, did anyone actually click on the link and see the Google Gadget icons? They're HORRENDOUSLY FUGLY looking. Goes to show how even the third party Widget developers (most anyways) at least understand some aesthetics, all the Google Gadgets look like Windows 3.1 icons if redrawn by a third grader using M$Paint. Apple = Creative People, Microcrap and Google peeps... not so much.
I use dashboard constantly. I'm surprised no one has mentioned iStat yet, or Gmail, and only one person has mentioned the weather widget. I'm thankful I've got dashboard available, but I'm always using it.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/justforfun/plasmatubemotionlightwidget.html
One of many on the Apple Widget Downloads site.
love my Chia pet
I like dashboard. I like my Chia Pet - Funny. My translator is a nice thing to have in the environment I am (French, English, Spanish, German) Weather is always useful being in Canada.
I guess I wouldn't use the google gadgs. Not because the "fanboi" in me. IMO if ain't broken don't fix it.
I like dashboard. I like my Chia Pet - Funny. My translator is a nice thing to have in the environment I am (French, English, Spanish, German) Weather is always useful being in Canada.
I guess I wouldn't use the google gadgs. Not because the "fanboi" in me. IMO if ain't broken don't fix it.
What can you do with a Google Gadget that you can't do with a regular Widget? Seems like a waste to me. Why not just use a native Widget?
Anyway, I love Widgets. Weather, Date, Calculator, Dictionary and iStat I use on pretty much a daily basis. The new movie widget is brilliant...it saves me from having to load up Safari and navigate to websites when I want to see a flick. And unit conversion is extremely useful to me as I often purchase materials and need to make conversions of size. But what does Google Gadgets offer differently from what I can already get?
Anyway, I love Widgets. Weather, Date, Calculator, Dictionary and iStat I use on pretty much a daily basis. The new movie widget is brilliant...it saves me from having to load up Safari and navigate to websites when I want to see a flick. And unit conversion is extremely useful to me as I often purchase materials and need to make conversions of size. But what does Google Gadgets offer differently from what I can already get?