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Amnesty updated to version 1.1

amnestyAmnesty is the widget browser that lets you run your Dashboard widgets outside of the Dashboard environment, making it more like Konfabulator Yahoo! Widgets Engine (I'll never get used to that). New to version 1.1 is the ability to rotate and resize any "liberated" widget running on your desktop. If you like Dashboard but dislike having to call it up just to get a quick football score, this is for you.

Amnesty will run you $19.95US, and requires Mac OS 10.3.9 or later (10.4 is recommended).

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Belted87

Yeah, the F12 trick is kindof useless because widgets float over all your windows unlike Amnesty where you can put them in your desktop.

December 15 2005 at 2:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
atFault

Or you could just hit the dashboard key (F12), click and hold the widget, and hit the dashboard key again. The widget will now be on your desktop. Repeat as necessary. Do the opposite to put them back to the dashboard layer or just hold option down while hovering above to get the delete button (X) to close the widget completely.

December 13 2005 at 10:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Marc Chadwick

Call me crazy, but it doesn't really bother me to call up my dashboard. If you hold down your Dashboard key (mine is F8, for example), your Dashboard is called up. Let it go and the Dashboard goes away again. So for me calling up the weather is pretty much a nothing thought process for me. One keypress is no worse than clicking over to the widget on my desktop. And if you're not using your entire desktop... well I guess this doesn't help you.

December 13 2005 at 3:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matthew

Yes, because Dashboard works fine on 10.3.9? The ability to resize would be a welcome change to Dashboard, maybe even vector graphics?

December 13 2005 at 1:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dan

some dude is right, you can do it for free. However, the built in debugging mode only allows for widgets to be on top of all other windows, in my experience; I would assume Amnesty would allow for custom window ordering and such. Could be my use of virtual desktops too; YMMV.

December 13 2005 at 1:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
some dude

Or you could save $20 and just use Dashboard's built-in debugging feature: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050422172929402

December 13 2005 at 1:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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