Dashboard widget Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Widgets: "iPhone apps, I am your father."

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 11th, 2009)

Don't get me wrong, I love the iPhone and its App Store juggernaut, it's just sometimes it seems that people have forgotten all about the iPhone app's father: the Dashboard widget. First introduced in Mac OS X Tiger in 2005, widgets changed the way people quickly accessed simple information on ...

Widget Watch: Photo Drop "10 sec photo editing"

by Mat Lu (May 15th, 2007)

Photo Drop (not to be confused with the photo batch processor we mentioned a while back) is a nifty Dashboard Widget that promises "10 sec. photo editing." Basically, you drag an image file from the Finder and drop it on the widget (in the Dashboard). You're then able to resize or trim the image and ...

Keep tabs on TUAW with a TUAW RSS Widget

by Laurie A. Duncan (Jan 8th, 2007)

TUAW fanboy Konstantino whipped up a new Dashboard widget for our RSS feed, just in time for Macworld. It's slick and simple - just the way we like it. Now it's even easier to keep up with all our MWSF '07 coverage! To install, just download the zip archive, unzip and double-click. Once installed, ...

Widget Watch: Simpsons Movie Countdown

by Laurie A. Duncan (Dec 12th, 2006)

This one's for you Simpsons fans. The Simpsons Movie is coming to a theater near you on July 27, 2007. What better way to pass the time between now and then, than to stare at this Simpsons Movie Countdown widget! Unfortunately, it doesn't countdown minutes, hours and seconds - only days. Handy, ...

Widget Watch: Morse Code Translator

by Laurie A. Duncan (Oct 9th, 2006)

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Widget Watch: iTunes Estimator

by Dave Caolo (Feb 7th, 2006)

So, you want win the iTunes 1 billion downloads contest? Don't we all. You can increase your chances with iTMS Estimator, a Dashboard widget that estimates the number of songs sold, preparing you for that crucial mouse click. Included with the download is the source code and a desktop version that ...