Comments on: Cute l’tl thingies on ur desktop http://ycoolthing.com/archives/20/cute-ltl-thingies-on-ur-desktop One Cool Thing from Yahoo! every weekday Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:54:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah http://ycoolthing.com/archives/20/cute-ltl-thingies-on-ur-desktop#comment-41 R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah Mon, 15 May 2006 05:19:24 +0000 http://ycoolthing.com/archives/20#comment-41 Kudos, let the world be benefitted more out of your work. Kudos, let the world be benefitted more out of your work.

]]> By: sundar http://ycoolthing.com/archives/20/cute-ltl-thingies-on-ur-desktop#comment-31 sundar Mon, 08 May 2006 06:15:09 +0000 http://ycoolthing.com/archives/20#comment-31 Even better would be to build themes that work across widgets. Hmm ... Even better would be to build themes that work across widgets. Hmm …

]]> By: jr http://ycoolthing.com/archives/20/cute-ltl-thingies-on-ur-desktop#comment-27 jr Fri, 05 May 2006 18:37:34 +0000 http://ycoolthing.com/archives/20#comment-27 Heh. To be honest, I kinda agree. Maybe i've been using Big Brother's OS of choice for too long, but I like boxy, plain looking widgets. Arlo and most of the folks responsible for things Widgety are Mac folks and visual designers. They prefer far more appealing desktop toys. Still, the nice thing about widgets is that there's precious little stopping you from cracking them open, reskinning them to something less precious and submitting them back. I should probably do that with some of the ones I use, shouldn't I? Heh. To be honest, I kinda agree. Maybe i’ve been using Big Brother’s OS of choice for too long, but I like boxy, plain looking widgets. Arlo and most of the folks responsible for things Widgety are Mac folks and visual designers. They prefer far more appealing desktop toys.

Still, the nice thing about widgets is that there’s precious little stopping you from cracking them open, reskinning them to something less precious and submitting them back.

I should probably do that with some of the ones I use, shouldn’t I?

]]> By: Jan http://ycoolthing.com/archives/20/cute-ltl-thingies-on-ur-desktop#comment-26 Jan Fri, 05 May 2006 17:45:10 +0000 http://ycoolthing.com/archives/20#comment-26 I must agree that the Yahoo widgets are great. I thought I'd be annoyed by them at first, because they tend to be a bit, how do you say it, a bit "bubbly" (i run windows in classic because i hate the bubbly nature of XP). But they're actually quite nice to have around, the standard weather and yahoomail notifier being particular faves. I use them on mac and pc equally. If I remember correctly, there was a push around 1999/2000 for "channel-like" doo-hickeys on the desktop that really resembled what yahoo widgets are doing (and also what apple dashboard does) but I don't think this ever flew well with the general public. Until now... I must agree that the Yahoo widgets are great. I thought I’d be annoyed by them at first, because they tend to be a bit, how do you say it, a bit “bubbly” (i run windows in classic because i hate the bubbly nature of XP). But they’re actually quite nice to have around, the standard weather and yahoomail notifier being particular faves. I use them on mac and pc equally. If I remember correctly, there was a push around 1999/2000 for “channel-like” doo-hickeys on the desktop that really resembled what yahoo widgets are doing (and also what apple dashboard does) but I don’t think this ever flew well with the general public. Until now…

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