Widgetwatch 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: Freshbooks time tracker

by Dave Caolo (Mar 28th, 2008)

We know that several of our readers do the type of work that requires them to track their own billable hours. For those of you using Freshbooks, here's a handy Dashboard widget. The Time Tracker Widget includes a timer (of course) plus menus to choose the project you're working on as well as the ...

Widget Watch: Apple Store status widget

by Brett Terpstra (Mar 19th, 2008)

In February we covered Pingdom's release of a website badge and monitoring service that tracked the status of the Apple Store. A lot of our readers were resourceful enough to make their own widgets from the banner, but Pingdom has polished up and released a widget for everyone who looks forward to ...

Widget Watch: WidgetWizard turns RSS into widgets

by Mike Schramm (Aug 23rd, 2007)

Disappointed that one of your favorite sites hasn't broken out a widget for their RSS feed yet? Worry not, WidgetWizard's got you covered. Just fill out a quick little form, and the RSS feed of your choice is available in widget form. Sure, it's not actually that hard to do, and the upcoming release ...

Widget Watch: Warp Speed Calculator

by Scott McNulty (Aug 8th, 2007)

The Warp Speed Calculator widget isn't useful at all, unless you happen to be a captain of a Starfleet vessel, but I'm OK with that. As you might expect this simple widget calculates how fast, in km/s, a particular Warp Factor is (from Star Trek: The Next Generation). I can also calculate how long ...

Widget Watch: MLB Schedule

by Scott McNulty (May 14th, 2007)

I am not TUAW's resident baseball fan, but since it is peanuts and crackerjack season I thought it only appropriate to feature the MLB Schedule widget. This widget gives you an at a glance look at your favorite team's schedule with a 5 day period. If the game has already played it shows you the ...

Widget Watch: kuler

by Scott McNulty (Apr 4th, 2007)

kuler is a neat online application from Adobe that allows you to create, and share, color schemes online. This is a boon for someone like me, who has trouble dressing himself let alone figuring out what color combos will look good on a website. Recenlty Adobe added the ability to subscribe to RSS ...

Flapper - the animated, life-or-death weather widget

by David Chartier (Jan 5th, 2007)

Is Apple's default weather widget not offering enough excitement? Are you looking for a little more cutesy, life-or death-drama with your ambiguous weather reports? Then check out Flappie, the widget that needs you to both feed and play with it (while also allowing it to sleep) from time to ...

Widget Watch: Another Macworld 2007 countdown widget

by Scott McNulty (Jan 2nd, 2007)

Some people weren't impressed with the last Macworld widget I mentioned, so I thought I would point out MacWorld Expo 2007 Countdown, which we covered last year when it was just Macworld Countdown. Not too much to say about this widget, other than it counts down the remaining days, hours, and ...

Widget Watch: MWSF 2007 Countdown Widget

by Scott McNulty (Jan 1st, 2007)

Who is excited about Macworld? I know I am, and just to fuel the excitement Jesper has created the MWSF 2007 Countdown Widget (I took the above screenshot a few hours ago). TUAW will be giving Macworld the full court press with a number of our bloggers, including yours truly, pounding the show ...

Widget Watch: Apple][Go

by Scott McNulty (Dec 19th, 2006)

My grammar school memories are filled with many happy hours spent in the computer lab staring at a green monochromatic Apple ][e with dual floppy drives. I can't tell you how many times I died of dysentery, or where the heck Carmen Sandiego was but I had a great time. Now, my misspent youth is only ...

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: Delivery Status

by Scott McNulty (Nov 27th, 2006)

I am on my Mac for about 80% of my waking day, and I drift to sleep thinking of cool things I could do with my Mac. That means that I purchase many things online. It is convenient and usually cheaper, but you do have to wait for the package to show up. Enter Delivery Status, a very cool widget from ...

Widget Watch: Fidelity Market Monitor

by Laurie A. Duncan (Nov 6th, 2006)

If you are like me and have a burning desire to check on your stock portfolio compulsively throughout the day, there are many options in the world of Dashboard widgets, Apple's own included stock widget amongst them. But I just downloaded the Fidelity Market Monitor - a natural since I have ...

Widget Watch: Whoopee Cushion Widget

by Scott McNulty (Oct 18th, 2006)

The Whoopee Cushion Widget serves no useful purpose, but it made me smile. Clicking on the Whoopee Cushion, once it is safely ensconced on your Dashboard, does exactly what one would expect it to. Do I have to spell it out for you people? OK, here's a hint, the widget's tagline is, 'Click on the ...