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Critique my widget layout.

Way too many widges open for my preference...do you really NEED all of those? Besides, doesn't having that many widgets active at once eat up a good bit of resources?
 
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Way too many widges open for my preference...do you really NEED all of those? Besides, doesn't having that many widgets active at once eat up a good bit of resources?
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Memory usage sums to about 50 mb total.
 
Originally posted by: Cal166
So many useless crap. Btw many here are Apple haters
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the only thing I could get rid of..is the airport widget.But there are 7 networks in my building so I keep my eye on it.
 
Originally posted by: Quasmo
what is all that stuff (like the PDA thing)
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The pda thing allows me to send text messages to peoples cell.I prolly use it every 10-15 minutes.

The thing that says kqed is a podcasting widget.(I am currently listening to NPR)
 
Originally posted by: adambooth
A little too cluttered. But don't listen to me, I'm a minimalist.
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I got used to clutter due to linux.I was so excited by the ability to do this a few years ago in linux, that I went crazy with it and it grew on me.
 
i think that is way to many widgets.. surely you don't need the dictionary/thesaurus so much that it needs to be prime and center...

personally i prefer a spacious and clean desktop : so you're widgets make me cry 😛
 
I keep like 4 widgets up, the weather, "clock" (so I know what time it is in London and India), measurement/currency converter, and dictionary. If someone I know is flying, I'll use the Flight Tracker too.
 
Hehe, understandable. Whatever works for you. What's the name of that lyrics widget? If it does what I think it does (grabs lyrics from currently playing song in iTunes), I could see that coming in handy.
 
Originally posted by: oogabooga
i think that is way to many widgets.. surely you don't need the dictionary/thesaurus so much that it needs to be prime and center...

personally i prefer a spacious and clean desktop : so you're widgets make me cry 😛
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Well, remember the widgets only come up when you hit F12. Any other time and they disappear, leaving yourdesktop as clean as you want.

 
Originally posted by: oogabooga
i think that is way to many widgets.. surely you don't need the dictionary/thesaurus so much that it needs to be prime and center...

personally i prefer a spacious and clean desktop : so you're widgets make me cry 😛
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But this isnt my desktop..this is my dashboard

 
Originally posted by: adambooth
Hehe, understandable. Whatever works for you. What's the name of that lyrics widget? If it does what I think it does (grabs lyrics from currently playing song in iTunes), I could see that coming in handy.
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I was using a script that ran from itunes....but this one is way better.It actually goes to websites and parses out the lyrics from the webpages.The older one I was using could only access lyrics databases( which tend to be limited in range and scope of bands)
 
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