Yahoo Finance Widget Download For Windows
Phyllis Sterlin
Windows Desktop Gadgets is the official name for the default widget interface on Windows 7. Windows Vista referred to them as Windows Sidebar Gadgets, but it was decided the sidebar that they would dock to should be removed in later versions of windows.
Each widget delivers customizable content. By default, the widgets are confined to their box on the left side of the screen, but in some cases, such as to show a photo slideshow on Flickr, they can expand to fill the screen. Each widget has its own settings--cities for the weather widget, individual stocks for the finance widget, log-n and "friends" info for Flickr, and so on--and we appreciate the capability to change display options, delete widgets, or even exit the system entirely from within each widget.
The biggest minus from our perspective was responsiveness. When we engaged widgets for the first time after powering up the TV, it takes about 25 seconds to load the dock and 45 total seconds for all of the snippets to update. Widgets themselves take an acceptable three to five seconds to load, with the exception of the complex finance widget, which took at least 20 seconds, presumably to update the stock information. We did appreciate that these initial load times shortened significantly if we exited the system or the widget and then re-entered, as long we didn't power down the TV.
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