Cool Widgets 1-2-3

Yahoo! Messenger - Chat, Instant message, SMS, PC Calls and More

A good 'ole favorite you can't be without is a great instant messenger. I've used many in the past but I have actually found Yahoo's IM bearable when it comes to interuptting my work online. A simple little beep let's me know I have new Gmail(yes and Ymail) and I can quickly respond to twitter following or other blo discussion's I might be involved in.This desktop widget is a no-brainer.

Widgetbox › Full Size Synth Piano Widget

This fun widget from Widgetbox let's you experiment with a real keyboard and synthesizing features all from your flash desktop! Very cool.

Green Clock - Yahoo! Widgets

"Within the world of desktop Widgets there are several choices.

* Apple Dashboard
* Microsoft Windows Vista Sidebar
* Google Desktop Gadgets
* Yahoo! Widgets (Konfabulator)"

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Yahoo Widgets Blog

Why choose a desktop Widget?

The advantages of a desktop Widget over a web Widget include:

* Lives outside of the browser
* Access to local resources
* Potential for offline use & background downloading
* Greater interaction with the rest of the system through standard desktop interaction.

Desktop Widgets blur the line between the web and the desktop by pulling the content out of the browser and integrating it into your desktop."

Yahoo! Widgets - Blog: "So, which Widget platform should you use?.

The simple answer to that question is “it depends”.

What are you trying to accomplish? How much (or little) power do you need? Will it be a web-only Widget, or will it run on the desktop? Do you have existing code you want (or need) to reuse? All of these factors can influence your decision."

Flickr photo widget on Yahoo! Widget Engine

Mac OS Widget for screenshot applications.

This Sedoku desktop widget from Macintosh should keep you busy for hours with the addicting mini-game.

Visit http://sedokufun.com

The Sudoku Fun Widget

Version 1.2 is now available with improved features.

Enables numeric keypad
Version 1.1

Saves progress
Checks for duplicate entries
Use cursor keys to navigate
Fixed enter key issue

This shot of a desktop equipped with 3 seperate widgets shows that widgets are not just for webpage design and HTML read pages,but they are also for handy applications while offline.

Imagine so many applications running you would need an entire desktop of widgets to monitor your precious media files.When is too much too much.They should make a widget for this.

This widget from Leopard monitors many functions surrounding your server.

The Starry Night Widget by Apple.

About Starry Night Widget
The Starry Night widget shows you the night (and daytime) sky from anywhere on Earth, for any date and time. Try these:
- See what the sky looked like on your birthday!
- Set the date to the next eclipse and see how it will look from your backyard.
- Zoom in and see galaxies and nebulae photos from Hubble and other telescopes.
- Show the constellations.

What’s New in this Version
- Mouse-over for object information.
- Click to centre objects.
- Several bug fixes.

The fanWagon American Idol Widget is bound to land on most fans of the show's desktops.

American Idol Widget Idol Mania Get all the latest info: Idol news, episode commentary, schedules and locations, and more. Cool. Simple. Free.

PixelBreaker's Polar Clock Widget.
PixelBreakers Polar Clock.

PolarClock 3.0 is now available as a screen saver for Mac and Windows, and also as a dashboard widget for OSX Tiger. This release is a total rebuild from scratch using Flash CS3, Flex Builder and ActionScript 3.0. There has been a staggering amount of feedback over the past few months, all of which was very useful. There are more things to add, but there are only so many hours in the day! New Features

Language Selection (28 languages so far)
Text alignment (outside, centre or inside of arc)
Font size 12 - 30pt
24/12 hour clock modes
Flipping of text when it’s in the lower half of the arc (to stop it being upside down)
Guidelines behind arcs
Arc properties (thickness, padding, radius )
A spacer Arc for padding between Date and Time ( movable to be between any arc)
Continuous/Stepped motion (continuous was requested a lot, so that you can see a minute slowly stretching each second to become the next minute etc).
Ordering of the arcs. You can put the arcs in any order that you want.
Colours: Luminance, change the lightness of the arcs
Colours: Saturation, change the strength of the colour
Colours: Hue offset, change the hue of the arcs to between 0º and 360º

YWe Widget moniters vital information in a funny high-tech kind of way.

From Drop Box

This Apple SMS Widget may be functional for it's application,but $129.oo to get started seems to be a letdown with all the other free uses of widgets being distributed.

This is a handy widget from Revenue Tracker,which monitors key revenue metric values.

 

The functionality of a widget may influence the looks of its design,depending on the application.Widgets can be used for many things,including adding a user interface to your web page to display rich media files,or even play a selected music play list.Or possibly even a Mobile widget application is your cup of tea?Chances are you are a fan of widgets.