Yahoo! Widgets widgets.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Widgets widgets.yahoo.com
Windows MacOS Fill your desktop with
tiny interfaces for everything from stock
picks to RSS feeds to weather forecasts
(using Doppler radar!) to Wi-Fi sensors
to remote desktops to countdown
clocks—to name a few. Pick from over
4,300; some are more useful than others,
but almost all are interesting to look at.

XYplorer www.xyplorer.com

XYplorer www.xyplorer.com
Windows Multiple tabs and improved
search enhance and replace the boring
old Windows Explorer.

Vista Drive Icon

Vista Drive Icon
drvicon.sourceforge.net
Windows Add one of Vista’s best features
to XP: smart drive icons showing the
current capacity of each hard drive.

Quero Toolbar 4

Quero Toolbar 4 www.quero.at
Windows Replace the Internet Explorer
address bar to integrate ad blocking and
make IE7 look more like IE6.

mini MIZE

miniMIZE aquaria.za.net
Windows miniMIZE puts thumbnails
of your minimized applications on the
desktop for easier access.

Google Desktop

Google Desktop desktop.google.com
Windows MacOS Linux Let Google index
and search your hard drive contents.
The sidebar adds graphical widgets to
your desktop.

Battery Status

Battery Status
users.rcn.com/tmtalpey/BattStat
Windows This app runs in the system tray
and takes advantage of smart battery
support in XP/Vista to provide loads of
info on laptop-power usage.