Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 11th Oct 2006 21:34 UTC
"A desktop full of handy widgets to tell you about what's going on in the world and what's going on around your computer. This is Jackfield. Jackfield is an application for the Gnome desktop that plays host to widgets; small applications to do the things you need. It can run widgets from Apple's Dashboard, will eventually be able to run those from Yahoo's Widget Engine, Microsoft's Gadget Sidebar, and Opera Widgets, and you can write your own."
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2005-07-09
Is there a *need* for them? No. Anything that could be done with widgets could also be done through coding specifically for GNOME or KDE.
Is it just eye candy? Not really. They look pretty ugly.
Are they usable? Some would definitely be. Think of Firefox extensions or firefox engines that allow you to search through wikipedia or amazon just as easily as google. The majority of extensions and engines are garbage, but the few that are not are pure gold. No problem, just take what you need and chuck the rest. The fact that writing extensions and engines is easier than the alternative is one key reason so many exist. If Jackfield succeeds in it's goal of running all widget/gadget engines, you can be sure that there will be at least some gold in the cruft.