Comments on: dashboard for pc, does anyone make it ?

Question: dashboard for pc, does anyone make it ?

dawdle — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:33:39 -0800

I love the dashboard program available on macs. is there an equivalent for pc's?

i especially love the flight info widget. i use google's desktop sidebar app and that's pretty good but want more.

By: selfnoise

selfnoise — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:36:30 -0800

Yahoo Widgets. Otherwise known as Konfabulator.

By: oddman

oddman — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:42:45 -0800

I use konfabulator on both my laptop and desktop. It works great.

By: subclub

subclub — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:08:24 -0800

Another fan here. If Konfabulator's good enough for Apple to rip off, it's good enough for you to use!

By: dawdle

dawdle — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:26:33 -0800

just got it and loving it. thanks mefi !

By: fenriq

fenriq — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:01:00 -0800

Going one step further, since I've used Konfabulator in the past and thought it was neat but not particularly useful, what are the best widgets that folks use?

There seem to be an awful lot of really pointless widgets.

By: subclub

subclub — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:16:28 -0800

fenriq,

Word. If it wasn't for iTunes Bar (ignore the hideous default skin) I probably wouldn't be using konfab. mini Weather is also a fixture on my desktop.

By: oddman

oddman — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:31:07 -0800

I like Detour, THnotes, for all of my computers. For my laptop I'm a big fan of the various wi-fi meters and battery meters. Finally, I don't live in a city big enough to need one, but the traffic cams always seem like a really good idea for those who do.

By: grahamwell

grahamwell — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:18:17 -0800

Here's a Metafilter widget based on the standard RSS newsreader.