Comments on: 6 Cool FREE Widget Platforms for your PC

By: Give your Desktop a Fresh Look with MyColors | MakeUseOf.com

Give your Desktop a Fresh Look with MyColors | MakeUseOf.com — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:33:50 +0000

[...] lot has been posted on Make Use Of about docks, widgets, toolbars, and whole packages to transform your default Windows interface into something more [...]

By: chris

chris — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:23:10 +0000

Do you know of a widget that looks like Yahoo! but can run on Windows XP SP1??

By: How to Make Windows XP look like a Mac | MakeUseOf.com

How to Make Windows XP look like a Mac | MakeUseOf.com — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:13:21 +0000

[...] To mimic the OS X Dashboard, you can try the Yahoo! Widget Engine and get lots of widgets on to your desktop (check their widget gallery here). MakeUseOf has its own widget as well. Or you could get Google Desktop which doubles as a desktop search engine. The former is a bit cooler and slicker. Some more alternatives can be found in 6 widget platforms for your PC. [...]

By: 3 Steps to an Organized Desktop | MakeUseOf.com

3 Steps to an Organized Desktop | MakeUseOf.com — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:21:45 +0000

[...] of cool tools out there to make your desktop even more pretty and functional. Docks, gadgets, widgets, wallpaper resources and changers etc. Stay tuned for my next posts to learn all about [...]

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Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:16:22 +0000

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By: Aibek

Aibek — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:20:37 +0000

@ Mesa
That’s awesome. Will be waiting for release.

By: Mesa

Mesa — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:21:09 +0000

Hey, thanks for the mention!

We’re actually working on a new (and free of course) widget platform called Amnesty Hypercube that runs web widgets (e.g. Google Gadgets, YourMinis, YouTube videos, Flash games, etc.) right on your desktop. And if you’re a Tiger or Vista user, you can “push” these widgets into your Dashboard or Sidebar from Hypercube with one click.

Any web widget that is designed to cut-and-paste into a blog or profile page should run fine inside Amnesty Hypercube, which means there are tens of thousands of widgets out there.

We’re releasing Amnesty Hypercube as a public alpha on July 10 (for OS X Panther and Tiger) and August 28 (for XP and Vista).

By: Aibek

Aibek — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:16:35 +0000

Totally agree ‘Yahooo widgets’ are rather heavy on memory, same goes for Google Desktop.

By: Terence Chang

Terence Chang — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:32:00 +0000

Hi there:

I find the Yahoo Widgets take a lot of memory space. I only use it once a month for some fun. Great list of widgets …

By: Aibek

Aibek — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:13:24 +0000

@ Andrew

Thanks lots. Not sure if I heard of any of them before. Some feedback would be awesome.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:07:20 +0000

Linux users also have great widget engines: SuperKaramba for KDE, gDesklets for GNOME, aDesklets for both, etc…