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Widget Watch: bpiDash - a second widget for Backpack

Finally, some competition in the Backpack widget department: bpiDash (from the maker of dashLicious) is a Backpack widget that more or less matches the other Backpack widget we've always known about from Chipt. bpiDash, however, has a unique trick up its sleeve: populating a note with text from the clipboard. This ought to make the research and notation process a bit easier, and possibly raise Backpack up one notch on the Scale of Usefulness™ towards the ranks of Yojimbo, SOHO Notes and Journler (if it hasn't already surpassed them on your list, that is).

The widget is offered as freeware from the author's site or DashboardWidgets.

Finally, some competition in the Backpack widget department: bpiDash (from the maker of dashLicious) is a Backpack widget that more or less...
 

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Marc

I couldn't get it to work on 10.4.7 on an Intel iMac.

July 31 2006 at 7:03 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David Chartier

Works fine on my Mac OS X 10.4.7 MacBook Pro. That's how I took the screenshot in which you can see my first Backpack page loaded in the lower left corner.

July 30 2006 at 10:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Marcel Bischoff

Unfortunately I couldn't get it to work at all. And judging from MacUpdate I'm not the only one.

You might want to hold your breath until an updated version is released.

July 30 2006 at 9:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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