I’m sticking with Klipfolio (of which I still prefer v3 over v4) which keeps things in nice fully expandable/contractable block widgets/klips that make much more sense and keep things tidy.

Sure it doesn’t have to appeal to everyone, but I just don’t see why it would appeal to anyone who really uses a computer.

http://widgets.yahoo.com/galle.....=0&y=0

It’s not worth describing at the moment, but these things are really working for me as a matter of the way I’ve been trying to work my desktop since Win95, ‘cept with broadband connectivity & stuff for all kindsa custom data delivery, etc. I think they’re cool.

The cool thing is, you have a choice. You can have some, all, or none of your widgets on your desktop. And even neater, you can leave the dock visible so that you can see info from your widgets (like the stock ticker and weather and such) in a clean way… instead of all over the desktop (or heads-up display)

Vista Sidebar Gadgets (desktop widgets) and Live Gadgets (web page widgets) are two DIFFERENT THINGS. Different products, different coding platform etc. etc. A Live Gadget can not live on your desktop/sidebar and a Sidebar Gadget cannot live on a web page. Got it?

So yeah, Apple’s approach works for me. Yahoo’s is useless.

- Yahoo Widgets; are nice, and worthy…

- Do they gain anything besides the ”psuedo” ‘change yahoo to your search engine, make yahoo your homepage?” install ?

- Rb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnRw0-d3lJw

Actually, there are numerous ways to get Dashboard widgets on the desktop: 1) a drag and click trick (for one widget at a time), 2) a hidden “dev mode” (for as many widgets you want) 2) and the shareware tools Amnesty and Amnnesty Singles (for widgets on the desktop with Konfab like features such as window level and opacity).

Does anyone have any original ideas these days?

I have strong opinions too - having uninstalled konfabulator (from my XP system where there was no alternative) and rarely switching to the Google personalized view because both of these were distracting, I have found Apple’s approach gives me something I can actually use.

I think what triggered my comment was the spectre of ‘worth-it’s-weight-in-bullet-points’ reviewing, all too common in product reviews in general, but rarely seen here.

But I do occasionally throw a bone Apple’s way.

http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/apple

Most people find their computer desktop to already be overloaded and distracting without having extra flashy and animated information displays added to it. On top of that, having the widgets on the desktop means that whatever habits you’ve developed around organizing your applications will have to adapt to the presence of the widgets.

This is the reasoning behind Apple’s decision to put the widgets on a separate page. If you really want to put Dashboard widgets on the desktop, there is a freeware tool (called amnesty) that will let you do that.

I’m not sure how many people find it easier to have the widgets on the desktop, and how many like them to be on a separate sheet - and clearly people have individual preferences - but to state that one approach is superior to the other without exploring this issue is obviously biased.