Yahoo releases Windows Vista Functionality for Windows XP

[perkam]

Check it out: http://widgets.yahoo.com/ .

Bill Gates must be fuming :p: Something similar to this is what Microsoft is planning for vista's launch, and its available now from Yahoo!!

Perkam

[5-Clicks]

:lol:

[perkam]

Out of the many Cool looking System utilities that can be found here:http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/index.php?category=4

Check out A DUAL PROCESSOR MONITOR !!! Showing usage of each core in a dual core cpu in a stylish way !!

http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/view.php?widget=37766

With the host of services you can display by pressing F8, i'm gonna use this as my system monitor from now on ;)

Perkam

[BRiT]

This is nothing new. Many have been running this for years. Yahoo bought out Konfabulator a while back. This is merely an updated Konfabulator and branded with Yahoo brand.

[perkam]

Well it certainly looks better :) Not to mention i dont have to sign in to Yahoo to see my Calendar...which really helps ;)

Perkam

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

sweet link. thanks.:toast:

[Thorry]

(idd this is old news)

I hate widgets, they tend to use up a lot of memory and cpu resources whilst doing pretty much nothing. When being integrated into the OS it doesn't use additional resources. Also because it can make use of OS low-level functions the overall usage will be even lower.

But for people with :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty PC's which are already slowed down by spyware, too much crappy software and nothing to do widgets can be great. Yahoo simply shows us that there are a lot of people like that.

[DAK1640]

meh, doesn't work with my XP64 system...

[MaxxxRacer]

widgets suck. they just suck up CPU cycles and memory, making your computer slower. Just look at OSX.. it has those widget things and they do nothing but slow the machine down.

[perkam]

Well it matters little if they suck...some form of them will be in windows vista, so better get used to them now ;)

Perkam

[nn_step]

And yet it still doesn't give me a reason to Leave BSD

[Revv23]

i used konfabulator waht seems like ages ago... this isnt really anything new... yahoo isnt ending the world, and a widget in this sense is nothing like a completly 3D interface that vista will bring.

[Jeff]

Heh... pretty cool if you ask me. ;)

[MaxxxRacer]

perk, its called nlite.. disable/remove them before I even install.

[speed bump]

Well if nothing else this is funny.

[Cooper]

Damn those are resources suckers :stick:
uninstalled :D

[perkam]

This turned out to be a fad for me too...excpet for the recycle bin widget...love that.

Perkam

[nn_step]

I'm sure you'll figure out how to mod your system to keep it

[saaya]

fast dl, trying it now

[saaya]

uhmmmm looks nice but the clock wont go away after i changed some setting and i cant access the widget setting of it anymore :stick:

uhm... how do i get rid of it now?

[saaya]

mmhhhhh kaaaay.... selected images from flickR and browsed through some and now it shows me a pic of some dudes balls... uh... yeah... nice pic to have on the desktop :stick:

uninstalled, nice lil thing to play with, but none of the widgets are really usefull... except for the weather forecast thing maybe...

and its really beta... lots of settings are missing for most widgets to be really usefull

[Thorry]

That's the definition of widgets: Nice but not usefull, very buggy and resource hungry...

[nn_step]

And Bug the Crap out of me

[Cooper]

It`s better to make something like this on your own.
Saaya rofl - balls on desktop. Good i haven`t seen this :p:

[Revv23]

yeah the weather one is the only one i ever liked...

wasnt worth the bloat.