Widgets on the desktop

Friday, 20th May 2005
Filed under: Apple, Software, Widgets

So you like dashboard but you what some to have some of them on your desktop? Well wait no more. a little app by MesaDynamics, Amnesty will do exactly that. Currently at version 0.75b, it runs very stable and supports 3rd-party widgets although some widgets - like Sys Stat - will hog the program until near standstill.

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And best of all? it even runs on 10.3.9 meaning that you don’t even need tiger (or the $15 shareware konfabulator) to run widgets - albeit only on your desktop.

posted by crax at 7:43 pm | No Comments » |

Cool way to use Tiger’s dictionary


Filed under: Apple, Software

One of Tiger’s 200 new features is the build in Oxford dictionary/thesaurus app.

I discovered this great feature of the dictionary app just yesterday. In just about any application, hover your mouse over any word and press ⌘+Option+D and a little window will popup with the definition of the word:

dictionary

you can also select the thesaurus from the popup menu at the bottom of the little window.

Note: this will only work in Tiger!

posted by crax at 7:33 pm | No Comments » |