What in the world is a DesktopGadgets.com?
and why do i care anyway?
Saturday, April 8, 2006 by RomanDA | Discussion: WinCustomize News
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DesktopGadgets.com? (dg) DG is a web site setup to showcase, sell, and yes to GIVE AWAY Gadgets. |
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Ok, why do I care? |
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Ok, SOOOOO? |
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So show me some of these great
gadgets already!
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| So please check out http://www.desktopgadgets.com/ and see for yourself what all is there and available! | |||||||||||||||||||
DigitalDanes
Reply #2 Sunday, April 9, 2006 8:39 PM
Reply #2 Sunday, April 9, 2006 8:39 PM
Just to add to this: I've bought the gas price gadget (I have to travel to several sites I manage and even though the company pays for it, I still want to put in the cheapest I can!) and I also got the Speed-ohh Dashboard gadget (excellent job on that Roman!). I bought a new car for myself as a Christmas present (and yesterday was my birthday so the car and I both got our 3 month service...LMAO!) so I put a wallpaper image of my car on the desktop. The gas checker and dashboard speedometer looking gadget go right with my theme (and there's even a Mitsu logo to put on my dashboard...way cool!) Well worth the 8 dollar birthday cost.
DD
DD
CerebroJD
Reply #3 Sunday, April 9, 2006 9:28 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, April 9, 2006 9:28 PM
Excellent writeup Roman! Thanks for pointing the world that way... hopefully people will see the value in the Gadgets over there! 
seldomseen
Reply #4 Sunday, April 9, 2006 9:29 PM
Reply #4 Sunday, April 9, 2006 9:29 PM
Roman,
So glad you put this up! Gadgets and widgets are, for me, really indispensable now that I've started using them. I'm afraid I've taken them for granted, as I've had Desktop X for so long now. I forget that not everyone knows about them and how the desktop can offer so much information in a practical and even fun way!
I constantly use a number of them in my daily PC tasks, sometimes running the system just to watch them perform. Amazing what all the developers come up with!
First thing I note when I fire it up is the email checker that's only the size of half a postage stamp (the particular one I'm using at the moment). Then the clock I've chosen (the size of a stamp) that unobtrusively sits where I put it. Usually I have time to read the news and listen to some music or news, so I open one of the RSS newsreaders and turn on my current player of choice to hear, literally, any station or music I want in the world (thru Audigy 5.1 or phones). My favorite at the moment is http://www.kcrw.com/asx/kcrwmusic.asx as I'm an ex-L.A. refugee
Another great feature is the ability, with only a couple of clicks, to set the Z-order so the ones I want can stay visible as I work, watch a film, etc.!
I know you wizards must burn a lot of hours making these, especially you, and I'm really grateful! For the cost of a magazine or burger and a few keystrokes, everything in the way of info I use daily is available.
Oh, yeah...there's the other ones that are just plain fun, too. And like you said, most are free, some obviously take a great deal of coding and cost, what, the price of an e-book, maybe.
Keep up the great work. Thanks to you, all the artists, and Stardock/WinCustomize, and the many other people responsible for gettin' it out here for us.
Major attaboy/girl !!
So glad you put this up! Gadgets and widgets are, for me, really indispensable now that I've started using them. I'm afraid I've taken them for granted, as I've had Desktop X for so long now. I forget that not everyone knows about them and how the desktop can offer so much information in a practical and even fun way!
I constantly use a number of them in my daily PC tasks, sometimes running the system just to watch them perform. Amazing what all the developers come up with!
First thing I note when I fire it up is the email checker that's only the size of half a postage stamp (the particular one I'm using at the moment). Then the clock I've chosen (the size of a stamp) that unobtrusively sits where I put it. Usually I have time to read the news and listen to some music or news, so I open one of the RSS newsreaders and turn on my current player of choice to hear, literally, any station or music I want in the world (thru Audigy 5.1 or phones). My favorite at the moment is http://www.kcrw.com/asx/kcrwmusic.asx as I'm an ex-L.A. refugee
Another great feature is the ability, with only a couple of clicks, to set the Z-order so the ones I want can stay visible as I work, watch a film, etc.!
I know you wizards must burn a lot of hours making these, especially you, and I'm really grateful! For the cost of a magazine or burger and a few keystrokes, everything in the way of info I use daily is available.
Oh, yeah...there's the other ones that are just plain fun, too. And like you said, most are free, some obviously take a great deal of coding and cost, what, the price of an e-book, maybe.
Keep up the great work. Thanks to you, all the artists, and Stardock/WinCustomize, and the many other people responsible for gettin' it out here for us.
Major attaboy/girl !!
Rednose
Reply #7 Monday, April 10, 2006 10:28 AM
Reply #7 Monday, April 10, 2006 10:28 AM
I have purchased SportStrip and SD Navigator. Both of which I am very pleased with. I like the way the programmer of SportStrip notifies of updates to the gadget. And the work that went into SD Navigator is unbelievable. Well worth the price!
ZubaZ
Reply #8 Monday, April 10, 2006 10:36 AM
Reply #8 Monday, April 10, 2006 10:36 AM
I picked up Corporate commnad and it makes for a nice alert system. It reminds me of the net send command line string but much cooler! http://www.desktopgadgets.com/ViewGadget.aspx?GadgetID=55
RomanDA
Reply #9 Monday, April 10, 2006 2:03 PM
I thought this was a great feature to add, espically since the SportStrip has a LOT of possible changes, due to the feeds and games, etc. I have put out about 11 or more updates to this since it was released, and the way it looks up the version info has worked very well. And it really wasnt that hard to setup.
Im glad you are enjoying the SS, and the other gadgets. Pass on the Trial version and get others hooked!
Reply #9 Monday, April 10, 2006 2:03 PM
| I like the way the programmer of SportStrip notifies of updates to the gadget. |
I thought this was a great feature to add, espically since the SportStrip has a LOT of possible changes, due to the feeds and games, etc. I have put out about 11 or more updates to this since it was released, and the way it looks up the version info has worked very well. And it really wasnt that hard to setup.
Im glad you are enjoying the SS, and the other gadgets. Pass on the Trial version and get others hooked!
_Martin_
Reply #10 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 2:27 AM
Reply #10 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 2:27 AM
Thanks for trying to promote the site Roman, I'm sure all of us developers appreciate it.
I'll be getting DeskNotes 2 up there soon which is a huge improvement on the original, which will hopefully be another reason for people to visit!
I'll be getting DeskNotes 2 up there soon which is a huge improvement on the original, which will hopefully be another reason for people to visit!
ExodusCrow
Reply #11 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:20 PM
Reply #11 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:20 PM
I agree with Martin. Thanks for writing that article Roman. Very informative!
joeKnowledge
Reply #12 Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:56 PM
Reply #12 Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:56 PM
Just wondering for those who make those gadgets, anybody making a email reader that also holds dates, numbers and other contact information?
seldomseen
Reply #13 Sunday, April 16, 2006 3:15 PM
Reply #13 Sunday, April 16, 2006 3:15 PM
Using CJD's news feed RSS reader. Once I got the xmls figured out, it's outstanding! 
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Reply #1 Sunday, April 9, 2006 3:22 PM