Dashboard Widgets
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Many new Widgets are showing up daily and I suspect will continue to appear for a long, long time. Most
of these are free. A few are demos and a few are shareware. No one site will have all the widgets and most likely there is some duplication between sites.
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Dashboard Widget sites - Major sites offering Dashboard Widgets - Mostly for free
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Mac OS X Dashboard Widgets Top One Thousand
Included Dashboard widgets - 14 DW’s are part of Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger - Apple site link
Apple Dashboard Widgets - 1010 additional Dashboard Widget downloads at this writing
Top 50 Dashboard Widgets - From the Apple site
Dashboard Widget search result - 220 Widgets as of this writing - Mac Update site
Dashboard Widget search result - 71 Widgets as of this writing - Versiontracker site
768 Dashboard Widgets - as of this writing - Dashboarder site.
Dashboard Exposed - Currently 53 Widgets listed
Dashboard Widget Exchange - Currently 72 Widgets listed
Widget Tracker - 103 Dashboard Widgets as of this writing
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Widgets Watch
By Charles W. Moore
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Widget Watch - Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - By Charles W. Moore
Widget Watch - Monday, July 18, 2005 - By Charles W. Moore
Widget Watch - Tuesday, July 5, 2005 - By Charles W. Moore
Widget Watch - Thursday, June 30, 2005 - By Charles W. Moore
Widget Watch - Monday, June 27, 2005 - By Charles W. Moore
Widget Watch - Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - By Charles W. Moore
Widget Watch - Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - By Charles W. Moore
Widget Watch - Friday, June 17, 2005 - By Charles W. Moore
Widget Watch - Monday, June 13, 2005 - By Charles W. Moore
Widget Watch - Wednesday, June 8, 2005 - By Charles W. Moore
Widget Watch - Tuesday, June 7, 2005 - By Charles W. Moore
Widget Watch - Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - By Charles W. Moore
Widget Watch - Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - By Charles W. Moore
Widget Watch - Thursday, June 2, 2005 - By Charles W. Moore
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Widgets of the Week
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Dashboard Widgets by Category
The Apple Widget Page site now has 818 Widgets
You can go to the site here and select the category and then the specific widget you want.
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Application Widgets
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Application Interfaces - Dashboard Widgets site - 21 as of this writing
App Integrated Widgets - Dashboard Lineup site
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Clocks and Calendars Widgets
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Clocks and Calendars Widgets - Dashboard Widgets site - 39 as of this writing.
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Decorative Widgets
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Decorative Widgets - Dashboard eye Candy and adornments - 45 as of this writing
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Fun Widgets
Games, Comics and More
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Fun and Games Widgets - Dashboard Widgets site - 47 as of this writing
Entertainment - Dashboard Exchange site - 7 as of this writing
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Math Widgets
Calculators and Number Crunching
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Math Widgets - Dashboard Widgets site - 20 Widgets at this writing
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Multimedia Widgets
Music, Webcams, photo and movie controllers and the like
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Multimedia Widgets - Dashboard Widgets site - 45 Widgets
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News Widgets
News Tracking
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News Widgets - Dashboard Widgets site - 54 as of this writing
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Organizers
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Organizers - Dashboard Exchange site - 2 as of this writing
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Phonebook Widgets
Find Phone numbers from a Widget
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Phonebook Widgets - Dashboard Widgets site - 25 Widgets as of this writing
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Post and Upload Widgets
Dashboard Publishing to the Internet
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Post and Upload Widgets - Dashboard Widgets site - 12 as of this writing
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Reference Widgets
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Translators and the like
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References - Dashboard Widgets site - 13 Widgets as of this writing
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Schedules Widgets
Bus, Movie, Train, TV and so on
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Schedules Widgets - Dashboard Widgets site - 29 as of this writing
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Search Widgets
Google, Amzon, Yahoo and other sites
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Searching Widgets - Dashboard Widgets - 83 as of this writing
Search Widgets - 6 at this writing from Dashboard Exposed site
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Utilities Widgets
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System Utilities Widgets - Dashboard Widgets site - 65 as of this writing
Utilities Widgets - 6 more at this writing from Dashboard Exposed site
Utilities Widgets - 10 as of this writing - Dashboard Exchange site
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Weather and Traffic
Live Traffic Feeds, Weather, Maps, etc.
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Weather and Traffic - Live Traffic Feeds, weather maps, etc. - 39 as of this writing.
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Web Widgets
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Web Widgets - Dashboard Exchange site - 23 as of this writing
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Miscellaneous Widgets
Everything else not included above
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Miscellaneous Widgets - Dashboard Widgets site - 77 as of this writing
Miscellaneous - Dashboard Exchange - 5 as of this writing
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The Best Mac Dashboard Widgets - By Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes Magazine
iClip lite wins DashboardWidgets' Mac mini contest!
Widgets of the week: Game time - By Dan Frakes - May 27, 2005
8 of the Most Useful and Interesting Widgets - By Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes Magazine - In slide show format.
10.4: Enable the decimal key in Calculator widget
10.4: Cut down on the World Clock widget's CPU usage
10.4: Some extra features in the Weather widget
10.4: A folder-to-widget Automator workflow
10.4: A simple Widget installation AppleScript
10.4: Use Google Maps with the Address Book widget
10.4: Change the Stickies widget's colors
10.4: Add Phone Book widget search results to Address Book
10.4: Add custom units to the Unit Converter widget
Widgets of the Week - New feature at MacWorld site
Weather and Traffic Widgets - Categorized - 14 different ones as of this writing
System / Disk Utilities - Widgets posted to Apple site.
10.4: Use Google Maps with the Address Book widget - MacOSXHints site
Games Widgets - Categorized - 20 different ones as of this writing
Dashboard Movie - Watch this Dashboard Online video over at the Apple site.
Dashboard Tips - From MacOSXHints site
Introducing Dashboard - From Tidbits site
Ihnatko's Tiger Report: Dashboard - Mac Observer site
Tiger Primer: Dashboard - Article on the MacWorld web site.
Dashboard Widgets Resources - Nice site, even mentions a book on Dashboard widgets.
Dashboard Widgets website! - Dashboarder.com - Already we have a website for these!
Widget Lineup - Another nice site with full explanations of existing widgets, forums and more.
Dashboard Share.com - Share your own widget. Also tutorials, FAQ’s and other info on Dashboard widgets.
Developing Dashboard Widgets - Apple Developer site
Switchblog - A cool blog from one who switched and is loving it - Lots of resources to Widget and other Tiger Mac articles.
Briefly: Debugging Dashboard widgets, Dashboard shelf's image - Dashboard Widgets site
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Other known Dashboard Widgets some of these may or may not be included above.
You can rate and comment on each of these Dashboard Widgets
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Itemized Widgets - 89 Widgets with Descriptions and download links Below
Freeware unless otherwise stated
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Air Traffic Control 1.0 - Wifi network finding widget.
Amnesty Widget Browser 0.65b - Allows for widgets in the menubar.
Apple Search 1.0 - Search Apple discussions/downloads/manuals/support.
BatteryStatus Widget 1.0.9 - Battery charge monitoring widget.
BibleSearch 1.0 - Widget to look up verses in the Bible.
Bloglines Notifier for Dashboard - 1.0 - widget Bloglines RSS feed notifier
bonSearch 2.5 - l et's you choose between Google, Yahoo!, AltaVista, MSN Search, Ask Jeeves, dmoz, A9, Webcrawler and the information database at Wikipedia to do a search.
Colorado Lottery Widget 1.0 - Check recent drawing in the Colorado lottery.
Coras 1.2 - Unique Gmail notifier widget.
Countdown Calendar 1.0 - widget counts down to a specified day
Creatures In My Head 1.1 - Widget displays 200 wicked creatures.
Cube - 1.02 - widget puzzle game from the '80s
Daily Dose 1.0 - widget displays latest image from photoblog
DailyVerse 1.0a - A bible verse for your dashboard.
DaiseyTracker 1.0 - DaisyTracker is a Dashboard widget that displays the Word, Quote and Joke of the day
Dashblog 0.8b - Blogger weblog posting widget.
Dashboard Widget Xcode Template 1.0 - Develop Dashboard widgets
Dasher 1.0.1 - automatically brings up Dashboard when your Mac is idle
DashLicious 0.5b - Read about this Dashboard Widget at download site
Dash Monitors 1.2 - Graphical Dashboard system resource usage widget - Shareware
Dash Shopper 1.0 - Amazon product search.
Digidesign Search 1.0 - Widget searches M-Audio & Digidesign sites.
DoppleViewer 1.2 - USA doppler radar widget .
eBay Widget 1.1b - eBay search widget.
Fast Amazon Widget 0.5b - Search Amazon.com
Feedr 1.0 - Flickr image search slideshow widget.
Flidget 1.0 - widget to upload your photos to Flickr
flores 1.3 -widget to display cut flowers representing your gmail
G-Ruler 1.0 - Screen ruler widget.
Gule sider og Telefonkatalogen 0.9 - Widget searches Norwegian phone book.
Haiku 1.01 - haiku widget
Hula Girl 2.1 - Hula girl, hula Jesus, hula Homer widget.
iBiz Widget 1.0 - time-tracker widget for iBiz
iChatWidget 1.1 - Displays buddy list in Dashboard.
iChatter - 1.0 display iChat buddy list widget
Immediate Answer Widget - Ask any question and get an answer via Ask Jeeves
Internet Bookshop Italia widget 1.0 - Italian book shop search widget.
iTunes Music Store Charts 1.0 - Check iTMS charts with this widget.
JiWire WiFi Hotspot Finder 1.0 - JiWire WiFi Hotspot Finder is a Dashboard widget that gives you desktop access to JiWire's complete global hotspot database.
les pages jaunes widget 1.0b - French phone book widget.
Mac Daily News Dashboard Widget - Read MDN articles from a Dashboard Widget
MacMusic Widget 1.0 - latest news, software, articles from MacMusic.org
MacUpdate Search 1.0 - Search MacUpdate with this widget.
Maki Widget 1.0 - Widget puzzle game.
Maya Design Cards 1.0 - Inspirational widget quote cards.
Memory 1.0 - Memory is a Dashboard widget that allows you to play the classic memory animal pattern deck game on your desktop. Tiger only.
Meteo 0.2 - Switzerland weather widget.
Micro Amazon 1.0 - Amazon search widget
my Amazon Widget 1.1 - Search international Amazon stores.
Network Stat 1.0 - widget displays internal & external IP
Ottawa Traffic Info 1.0 - Traffic widget for Ottawa.
Package Tracker 2.1.1 - Dashboard FedEx and UPS package status widget.
Paris Traffic 1.1 - show traffic around Paris widget k
Penny Arcade Comic Viewing Widget 1.3 - Dashboard widget views comic strip.
Phlink Call Log 1.0 - widget displays incoming/outgoing/missed call
Phlink Dialer Widget - Widget phone dialer
Picker 1.1 - HTML color picker widget.
Random Celebrity 1.0 - Widget displays random celebrity pics.
R2ToDo 1.0a - Display any incomplete ToDo items from any of your iCal calendars.
Red Box Codes Widget 0.9 - Widget displays free McDonalds DVD code in Denver.
RSSBean 1.1 - Dashboard widget RSS reader.
Saft Lite 2.0.0 - Safari plugin to warn before it auto-installs widgets
Scoreboard Widget 0.1 - Widget displays current Major League baseball scores.
SeattleTraffic 1.0 - widget cycles through traffic conditions for Seattle
SearchSticks 0.2.3 - searchSticks is a Dashboard widget that allows you to add site specific searches right on your desktop.
Send SMS Widget 1.0 - Dashboard widget sends SMS text messages - Snareware
SlothCam 1.1 - Dashboard webcam viewer.
Snake 0.9b - Widget plays snake on your desktop
Stargate Counter - 0.2.2 - widget shows days left until new stargate show.
Stone Studio Widget - 1.0 - Widget to launch Stone Studio apps.
tailDash 1.5 - Dashboard front end for the UNIX command tail.
The Apple Dashboard Widget Contest - For developers to create new widgets.
Tigrouille - 0.1 - widget displays Grenouille graphs
Transmit Widget 1.0 - Dashboard widget uploads files using Transmit.
turkmac Dashboard Widget 1.0 - Get the latest from turkmac.com.
TV Tracker 1.01 - TV guide widget.
Type Cast 1.0 - Font preview widget.
UIN-Checker 0.2 - widget to identify ICQ users by number
VelaClock 1.0 - Dashboard world clock widget - Shareware
Versiontracker widget - t rack widgets & software updates from your desktop, filter by category.
Widget Manager 1.1.0 - Prefpane for Dashboard, allows you to inspect, remove, and disable Dashboard Widgets - About , MDN Comment
Wikipedia Widget 0.8.4b - Search for/view wikipedia articles.
WikityWidget 1.1 - Personal notepad with automatic linking - Shareware
Windows Media Player for OS X - Widget posted to Apple site
WoW Server Status Widget 1.0 - World of Warcraft server status widget.
XCode Template 1.0 - For Developing Dashboard widgets.
XWord Lookup 1.1 - Dashboard widget helps solve crosswords.
Yahoo! Local Traffic 1.0.1 - Widget for real-time local traffic alerts.
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Dashboard Widgets Cautions
Before you install those Dashboard widgets make sure to read these!
Note: Apple released Tiger OS X 10.4.1 which should take care of any malicious Widgets problems. 10.4.1 is an automatic update if you have 10.4 installed. See Tiger page for more about 10.4.1.
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Tiger update to patch Dashboard vulnerability - By Kasper Jade and Prince McLean - AppleInsider site - MDN Comment HERE
Safari / Dashboard vulnerability in OS X 10.4 - A must read
Widget security: fact and fiction By Rob Griffiths for Macworld
Developer demos 'exploit' in Mac OS X Tiger's Dashboard ( MDN ) - Full article - Slashdot Discussion - Apple’s Dashboard Security Page
Blueprint for a Widget of Mass destruction - ars Technica site - Thanks to Slideshow Bob for this link - MacNN discussion on this HERE
'Zaptastic' widget demonstrates Dashboard exploit - By Peter Cohen for Macworld
Widget (In)Security - By Dori Smith for Macworld
How to Uninstall unwanted Widgets - MacOSHints site
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Creating , Changing and Debugging Dashboard Widgets
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Technical Note TN2139 - Debugging Dashboard Widgets - Extensive notes for the DW developer.
Change the Dashboard Shelf’s background image - MacOSXHints site
Amnesty Widget Browser 0.75b - Allows for widgets in the menubar.
Detach widgets from the Dashboard - - MacOSXHints site
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