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Weekly Widget Report for December 11th - December 18th 2005

Kapsules


Mr. Fruit 1.0.0
Make your desktop fruity (in a good way).


My Widgets! 1.0.0
Just open your widgets directory!
What is special in that? There is no need to configure. The widget tries its best to respond to a single click (even if you were using another application/widget before).

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AveDesk Desklets


RoAr 1.0
Roman & Arabic numerals forth and back converter


WhatPulse Desklet
This desklet reads whatpulse statistics from any account that has XML Feeds enabled. You input the userid and everything else works on it's own. This is just a first version and there will be updates to support teams.


Curs valutar 1.0
Show euro and US dollar currency exchange rate and graphic evolution (usefull for romanian people).

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AveDesk AveScripter Widgets


Reflective Albumart v1
This desklets shows the current albumart from iTunes on your desktop, but it does a nice reflection-effect to it.


Proportional Calculator 1.0
The widget to calculate according to the rule of three

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Yahoo! Widget Engine
(Due to the extremely high number of Rss readers, clocks and webcams, they have been excluded from this report)
(Also, due to the 50+ some odd widgets that were posted this week, I unfortunately wont be including all of them.)


FGDL Update Widget 1.0 [Rating 4 of 4]
This Widget monitors additions and updates to the Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL). The FGDL is a mechanism for distributing satellite imagery, aerial photographs and spatial (GIS) data throughout the state of Florida. You can download new layers and view their metadata directly from the Widget interface.


The DALEK 0.9 [Rating 3 of 4]
Meet an old "friend" of Doctor Who: The Dalek! Indestructable it explores your desktop, just waiting for something to exterminate.


UV Index 0.1
Shows the UV Index at Lauder, Otago, New Zealand (~120 km NW of Otago) as measured by NIWA.


SoccerDatabase 1.0.1 [Rating 4 of 4]
Display standings, scores, and fixture of the selected world soccer league or cup in two languages, English and Turkish. Widget gets its data from www.mackolik.com.


Car Rental Widget 1.0
An easy one-click way to compare prices and availability on over 40 car rental companies at every city and airport in the world. You can specify any brand or class of car to include in your search or even the "Best Buys" for each company.


Image Croppers 1.0
A simple Widget to enable photographers to use onscreen 'croppers' (or L's) to assist in making cropping decisions. Useful for critiques and other non-destructive/evaluative image editing.


wwndata.worldofwar.net Search 1.0
This Widget searches the worldofwar.net database.


Chicago Area Traffic 1.0 [Rating 3 of 4]
This Widget will display real time traffic information for the entire Chicago area; from Downtown to Joliet to Elgin to Deerfield.


RadioPack #1 1.0
Three audio webcast Widgets : DNA Lounge (Techno), Morning Becomes Eclectic (alternative/college rock), and nugs (jam bands), all available to you in one convenient download. Double click window to turn on/off. Requires Realplayer installed to play.


Slimline Radio Players 1.0 [Rating 3.5 of 4]
12 small radio players that play the live streams from their respective websites.

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DesktopX Widgets


Silica RAM Meter
Shows RAM usage in Percentage. Idea from Stardock's Silica CPU/Disk Meter.


Vista Search 2.0


SD System Navigator Update (3.02 beta)
This device is not only measures and indicates more than 60 parameters which characterize your System's Performance but it is a portable User Interface also.

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DesktopX Gadgets


SD System Navigator Update (3.02 beta)
This device is not only measures and indicates more than 60 parameters which characterize your System's Performance but it is a portable User Interface also.


SportStrip
Shows LIVE sports scores, updated every few minutes.
Keeps you current on all the latest games, scores, and more!

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Samurize Widgets

Nothing new since October 10th.
Comments
on Dec 20, 2005
Cool report!
on Dec 23, 2005
I agree,

this is good to see what people are doing in the "widget" world. That sounds like Dorthy will be visiting us soon.