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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 at 6:42 PM

I don’t use the Dashboard in Mac OS X as much as I expected to when it was first released, but when I do, one of the few widgets I employ is Delivery Status, which keeps track of packages during shipment. Big, bold numbers display the days until delivery, and smaller text reports on various stops throughout the package’s voyage. With support for over 30 carriers, including all of the most common here in the U.S., Delivery Status conveys what you need to know at a glance, making it an ideal Dashboard widget. Also in the works is an iPhone/iPod Touch application serving the same purpose with an interface optimized for touchscreen devices.

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Sunday, November 20th, 2005 at 5:27 AM

Shortly after Google Analytics was released, I gave it a shot. Several days after properly setting it up, I still wasn’t getting results. Today, I read that it doesn’t work in Safari. So much for depending on Google for stats.

As a full time Safari user, I gave up on that front and purchased Mint, an easy to use (and wonderful to look at) web stats generator by Shaun Inman. While it doesn’t have graphical pie graphs like Google Analytics, it sure makes checking out my stats a breeze. Some webmasters go all-out and get very detailed with stats, but me, I just what to have a general idea of what’s going on and what’s hot. For the cost of the average shareware app, Mint reports all this and more with a clean, refreshing style. I couldn’t be happer with it. To top it all off, there’s a simple Tiger widget included in the purchase which displays total visitors.

(If you know me, I don’t purchase software too often, so it must be great if I buy it!)

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Thursday, August 18th, 2005 at 2:10 PM

If you do any CSS related web development, the SeeSS widget may be just the thing to help you code the styles for your site. It allows you to view all the important attributes for CSS styles, and browse them all by name or alphabetical increments such as A through D. [via] Combined with CSSEdit, you have a complete CSS solution.

The developer’s site also has another widget, Oblique Strategies, which provides interesting approaches to problems and ideas. It’s a really unique widget that’s worth a look if you like little tidbits of information to make you think or inspire you.

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Tuesday, July 5th, 2005 at 4:48 PM

This is the last Google Maps related post for a while, I swear! I just couldn’t resist bringing this widget to others’ attention, as I find it incredibly useful. The Google Maps Widget provides “in-widget” maps of whatever location you specify, as opposed to opening a browser window with your query. It looks and works much like the Dictionary widget provided by Apple. Check out the details at Apple’s widget page.

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Thursday, June 2nd, 2005 at 7:14 PM

For those interested in creating Dashboard widgets, a great development FAQ has been posted over at dashboardwidgets.com. Check it out. Apple also has documentation, which can be found here.

I’m working on two widgets of my own, and you can be sure I’ll post them here soon!

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