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Noonster · May 8, 2005, 04:34 AM

http://www.mesadynamics.com/amnesty.htm

^^ Have been running that for about a day now....
- Fantastic program and it works really well

I currently have 5 widgets that are always on my desktop... very handy for widgets like Capure, Google Search, Weather.

Dont get me wrong I still love dashboard and use it all the time.... the is like an enhancement that you wished had been built in.

Its a must have for all Tiger owners

Noonster · May 9, 2005, 03:08 AM

Has anyone else tried this??

Randman · May 9, 2005, 03:20 AM

There was a thread on this, wasn't there? Don't like the menu bar icon but it seems to work all right. Haven't seen if this becomes a memory hog.

mrchin · May 9, 2005, 08:56 AM

I just turned on dashboard's built in Development Mode. No need for hogs. Terminal.app, just write a:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES

After a return, logout and back in to your user account and you're set. To make a widget stay on desktop, with dash up, click on your widget, move it slightly. Continue to hold mouse down and hit F12 (or your own mapped key) to hide dashboard again. Your selected widget will stay floating above everything. Can be moved, updates, backside available. Enabling dashboard again ignores this widget. Just does it's own thing. To send it back with its buddies, just click on it on the desktop. Hold your click and F12 again to enable dashboard. Once there, drop the widget and it'll go back into the db interface. F12, and it swooshes away with the rest of 'em.

eevyl · May 9, 2005, 09:17 AM

You can always use the real thing.

Randman · May 9, 2005, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by eevyl

You can always use the real thing.

I've been a Konfab user for some time, but the Dashboard widgets have more ... personality.

OptimusG4 · May 9, 2005, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by mrchin

I just turned on dashboard's built in Development Mode. No need for hogs. Terminal.app, just write a:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES

After a return, logout and back in to your user account and you're set. To make a widget stay on desktop, with dash up, click on your widget, move it slightly. Continue to hold mouse down and hit F12 (or your own mapped key) to hide dashboard again. Your selected widget will stay floating above everything. Can be moved, updates, backside available. Enabling dashboard again ignores this widget. Just does it's own thing. To send it back with its buddies, just click on it on the desktop. Hold your click and F12 again to enable dashboard. Once there, drop the widget and it'll go back into the db interface. F12, and it swooshes away with the rest of 'em.

Actually, I never had to write that in the terminal. I was able to do the above with no problems.

Stradlater · May 9, 2005, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by eevyl

You can always use the real thing.

Oh, Konfab zealots you'll never cease to amuse me.

1. The whole small-program/desktop-accessory thing has been done before.
2. Though Apple's newest implementation closely mirrors Konfab, Konfab had a chance when Apple approached them. They declined, I believe, and Apple moved on.

cybergoober · May 9, 2005, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by OptimusG4

Actually, I never had to write that in the terminal. I was able to do the above with no problems.

Without the defaults command once you called up Dashboard again though the widget would go back to the Dashboard layer. That and you could only have one widget at a time outside the Dashboard layer...

mitchell_pgh · May 9, 2005, 01:19 PM

Why would I want widgets on the desktop?

saddino · May 9, 2005, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by mitchell_pgh

Why would I want widgets on the desktop?

You don't.

But I believe others have indicated they like the ability to do so.

To each their own.

eevyl · May 9, 2005, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by Stradlater

2. Though Apple's newest implementation closely mirrors Konfab, Konfab had a chance when Apple approached them. They declined, I believe, and Apple moved on.

Wrong, don't spread misinformation, is bad for your non-zealot karma.

Noonster · May 10, 2005, 03:56 AM

Originally Posted by mrchin

I just turned on dashboard's built in Development Mode. No need for hogs. Terminal.app, just write a:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES

After a return, logout and back in to your user account and you're set. To make a widget stay on desktop, with dash up, click on your widget, move it slightly. Continue to hold mouse down and hit F12 (or your own mapped key) to hide dashboard again. Your selected widget will stay floating above everything. Can be moved, updates, backside available. Enabling dashboard again ignores this widget. Just does it's own thing. To send it back with its buddies, just click on it on the desktop. Hold your click and F12 again to enable dashboard. Once there, drop the widget and it'll go back into the db interface. F12, and it swooshes away with the rest of 'em.

Thanks for the information

- I will try this tonight.

Noonster · May 14, 2005, 04:19 PM

^^ Anyone else tried the info above??

stesteG5 · May 16, 2005, 08:56 AM

yes. and it works