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widget for XP?

#1 Post by georgeb » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:06 am

hi all

i'm looking for something like the famous widgets on OS X or --even better-- the desktop utilities folx use on linux to display fan speed, cpu temp, ip address, disk space, etc. any good ones to recommend?

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#2 Post by pianowizard » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:34 am

I played with the sidebar from http://www.thoosje.com/ a while ago and didn't like it. But I just found another one here. Give both a try!
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#3 Post by Orevin » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:34 am

Yahoo Widges

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#4 Post by Stargate199 » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:10 am

I second Yahoo Widgets. New version cuts back on the amount of memory the program uses. I like it (though it is not on any of my systems right now, had difficulty do I uninstalled it until I work my computer's bugs.)
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#5 Post by ingope » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:23 am

Not sure if you know:

http://home.cogeco.ca/~rklauncher/

Give it a try you wont find a better Dock for a PC.
Ok its not a Tool Bar, but check out.

btw. Dont use the Download from the startpage, it has some small bugs.

Use THIS VERSION here from the offical RK Launcher Forum.
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#6 Post by akhavan » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:50 pm

Or this one

http://www.desktopsidebar.com/

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#7 Post by idxman01 » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:30 pm

Stargate199 wrote:I second Yahoo Widgets.
I was about to recommend Konfabulator since it was so great.. I mean, what the heck is yahoo widgets?

Doh, yahoo bought them ;)

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#8 Post by georgeb » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:22 pm

thanks everyone for the recommendations...

i tried a handful of things that looked like what i'd like but i am not finding it. is there anything more linuxy? i need something really simple and text based, something like this or like this any ideas?

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#9 Post by idxman01 » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:03 pm

Hm. Not sure you're going to find any that cool, but these might be worth a look.

http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/view.php?widget=39000
http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/view.php?widget=36819
http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/view.php?widget=37641
http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/view.php?widget=26850

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