QotD: Widgets
Posted June 12th, 2005 @ 05:24pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: How many Dashboard Widgets do you have?
My Answer: 14 standard widgets in /Library/Widgets and an additional 10 in ~/Library/Widgets (Air Traffic Control, DaisyTracker, Delicious Library [which still doesn't work], DoppleViewer, Golf Tips, Package Tracker, Self Defense Counter, Stats for AdSense, TV Tracker, Type Cast).
I don't necessarily like all of the third-party ones, but I'll wait for 10.4.2 before I get heavily into managing them.
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4 Responses to "QotD: Widgets"
Posted 13 Jun 2005 at 3:20am #
The Delicious Library widget didn't work for me at first, but I was able to make it work by quitting the application, deleting the contents of the folder in which it creates all it's spotlight searchable stuff (which should be located at ~/library/caches/metadata/Delicious Library Items/), then re-launching the app (which then recreates all the spotlight searchable items).
Posted 13 Jun 2005 at 7:44am #
That seems to have worked, Matt. Now what's your answer to the question?
Posted 14 Jun 2005 at 9:21am #
Let's see ... I'm using the standard yellow pages, dictionary, address book, iTunes remote, "converter" app, calculator (I actually use this a lot), and one sticky note. The only additional widget I added was Wikipedia, since I'm a wikipedia addict.
I haven't really researched a lot of widgets, to tell you the truth. Why are you waiting for 10.4.2 to deal with managing them?
Posted 14 Jun 2005 at 10:16am #
I'm waiting because 10.4.2 will have better widget management features.