I made a widget :)

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I made a widget called DashSurf. It's a web browser in the Dashboard!

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Tell me what you think.
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Wasn't actually working for me, I put in an address and it would just flash back to the "http://." The "i" wouldn't load for me either.
Also, I don't know about other people, but I have a lot of little things on my dash already, and that would take up like half of it. Maybe if you could make it small to start with, like the dictionary or wikipedia widgets, and then get bigger when you put in an address it would be better.
I also don't really see the point of it, it's not really saving any time, I mean it's either get the dash up and put in the website, or click my firefox app in the dock to do the exact same thing. Sorry if I'm being harsh, but you asked for opinions ;)
 
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Wasn't actually working for me, I put in an address and it would just flash back to the "http://." The "i" wouldn't load for me either.
Also, I don't know about other people, but I have a lot of little things on my dash already, and that would take up like half of it. Maybe if you could make it small to start with, like the dictionary or wikipedia widgets, and then get bigger when you put in an address it would be better.
I also don't really see the point of it, it's not really saving any time, I mean it's either get the dash up and put in the website, or click my firefox app in the dock to do the exact same thing. Sorry if I'm being harsh, but you asked for opinions ;)

Hey its cool. But to get a page to load you have to have the http:// and you have to click Go To. I'm working on fixing that for the next version.
 
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That's pretty slick. Definitely a keeper for me!
 
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Oh I get it, it works. It is definitely well made and all, but I still don't see the point of having a browser in the dash...
 

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I actually like it a lot. Very interesting. Let us know when the next version comes out with that http part working. Be even better.

Good Job.
 
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congrats!!!

Looks great.
 
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I'm actually typing this reply from the widget. Pretty slick!
 

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