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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Date added: August 14, 2007
- Total Downloads: 665,983
- Downloads last week: 2,108
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A newer version of Yahoo Widgets is available.
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 217 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
The latest version of Yahoo's toolbar drops the word "Engine" from its name and makes customization even easier than before. It also comes with a revamped look. Yahoo Widgets lets you add small standalone applications that can offer an endless variety of features, content, and system functionality.
Twenty-two default widgets are included--including a weather forecaster, a Yahoo Mail manager, a Wi-Fi signal checker, a calendar, and an iTunes remote. Though the true value of the app should be judged on the quality of the widgets developed, the platform itself is polished and easy to use.
A helpful tour introduces users to the basics of widgets, offering up some examples. Adding and removing widgets is simple, and the new widget dock features more personalization options. Most widgets include tweaks such as skinning options. Other new improvements include Windows Alt-Tab menu access and helpful configuration buttons that appear when you mouse over a widget. Unfortunately, the app inserts itself into your start-up programs without asking--but you can fix that in Preferences.
Yahoo Widget 4 is a valuable tool for users of Yahoo services, and it's a helpful download for anyone who wants standalone desktop tools for regular Web activities, system information, or whatever cool feature the next great widget will offer.
Publisher's description
From Yahoo :The Yahoo Widget Engine (formerly known as Konfabulator) is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. Widgets can be alarm clocks, calculators, can tell you your WiFi signal strength, will fetch the latest stock quotes for your preferred symbols, and even give your current local weather.
Version 4 adds a new Widget Dock, automatic widget updates, reduced memory consumption, and new developer features such as SQL Lite support. Version 4.0.5 fixes various issues with COM objects and makes two other Mac fixes.
What's new in this version:
Version 4.0.5 fixes various issues with COM objects and makes two other Mac fixes.
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User reviews of Yahoo Widgets 4.05
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 217 votes
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0 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Yahoo Widgets 4.05
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Yahoo Widgets 4.05
"Very nice, but uses a lot of RAM."
Pros: I like it.. it's helpful, pretty and fun to play with.
Cons: It takes up a lot of resources.. the only reason why I stopped using it. Same with google's widgets.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Yahoo Widgets 4.05
"5 Stars and Its Really Useful"
Pros: Its Really Really Useful To Everyone!!! I Mean It !!!
You Can See Current Weather,Digital Clock,Analog Clock,etc,etc,etc . . .It Almost Made My Xp a Vista
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Yahoo Widgets 4.05
Pros: Pretty, 3000+ Widgets
Cons: no sidebar, kinda memory hog (I only use it becuase I have 1.5gb ram) if you don't have at LEAST 512mb ram I wouldn't run this, or at least not run many, widgets have a fixed size.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Yahoo Widgets 4.05
"Nice, but have lots of Memory!"
Pros: I have restructured my XP desktop and this includes using Yahoo widgets for the clock, calendar etc. I have tried using widgets for years with another program that has the same function, but always found it made my system very unstable. I have found no stability issues with Yahoo Widgets.
Cons: I have 2 gigs of memory and feel that you need at least a gig to run these widgits if you have more than a few. My computer now looks like Vista, but it also takes around 600MB of RAM just at idle! (just like Vista).
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