http://illusoryfollies.com/a-useful-widget-at-last/ Code, Technology, and Ramblings Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:10:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://illusoryfollies.com/a-useful-widget-at-last/comment-page-1/#comment-985 Bill Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:48:43 +0000 http://illusoryfollies.com/2008/02/13/a-useful-widget-at-last/#comment-985 Ooooh, I like that. Ooooh, I like that.

]]> http://illusoryfollies.com/a-useful-widget-at-last/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Dave Feucht Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:54:15 +0000 http://illusoryfollies.com/2008/02/13/a-useful-widget-at-last/#comment-982 Well, I don't know if it's really *useful* so much, but when I used to actually use Dashboard, I had a widget that would display webcams (you just point it at the URL), and I would keep ones from Vilnius, Lithuania (where we lived for a year), the Eiffel Tower, etc. I mean, who wouldn't like to take a break around 1pm (PST) to see the Eiffel Tower all lit up and sparkly? The problem is, that's about the only thing I ever used, and as Dashboard has a rather large memory footprint, I just decided to disable it and stop using it. I agree, interesting idea, not terribly useful for me. Expose, on the other hand... Well, I don’t know if it’s really *useful* so much, but when I used to actually use Dashboard, I had a widget that would display webcams (you just point it at the URL), and I would keep ones from Vilnius, Lithuania (where we lived for a year), the Eiffel Tower, etc. I mean, who wouldn’t like to take a break around 1pm (PST) to see the Eiffel Tower all lit up and sparkly? The problem is, that’s about the only thing I ever used, and as Dashboard has a rather large memory footprint, I just decided to disable it and stop using it. I agree, interesting idea, not terribly useful for me. Expose, on the other hand…

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