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SpiderWorks Delivers First Book Dedicated to Dashboard
Possible Fix For A Non-updating Weather Widget
Widget Manager 1.1.1 Manages Dashboard Widgets
Music Calculator Widget 1.0.1 Tells How Long Music Will Last Given Measure And Tempo
Amnesty Widget Browser 1.0.1 Explores Widgets On Desktop
PricePoint 1.1 Widget Tracks Prices at The Mac Support Store
Conchology Widget 1.0 Displays Beautiful Random Seashells
SpiderWorks Delivers First Book Dedicated to Dashboard
The publication of the first book dedicated to Dashboard, “Mac OS X Technology Guide to Dashboard” by Danny Goodman, was today announced by Lulu ( http://www.lulu.com ), the world’s fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books, and Spiderworks ( http://www.spiderworks.com ), a specialist in how-to eBooks and printed books.
Included with the recently released Mac OS X Tiger, Dashboard hosts handy mini-application widgets that let you perform common tasks and provide you with fast access to information in a single click. Author Danny Goodman shows readers how to build rock-solid, professional widgets for Dashboard in his new SpiderWorks book, available only at SpiderWorks.com and Lulu.com.
SpiderWorks wanted speed-to-market, and Lulu’s print-on-demand technology delivered. The book’s immediate availability guaranteed that SpiderWorks would have the first published book dedicated to Dashboard.
“The release of the new SpiderWorks title is a perfect example of the benefits of print-on-demand technology through Lulu.com,” said Bob Young, CEO, Lulu. “Print-on-demand allows us to accept last minute changes to the text, so you can finish writing the night before launch and still be the first to market. You cannot deny the edge that ‘first to market’ and ’speed to market’ delivers in today’s competitive environments.”
“We love working with Lulu because their services allow us to release time-sensitive books on new technologies much faster than traditional publishing channels. Lulu enables us to empower our customers with the information they need when they need it,” said Dave Wooldridge, SpiderWorks.
Other SpiderWorks Mac OS X Technology Guides include Ben Waldie’s “Mac OS X Technology Guide to Automator” and forthcoming books on Spotlight. Visit the SpiderWorks.com web site for details:
http://www.spiderworks.com
Possible Fix For A Non-updating Weather Widget
macosxhints.com's TiBo says:
"One of my favorite Dashboard widgets is the Weather widget. After using it for some time, it failed to update its information. After a reboot, the widget even stayed blank. Retyping the city information on the back did not solve the problem. The log file stated that com.apple.widget.weather: Fetching data failed..." "
For the full report, visit here.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050629032918616&lsrc=osxh
Widget Manager 1.1.1 Manages Dashboard Widgets
Widget Manager is a Preference Pane for OSX 10.4 that allows you to inspect, remove, and disable Dashboard Widgets. Widget Manager is a convenient way to manage all the Widgets on your system, including the standard Apple Widgets. Since it handles removing the .wdgt file as well as restarting Dashboard, Widget Manager eliminates Dashboard display issues when you remove a Widget by hand, and is also a great defense against potentially harmful Widgets.
Widget Manager shows you Widget information, such as the version number, so you know when it's time to look for updates. It can also disable Widgets you don't want cluttering up the Widget bar, but don't necessarily want to delete, either.
New in this version:
• Authentication capability for read-only Widgets (Widget Manager will now disable and remove Widgets in OSX 10.4.1 and later).
• Drag & Drop Install.
• Search Capability.
• Removed "Reload Dock" prompt (no longer needed).
• Small improvements and bug fixes.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
Widget Manager is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://www.downtownsoftwarehouse.com/WidgetManager/index.php
Music Calculator Widget 1.0.1 Tells How Long Music Will Last Given Measure And Tempo
Both musicians and sound engineers can find a use for this little calculator. It's very simple to use, but a few explanations might be needed. There are really two calculators in one here, although they have a common factor... the "Tempo" section. One of them calculates note durations at given tempi, which is rather handy for setting "slap back" reverbs and delays (which are usually indicated in milliseconds), to the exact tempo of the piece. The other calculates the total duration of a piece, given a tempo, the number of measures and the time signature. Also exists in Widget format!
New in this version:
Metronome routines completely re-written to make it stable on all machines. A few cosmetic changes
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Music Calculator Widget is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://bwmusic.free.fr/e/learning/magenta/muscalc.html
Amnesty Widget Browser 1.0.1 Explores Widgets On Desktop
Amnesty Widget Browser is a utility for Mac OS X Tiger and Panther (10.3.9) that allows Dashboard widgets to live directly on your desktop via a convenient icon in your system menu bar.
Widgets loaded in Amnesty Widget Browser run completely outside of Apple's Dashboard environment, maintain their own preferences and feature expanded capabilities such as adjustable window level (desktop, standard or floating) and opacity. Widgets can also be arranged into multiple virtual workspaces that can be called to the screen at any time.
This "independence" from Dashboard means Panther users can—for the first time—get in on the widget experience, using Amnesty Widget Browser to run many third-party Dashboard widgets (a library of widgets is bundled with every copy).
So whether you're a Tiger user looking for a way to keep the Weather embedded in your desktop, or a Panther user dying to try out the latest and greatest Dashboard widgets, Amnesty Widget Browser offers something for everyone. Download your copy today and take some widgets out for a spin.
New in this version:
CPU preference. Fixed various problems with "Reduced CPU" preference setting.
Localization. Fixed version number in German localization and updated Japanese localization.
For more information, visit:
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later (10.4 recommended)
Tiger compatible
Amnesty Widget Browser sells for $19.95
Fully functional 30 day trial.
For more information, visit:
http://www.mesadynamics.com/amnesty.htm
PricePoint 1.1 Widget Tracks Prices at The Mac Support Store
This widget helps you keep track of the changing prices at The Mac Support Store. As prices on the store go up or down, your widget will update automatically. Click on any of the Apple products to go directy to that page on the store.
New in this version:
Fixed a bug where the date was not current on widget startup.
For more information, visit:
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
PricePoint is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://mss.megashell.info/appletemplates/
Conchology Widget 1.0 Displays Beautiful Random Seashells
Conchology Widget displays beautiful random seashells from the world's leading seashell company - Conchology, Inc. It comes with a search engine to browse over 65000 shells in 309 families and shell-related items for both expert and amateur seashell collectors.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Conchology Widget is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://www.conchology.be/en/cyberconchology/widget/
Charles W. Moore
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