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  1. Detailed review of MacOS X piracy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Detailed Review of Mac OS X Tiger's New Features

    I have just posted my detailed review of Mac OS X Tiger's new features.

    And I've just posted my report of your piracy to Apple's Piracy Address.

    Next time you want to show off a search tool make sure it isn't returning results showing illegal activity.

  2. All signs point to yes. by teamhasnoi · · Score: 2, Informative · on Third Parties Already Taking Advantage of Tiger
    http://www.automatorworld.com/
    http://www.dashboardlineup.com/
    http://www.iheartwidgets.com/
    http://www.thedashboarder.com/ (go easy on these guys, they're already being beaten to death.)

    In fact, several of these have been up for a couple of weeks. Has anyone else noticed that /. auto-links things now? Here's a test : http://dupedupedupe.net/

    Sweet! There goes what little HTML skillz I had!

  3. Fatty Fatty 4 by 6, all your widgets suck some by teamhasnoi · · Score: 1 · on Third Parties Already Taking Advantage of Tiger
    Widgets are already suffering from size bloat. Look at this one

    I guess it can be split apart, but damn! If that's how big it is, I'm not going to bother.

    Now put the info in the size that MenuMetersuses (or slightly bigger), and I'd be far more likely to use it.

    I understand that these should be big enough to grab your attention, but not giant and ballooned like a two week corpse.

    It seems that most of the 3rd party widgets all need to go on a diet. I've already grabbed some and shrunk them down to a size more befitting of a PB screen - but save me the trouble, already.

  4. Other Widget Download Site by sammykrupa · · Score: 4, Informative · on Third Parties Already Taking Advantage of Tiger
    Here is another Widget download site:

    http://www.dashboardlineup.com/

    (I should say that I am partly affiliated with it.)

  5. Re:too bad there isn't a .. by stripes · · Score: 1 · on Rave Reviews for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

    There is a FedEx Tracker dashboard widget already. Probably more then one even. No minesweeper that I've been able to find yet.

  6. 3 dashboard widget sites - but 0 for the masses by Psychic+Burrito · · Score: 2, Interesting · on 10.4 Widget Site Opens Doors
    I've tried out all of the dashboard sites (dashboardexchange, dashboardwidgets and dashboardlineup), but none of them really seemed done "right" when compared with the konfabulator page:
    • All we want is a big fat button to the widgets-gallery download-page, and no other distractions. Because all 95% of the visitors want is to download widgets. The best thing would be to actually make the widgets page the front page
    • Show all widgets in a similar way: Title, a few words, a screenshot that is always the same size. Let users rate widgets and display the result here, too.
    • Allocate the same space for each widget. Show 5 or 10 of them on a page.
    • Have a detail page with further comments by the author and feedback by the users.
    • Make everything stylish. Widgets are, in a way, both about substance and style.
    Now, let's compare those pages, and you'll hopefully see what I mean:
    • Konfabulator The original. Nice, clean, efficient. And beautiful.
    • Dashboard Exchange Inconsitent design, varying preview sizes, too much stuff shown at once, no ratings.
    • Dasboard Widgets Tiny preview pictures that don't convey any information. Some don't even have a preview, this should be mandatory. Compare it with Konfabulator and will likely agree that the page is pretty ugly. No ratings.
    • Dashboard Lineup The newest contender, has more proudness than value. It's not even a dedicated widget-database, just a plain ol' blog. No short description. Only 2 widgets. No ratings, only comments.
    Funny that there aren't any entries that are more professional, because with Konfabulator already being there, one had only to copy the concept.

    In 2 weeks Apple releases tiger, and thousands of people will eagerly search the web for widgets. There's a huge opportunity here, too bad all current contenders didn't realize this.

  7. Info about Widgets by sammykrupa · · Score: 3, Informative · on Apple Announces Tiger Release Date
    Here is a site devoted to OS X Widgets:

    http://www.dashboardlineup.com/