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Weblog:   Whither widgets?
Subject:   I only use them occasionally
Date:   2005-11-04 13:44:32
From:   daeley
Response to: I only use them occasionally

You bring up some good realizations for me -- a big part of my problem with the Dashboard experience is that once I hit F12, unless it's a widget that is immediately useful without further interaction (like Weather), the next step is always reaching for the mouse. I hate to reach for the mouse if I don't have to.


If instead I can hit Ctrl-Space, type F for Firefox, then Ctrl-L for the location field and g wiki foobar I am looking at the foobar article much faster than I ever could opening up the Wikipedia widget with Dashboard.