What Are Yahoo! Widgets?
Posted by Michael
Yahoo! Widgets help you save time and stay current by bringing an always-updated, at-a-glance view of your favorite Internet services right to your desktop. The Yahoo! Widget Gallery offers over 4,000 desktop Widgets - the most available anywhere online. Yahoo! Widgets is the only major desktop Widgets platform that works on both Windows and Mac OS.
Almost all Yahoo! Widgets were dreamt, designed, and built by members of our bustling developer community. Our authors range from professional software designers and developers, to hobbyists, to major media outlets, to Madison Avenue ad agencies. If you love a Widget (or have useful feedback), find that Widget in the Gallery and make sure to share your thoughts.
How do I install Yahoo! Widgets?
You must first install the Yahoo! Widget application in order to run Yahoo! Widgets. You can download the Widget application and a starter set of Widgets from from widgets.yahoo.com/download. Click the button Get Our Starter Pack.
Note that some installations require an administrator’s ID and password, depending on your privileges.
- Download both the installer and the zipped file of starter Widgets.
- Launch the installer. After installation, do not start Yahoo! Widgets.
- Unzip the starter Widget zip into My Documents\My Widgets for Microsoft Windows. For Apple OS X, unzipping puts a Widgets folder on the desktop; to install the set, drag the folder to Documents.
- Start Yahoo! Widgets from Start > Programs > Yahoo! Widgets or Applications:Yahoo! Widgets.
You can access all your Widgets by selecting Open Widget from the gear menu in the dock, Windows system tray, or OS X menu bar. For more information about the Widget Dock, refer to this article.
