Critique my widget layout.

[eigen]

layout.

Anything else I should add....

 

[Quasmo]

what is all that stuff (like the PDA thing)

 

[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?

 

[Cal166]

So many useless crap. Btw many here are Apple haters

 

[xospec1alk]

too much clutter

 

[Platypus]

Good band.

 

[purbeast0]

too much. the only one I use is the weather thing, but even that i check like once a day.

 

[hevnsnt]

/me is jealous

 

[eigen]

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?

Memory usage sums to about 50 mb total.

 

[MaxDSP]

its too busy and cluttered

 

[eigen]

Originally posted by: Cal166
So many useless crap. Btw many here are Apple haters

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.

 

[eigen]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Good band.

going to see them this thursday.

 

[revnja]

A little too cluttered. But don't listen to me, I'm a minimalist.

 

[eigen]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
what is all that stuff (like the PDA thing)

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)

 

[eigen]

Originally posted by: adambooth
A little too cluttered. But don't listen to me, I'm a minimalist.

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.

 

[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

 

[Achtung]

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.

 

[revnja]

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.

 

[Achtung]

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

Well, remember the widgets only come up when you hit F12. Any other time and they disappear, leaving yourdesktop as clean as you want.

 

[eigen]

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

But this isnt my desktop..this is my dashboard

 

[eigen]

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.

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)

 

[revnja]

That's awesome. I'ma go hunt for that.

 

[helpme]

I like SysStat

 

[eigen]

Originally posted by: adambooth
That's awesome. I'ma go hunt for that.

sorry its called pearlyrics

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/?r=dbw

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Good band.

going to see them this thursday.

Been practicing your windmill kicks?

Their new effort is pretty good but I still like Give Blood as my favorite of their albums.