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10.4: Detach widgets from the Dashboard
Authored by: Blind Chess on Sep 04, '09 10:56:38PM
Today Freemacware reader Fred wrote to ask if there was a free alternative to Amnesty Widget Browser, a $20 application for running Dashboard widgets outside of Dashboard. I don't know of any free application like Affiliate Programs, but there are two free methods for running widgets "outside" of Dashboard, both from http://www.macosxhints.com:

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10.4: Detach widgets from the Dashboard
Authored by: smadden on Feb 01, '10 03:56:38PM

I've written just such a freeware app. It's a quick hack that I put together that allows you to have multiple widgets open, and control whether each floats above all windows, acts like a normal window, or is pegged to the desktop.

It works with most of Apple's provided widgets, and many other's available on Apple's web page, but doesn't yet support all widgets.

You can download the app, as well as the source code, from my website:

http://db.csail.mit.edu/madden/WidgetRunner/



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