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I want an easy GUI for adding desktop widgets like wheather, cpu, notice, pictures, flowers, decorations, animals, chat, mail-alert, diary etc. to my desktop. :D
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ubby wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 15:31
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Good idea!
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gijsterbeek wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 15:59
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How about Compiz Screenlets? Or else try KDE with SuperKaramba
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natureflow wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 16:01
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Screenlets has a lot of bugs. They have to corrected for use in ubuntu.
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Eldmannen wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 16:04
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Yes, I want a little cute kitten to walk on my desktop and stuff, and he can sit in the corner and look cute!
Then he can lick her paw, and yawn and stuff!
Make that kitten widget, please!
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alvevind wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 17:53
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Ubuntu is for lots of different kinds of people and all age groups. Widgets could be an easy way for non-technical users to tweak the desktop in their own personal way.
Don't rule out the silly/cute widgets just because they are not providing any substantial technical benefit. E.g. I bet a lot of kids would love to have little pet animal (cat, bird, dinosaur..) do funny little things on the screen while they were working. Silly? Certainly. Cool for kids? Certainly. Bad for Ubuntu? Not at all.
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grenavitar wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 18:38
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I am not sure what comes with Ubuntu by default--but does this need to be an Ubuntu thing? Can't users get GKrellM from the repositories? Interoperability with the Mac might be cool. Wasn't KDE or Gnome working on something similar?
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spyyder wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 20:26
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screenlets are slow
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aantn wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 20:31
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I'm working on Screenlet's speed in my launchpad branch. I should have a stable release soon.
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aantn wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 20:31
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Oh, and Screenlets should support widgets soon.
We already support SuperKaramba themes.
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aantn wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 20:32
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Oh, and Screenlets should support widgets soon.
We already support SuperKaramba themes.
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neon wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 22:57
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I adore screenlets. :D
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oliver@schinagl.nl wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 23:37
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For now, there's still gdesklets isn't there
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brokencrystal wrote on the 17 Mar 08 at 05:21
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Something similar to what KDE 4.xx is doing would be nice. I also like how Vista has done the configuration handles on their widgets. I also like how they are added by clicking the little button on the dock. Both KDE 4.xx and Vista have a very clean look for the use of widgets and their configuration. I think Screenlets could use a lot of improvement in these areas.
I think KDE is definitely on the right track. Gnome should either discontinue gdesklets and start over or revamp the project to be more clean and useful.
Note: I am a Gnome (Ubuntu) user, not a KDE or Windows fanboy. Keep an open mind and don't make this into a Gnome/Windows/KDE/OSX war.
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derick.eisenhardt wrote on the 17 Mar 08 at 06:00
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I'm very much enjoying Screenlets so far, it seems to be much better than gDesklets was...but it is still early, and does not run well or even at all sometimes if Compiz is not available, and there are still ALOT of machines out there without the ability to run a 3D composited desktop for various reasons...
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belovedmonster wrote on the 17 Mar 08 at 10:03
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The Gnome desktop people need to get a widget system for GNOME fast!! OSX has done it for years, Vista does it, KDE4 is gunna do it. Where is Gnomes answer? Widgets are great, but at the moment I don't get to use them on Ubuntu and that sucks.
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Vadim P. wrote on the 17 Mar 08 at 12:58
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Some of us fail to see the usefulness in them. Regardless, screenlets is the way to go about this - see getdeb.net in a day or so, as an updated version of screenlets will be avialable.
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ittiam wrote on the 17 Mar 08 at 14:31
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I think conky is the best!
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Mario92 wrote on the 17 Mar 08 at 14:47
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REALLY good idea!
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ubby wrote on the 29 Aug 08 at 18:16
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At the moment it is not easy to add Widgets on the desktop.
So I hope there will come a easy GUI for.
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rocknrollme wrote on the 2 Sep 08 at 09:48
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Definitely !
I think we should start from scratch and get rid of gDesklets, Screenlets or aDesklets.
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