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General Category => The Chill Out Room => Topic started by: madgaz on July 09, 2007, 09:27:34 pm

Title: Widgets
Post by: madgaz on July 09, 2007, 09:27:34 pm

Anybody added these to their desktop?

I saw them on a program in the early hours of Sunday morning (4am to be precise :o)

Think they're a good idea but I keep getting distracted at work LOL ;D

Title: Re: Widgets
Post by: Nosher on July 09, 2007, 09:43:18 pm

Wot you on about you loon ???

Title: Re: Widgets
Post by: paul_gt4 on July 09, 2007, 09:51:56 pm

they use them on that bebo thing too

Title: Re: Widgets
Post by: madgaz on July 09, 2007, 11:21:26 pm

Quote from: Nosher on July 09, 2007, 09:43:18 pm

Wot you on about you loon ???

Bloody Northerners...too tight to even do their own search ;D

Widgets can be found  HERE  (http://desktop.google.com/plugins/) (This is for the Google Widgets but there are MANY MANY more out there ;)
Basically it is just adding things to your desktop onto a little bar to the right of the screen. You can choose whether or not to have it visible at all times. They're on all the time if you want 'em to be...don't even need to be logged onto the t'internet 8)

Currently my widgets are mostly...

Murphys Law...A random 'saying' every 5-10 seconds...'Murphys golden rule...whoever has the gold makes the rules'.
Analogue Clock...Erm...an analogue clock I guess LOL...Currently reads 11.18pm (ish)
Bradford Weather...Your local weather which is constantly updated 8)...Currently Overcast and 11 Deg C
Random Photo...Randomly shows photos from your 'My Pictures' folder...Currently...A VW Polo Rally Car from the Isle of Man trip last year 8)

Title: Re: Widgets
Post by: The Doctor on July 10, 2007, 05:29:52 am

Just downloaded Bible verse of the day,only joking ;D

Title: Re: Widgets
Post by: ChrisW on July 10, 2007, 09:37:36 am

Bizarrely, ours has a clock on anyway, tho we've got the 3 day weather forecast - currently 12 degrees with a high of 18, same tomorrow, lol