Thread: Why doesn't Gnome have Widgets?

Quote: Originally Posted by Dies Really? I thought NeXT was a Steve Job's thing, no? I really know nothing about WindowMaker, I'm usually open minded when it comes to desktop environments/window managers, but that one is just so hideous to me, no offense to anyone who enjoys it. Also, while technically they may have been widgets, they certainly weren't what we think of today when we hear/say widget, which is...

Quote: Originally Posted by RupertPupkin No problem, I feel the same way about GNOME. Yeah, but at least you can say that you've tried it and didn't like it. I can't even say that. I really should at least try it, but I'm afraid, what if I actually liked it, what then.

Quote: Originally Posted by Dies Yeah, but at least you can say that you've tried it and didn't like it. I can't even say that. I really should at least try it, but I'm afraid, what if I actually liked it, what then. You might become productive in Linux. We clearly can not have that.

Wow, that is a long way to wait. Hope for the best.

gDesklets don't seem to be working for me, at least in F12 beta. I installed the 'nice weather' one and it's not working, or I didn't do something right. I'll check out screenlets. Puppy Linux has some nice widgets, I like the clock one. Then again, I guess they don't use gnome, do they? hmmmm Edit: I just got gdesklets working (I decided to read the help, duh...). You have to double-click on the desklet you...

as i rarely have a view of my desktop wallpaper, i find widgets useless, i've even stopped using conky or gkrellm, i always found screenlets/desklets completely useless and there just for bling (in true osx/vista style). anything i need goes in the panel.

I'm not a fan of widgets, so not having them in Gnome is no loss for me. I've used them in both OSX and windows and more often then not, they tend to get in the way for me.

Google Gadgets are great! To install Google Gadgets from the repository on Fedora 10 or higher, do this: yum install google-gadgets-gtk I use them myself, really great! You get a ton of widgets, an easy browser, and a widget maker kit. Hope you like them.

remember why there were gnome and kde,u must choose wisely.

b4 IBM gave birth to Microsoft [...] there was Amiga ! All that gadgets / widgets / whatever was born on Amiga. We practically made the hole desktop by using these >>useful<< things. In fact, it was better than anything today .... Even MAC dident have anything like that, back then. Today its just eye-candy and no real useful thing to waste resources on. And still far behind the power they gave Amiga, for more than...