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Picasa Web Album 1.0
Delivery Status 3.7 Parcel Tracker Widget
USATODAY.com Widgets Available
USA Today distributes news by 'widget'
iRefurb Widget 2.0 Searches For Apple Refurb. Deals
AccuWeather.com Widget 1.0.2
Dash Tray 1.0 Enables/Disables The Dashboard
DRM Dumpster 2.1.1 File Converter to convert DRM tracks
Quiksilver Deep Tide Watch 1.3
StayWidget 1.0 - Store Widgets On The Desktop
Science Centric Widget 1.0
Picasa Web Album 1.0
Picasa Web Album widget displays slide shows from public and private Picasa web albums. Just enter the Picasa album URL on the backside. You can change the size and background color of the widget.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
System Support:
PPC/Intel
Free
For more information, visit:
http://www.widgetop.com/
Delivery Status 3.7 Parcel Tracker Widget
Can’t wait for your packages to arrive? Don’t waste your time checking the site constantly, just open this all-in-one delivery tracker and enter your order number or tracking number. The status will update automatically for you, and even count down the days! It also works with Growl to give you pop-up message, email notifications, and more, whenever your package status changes. If you have more than one order, just open another copy of the widget so you can keep an eye on them all at once!
Delivery Status lets you track your deliveries from:
• Adobe.com (US and Canada)
• Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.co.jp, Amazon.de, Amazon.at, and Amazon.fr
• Apple.com (including all international stores)
• Aramex
• Canada Post (Postes Canada)
• DHL (US and Germany)
• DPD
• FedEx and FedEx SmartPost
• Google Checkout
• Nintendo (US and Canada)
• Purolator
• Royal Mail
• TNT
• UPS and UPS Mail Innovations
• USPS (United States Postal Service)
Delivery Status offers all of these great features:
• Get automatic notifications, including pop-up alerts and email messages, with Growl (you must download and install Growl to use this feature)
• Track multiple deliveries—just click the + button to open another widget!
• Click the item name to view other shipments in the order
• Click the logo to open the order details page in your browser
• Click the “updated” text to refresh the status manually
• Click the magnifying glass or drag the right side of the widget to choose from various sizes, including a space saving icon view
• Hover over a preference or item name for more information
• Amazon passwords can be stored securely in your keychain (or not saved at all if you prefer)
• Automatically checks for updates when necessary
• Now in English, German (translated by Jennifer Brehm), Japanese (translated by Justin McPeak), French (translated by Thierry Di Lenarda), Dutch (translated by Tim Van Damme), and Italian (translated by Ivano Brignoli)
Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later is required. Previously known as Apple Order Status and Order Status for Amazon and Apple.
New in version 3.7:
• Added support for Royal Mail
• Added support for Aramex
• Added support for DPD
• Improved UPS Mail Innovations tracking
• Improved Amazon tracking
• If an Adobe order is not found, you will now have the option to re-enter your password
• Fixed a small error in the Italian translation (thanks to Pietro)
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later.
System Support:
PPC/Intel
Free
For more information, visit:
http://mikepiontek.com/software/mac/delivery-status.html
USATODAY.com Widgets Available
USATODAY.com widgets allow you to view, read, and interact with your favorite USATODAY.com content on your social network, blog, personalized page, or Web site. A widget is a free, quick, and easy way to have USATODAY.com content available on the Web sites you visit most often. Through the convenience of a USATODAY.com widget, you can read the most popular breaking news headlines, view the latest travel deals, or catch up on entertainment news – all on your favorite Web sites!
For more information, visit:
http://www.usatoday.com/community/widgets/index.htm
USA Today distributes news by 'widget'
AP's Seth Sutel reports:
USA Today is plunging into a hot new Internet technology, offering its online users the ability to install "widgets" on their blogs and personal Web pages that contain news updates and other information from the newspaper.....
Kinsey Wilson, executive editor of USA Today, said in an interview Wednesday that the newspaper began offering three kinds of widgets this week at http://www.widgets.usatoday.com and has plans to offer four more....
USA Today's first three widgets are all related to travel. The ones to be offered in coming weeks will have news on pop culture, top headlines and celebrities and informational graphics like those that run on the paper's front page.
For the full report visit here:
http://fe12.news.re3.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070905/ap_on_hi_te/usa_today_widgets
For more information, visit:
http://www.usatoday.com/community/widgets/index.htm
iRefurb Widget 2.0 Searches For Apple Refurb. Deals
iRefurb Widget searches for you on the pages of Apple reconditioned products of. It can seek on the pages of all the blinds in lines.
To use IRefurb Widget : On the back of the widget, you will find a drop-down menu to choose the country and a check box.
You can select just the name of the product (ex : Macbook) or more (ex : Refurbished MacBook Pro, 15-inch, 2.16GHz INTEL Core 2 Duet 15.4-inch widescreen display (1440x900 resolution) 1GB (individual SODIMM) drive 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM 120GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hardware Slot-load 6x SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW) ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory Built-in iSight Camera Face Row and APPLE Remote). The intermediate possibilities are accepted.
If your search succeeds, iRefurb widget will open the page so that you can carry out your purchase.
If you wish to launch research on several products simultaneously, deploy, in Dasboard, the widget as many time as necessary.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later.
System Support:
PPC/Intel
Free
For more information, visit:
http://www.doktorkleanor.com/SPIP/iRefurb-Widget.html
AccuWeather.com Widget 1.0.2
AccuWeather.com Widget provides detailed radar and satellite maps and provides access to more than 3 million locations worldwide. It also serves up severe weather alerts for U.S. locations.
Features:
•Hourly weather details
•Radar or satellite maps
•Available for every ZIP code and three million international locations
•Severe weather alerts for all U.S. locations
To access the AccuWeather.com Weather Widget on your iPhone, visit: http://www.accuweather.com/iphone ...and bookmark this link. (not IE compatible)
Or download the widget to your desktop!
New in version 1.0.2:
Fixed the bug that did not allow the radar image to update 100% of the time.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
System Support:
PPC/Intel
Free
For more information, visit:
http://www.accuweather.com
Dash Tray 1.0 Enables/Disables The Dashboard
Dash Tray can Enable/Disable the Dashboard - useful if you're running Parallels or are a power user. Dash Tray will detect if Dashboard is running and turn it off or on depending on the current state of the program. This application can be installed into the Dock, but you must log out before using.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
System Support:
PPC/Intel
Free
For more information, visit:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/25713/dash-tray
DRM Dumpster 2.1.1 File Converter to convert DRM tracks
DRM Dumpster is the legal way to convert DRM tracks from your iTunes music library to standard files. DRM Dumpster uses a CD-RW and iTunes itself to convert all of the DRM music files in your library or in a play list of your choice to files that you can use with any music player. With DRM Dumpster you can create MP3, AAC, Apple Lossles, AIFF, or WAV files from your DRM files.
DRM Dumpster uses the iTunes importers and selects the importer that you want to use without changing any of the import settings. To see or change, for example, the MP3 Import settings do this before running DRM Dumpster:
1. Launch iTunes
2. Open the Preferences
3. Select Advanced
4. Select Importing
5. Select Import Using: MP3
6. Choose your prefered import settings
DRM Dumpster will use your iTunes import settings, it does not change them.
Since DRM Dumpster supports any iTunes importer you need to make sure the settings for the importer that you want to use are correct before running DRM Dumpster.
New in version 2.1.1:
• Fixes a problem that could cause an unexpected quit when burning the second CD
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3 or later
A scriptable version of iTunes (DRM Dumpstrer was tested using iTunes 7)
GUI Scripting enabled in the Universal Access System Preference
A CD-RW disk and CD Burner.
System Support:
PPC/Intel
$20.00 Demo
For more information, visit:
http://www.burningthumb.com/drmdumpster.html
Quiksilver Deep Tide Watch 1.3
Quiksilver Deep Tide Watch features digital tide movement with QuiksilverÕs exclusive Tide Watch System Technology (QTWS) - Patent Pending. It displays tide and future tides information on over 300 surf spots around the world including Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia Pacific and Africa. So its the perfect tool on your computer to know when the tide is right for your home break. Configure as many breaks as you like, as to prepare trips or configure your local spots.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
System Support:
PPC/Intel
Free
For more information, visit:
http://www.quiksilver.com/index_main.aspx
StayWidget 1.0 - Store Widgets On The Desktop
StayWidget is a simple, but useful application that allows you to store your favourite widgets on your desktop for fast use. They all work on your desktop as they would do in Dashboard. StayWidget also includes an Instruction Manual and a Uninstall feature.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later.
System Support:
PPC/Intel
Free
For more information, visit:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/25781/staywidget
Science Centric Widget 1.0
Shows latest news (with links) from Science Centric
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
System Support:
PPC/Intel
Free
For more information, visit:
http://www.netempire.biz/products/widgets.htm
Charles W. Moore
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