gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » yahoo widgets http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:51:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Yahoo Widget Position Restorerhttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/10/yahoo-widget-position-restorer/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/10/yahoo-widget-position-restorer/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:13:34 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5283 Widgets, gadgets are little applications that are running on the desktop. Prominent examples are the gadgets that can be added to the Windows Vista sidebar or Yahoo Widgets. I never found a reason to use any of those little applications on my system but apparently some users really like that feature.

There is however a problem with the position of Yahoo Widgets when the screen resolution changes. This can be initiated by the user or by another application like a game that changes it automatically. The position of the Widgets changes with the new screen resolution and it can be a dull task to move them to their previous position after changing the screen resolution to its original value.

The Widget Position Restorer can be useful to users who use the Yahoo Widget engine and see frequent screen resolution changes on their system. The position can be saved and restored at any time using the software. The software is compatible to Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 and Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0.

]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/10/yahoo-widget-position-restorer/feed/ 1 10 Widgets I can’t live withouthttp://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/12/10-widgets-i-cant-live-without/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/12/10-widgets-i-cant-live-without/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:46:41 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/12/10-widgets-i-cant-live-without/ Widgets are small programs that add their small windows to your desktop and can be used from there. Widgets come in all colors and forms and you could categorize them the following way:

  • Informational Widgets – Widgets that display a limited amount of information like weather reports or rss feeds.
  • Entertainment Widgets – Games, movies, music and Pictures for example.
  • Programs – Widgets that offer search functionality for instance fall in this category.

The first thing you will have to do is download the Yahoo Widget Engine to your system. Once this is done you can choose from thousands of widgets and select the once that look interesting to you. To make it a little bit easier I decided to post my top 10 widgets today, maybe you like some of them as well and start using them after you’ve read this article.

diggth widget

Displays a list of various RSS feeds from digg.com.

sudoku widget

What can I say, Sudoku is lots of fun and this Widget delivers it right to my desktop.

informer widget system information

Displays lots of useful system information such as disk, cpu and memory usage, battery life, wifi signal and more.

shortcut launcher

Shortcuts, all sorted in this nice little widget. Never again a cluttered desktop..

google adsense widget

Displays your google adsense income.

google search widget

Simple one liner, add a search term, without opening a browser first.

task list notepad widget

Add tasks and notes to this widget.

flickr explorer

Explore the 500 most interesting photos of the day at flickr.

scientific calculator

Better than the Calculator that comes with Windows.

Spelling Bee

spelling bee

Just enter a word and if it is not know it suggests words.

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