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Widget ideasWidget ideasWidget ideas 04/11/2005 04:59 PM Tom and I were talking about how useless most of the currently existing Dashboard Widgets are, and this guy agrees: What I'm afraid we're going to see is a huge influx of extraordinarily useless stuff—more iTunes controllers, duplications of existing... This is a GrokNews Entry: (what is grok?)Widget ideasGrok Headline matches for Widget ideaswidGetwidGet 04/27/2004 01:02 PM Discontinued The Rocket WidgetThe Rocket Widget 12/30/2004 02:12 PM Now I'm not much of a drinker, but I do imbibe from time to time. Last night I got a wild hair and picked up a six-pack of Guinness Draught Bottles, (when I drink beer, I like to taste beer) and cracked one open when I got home. I didn't bother reading the label or anything... a good beer is a good beer, right? Pop the top and enjoy. The part of the label I did read was that you don't need a glass to get the full experience with this stuff, so bottoms up! But when I got to the bottom of the bottle, I found something more than beer in there. "What the ????" A little plastic thingy that looked to be part of the filling equipment was rattling around inside. By this time I'm looking pretty closely at the label for a phone number to call and complain. (I'm not big on product liability lawsuits, but I've got to admit, the thought of a fat settlement check did cross my mind.) The label didn't really say anything about it, but did have a web address, and there I got the straight poop.
Turns out they've had this feature in their bottled brew since 2001 (shows how often I get out!) Neat idea. And thinking back, I do remember having a bit more froth whilst sipping than I'd usually experience with a bottle of beer. I'll have to pay more attention on my next one. CGI-Widget-FilloutFormCGI-Widget-FilloutForm 05/12/2004 07:11 AM Zero Memory Widget 0.0.6Zero Memory Widget 0.0.6 05/18/2004 08:47 AM A widget library without a single bit of storage per widget. Widget-Meta-0.03Widget-Meta-0.03 09/18/2004 05:15 PM Widget WarsWidget Wars 09/04/2004 01:53 PM Longhorn may be 2 years away but the battle for your desktop has already begun. Longhorn will introduce a new user interface design language called XAML. XAML on its own would be yet another user interface markup language. But combine XAML with the compositer in Longhorn and you can imagine all kinds of really cool mini-applications being created. When someone talks about MacOS X's "Dashboard" bear in mind that Microsoft's XAML predates it in announcement and may deliver much the same thing. Widgets are essentially mini-applications but without the overhead associated with a stand alone program. All of the widget-enabling programs give users a tiny glimpse of the cool stuff one might do with Longhorn and the compositer in terms of app creation. And one can easily imagine all these widget applications eventually supporting XAML to usher in a whole new wave of desktop customization. We here at Neowin have seen the rise of desktop customization over the past few years and widgets may be the next stage in that development, particularly when one considers the potential of Longhorn. This article below goes through the various widget enabling programs already available and explains what's cool about them.  View: Article: Widget Wars News source: In-houseRead full story... It's that Serenity widget againIt's that Serenity widget again 06/17/2005 03:22 PM My Serenity Countdown Widget finally showed up on Apple's Dashboard Widgets download site. It's pretty darn cool seeing my name on an Apple page, I have to admit. If you want it, you can grab it there, or you can... Zero Memory Widget 0.0.7Zero Memory Widget 0.0.7 06/02/2004 08:29 AM A widget library without a single bit of storage per widget. CGI-Widget-DBI-SearchCGI-Widget-DBI-Search 05/12/2004 07:11 AM Widget-Meta-0.01Widget-Meta-0.01 09/17/2004 12:42 AM The Tk Text WidgetThe Tk Text Widget 01/16/2004 10:59 AM The powerful text widget in the Tk toolkit offers many facilities to writers of Tcl, Perl and Python scripts. Widget-Meta-0.02Widget-Meta-0.02 09/17/2004 06:35 AM Xbae Widget SetXbae Widget Set 01/19/2004 04:16 PM Xbae 4.50.5 is out CGI-Widget-Path-0.01CGI-Widget-Path-0.01 01/22/2004 06:15 PM The Tk Canvas WidgetThe Tk Canvas Widget 02/10/2004 07:36 AM The canvas widget in the Tk toolkit is a powerful free software tool for creating and manipulating structured graphics. Widget syndicationWidget syndication 04/09/2004 04:06 PM One or two examples are emerging of the use of web services to call up bits of functionality on demand. There's a ... Zero Memory Widget 0.0.8Zero Memory Widget 0.0.8 06/15/2004 06:42 AM A widget library without a single bit of storage per widget. Canvas Widget 1.0.0Canvas Widget 1.0.0 11/03/2003 04:23 AM A canvas widget for EiffelVision2. Zero Memory Widget 0.0.5Zero Memory Widget 0.0.5 12/15/2003 07:06 AM A widget library without a single bit of storage per widget. Zero Memory Widget 0.0.10Zero Memory Widget 0.0.10 07/28/2004 09:43 AM A widget library without a single bit of storage per widget. Zero Memory Widget 0.0.9Zero Memory Widget 0.0.9 07/07/2004 08:11 AM A widget library without a single bit of storage per widget. Zero Memory Widget 0.0.2Zero Memory Widget 0.0.2 10/31/2003 12:49 PM A widget library without a single bit of storage per widget. Dashboard: Widget (In)SecurityDashboard: Widget (In)Security 06/05/2005 10:56 PM Macworld: Dori Smith: “A new Web page documents an issue with Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger’s new Dashboard feature that, left unchecked, could potentially be exploited by malware developers, according to the page’s author. The exploit is described and demonstrated on a page called Zaptastic: Blueprint for a widget of mass destruction.” Guis widget server 1.5Guis widget server 1.5 05/09/2004 05:12 PM A Gtk2 widget server that uses scriptable protocols. HTML-Widget-sideBar-1.01.1HTML-Widget-sideBar-1.01.1 01/18/2004 06:01 PM Servlet Widget ToolkitServlet Widget Toolkit 04/21/2004 10:04 AM First version released Soundblox Laszlo WidgetSoundblox Laszlo Widget 01/09/2004 09:58 PM Marc Canter has got a groovy, personalized embedded MP3 player on his blog, built with Laszlo XML-based Flash presentation server. Good stuff! Widget Machine launchesWidget Machine launches 06/17/2005 03:21 PM There's been a lot of talk in the Dashboard Widget world about whether or not a site can successfully sell widgets. Widget Machine is the first site to launch that aims to do just that. I don't like their UI... Guis widget server 1.6Guis widget server 1.6 12/30/2004 11:55 AM A Gtk2 widget server that uses scriptable protocols. Let's Build Another Dashboard WidgetLet's Build Another Dashboard Widget 06/17/2005 03:51 PM Even though no real development environment exists now, there are some tricks and techniques that can be used to make Dashboard widget development easier. Andrew Anderson explores some tricks and techniques and presents a widget that uses JavaScript's XMLHttpRequest method to retrieve spelling suggestions from Google. 10.4: Enable the decimal key in
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WORLDview Widget is a Dashboard widget that shows you
maps of all countries in the world. It gives you also the
continent, capital, coordinates, and the national flag.