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2 stars
Version: Yahoo Widgets 4.5.2
"Widgets keep moving around on desktop, frustrating"
Pros: Lots of simple widgets, searching and installing widgets is easy.
Cons: If you have any programs which run full-screen in a different resolution your widgets will keep clustering in the middle of the screen, even if you lock them in place. The most useful widget of all, the WeatherBug one, hasn't worked for a year.
Summary: If you have a setup with a large screen, don't use any full-screen games, and require only simple gadgets like a clock, calendar and general weather then this might be a good fit. If you want Bloomberg radio, WeatherBiug with radar and forecasts, or international support then look to the free competitor. Updates to widgets flash the screen if not visible. General quality of non-Yahoo widgets is poor (missing settings pages, error message, update failures, etc.). Yahoo Picture Frame moves around desktop every time the picture changes from portrait to landscape and every reboot, it has been broken for years and there is no alternate to display pictures stored on your computer. Good first impression, poor foundation shows quickly. I would call this neglected or abandoned software.
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