I’m not typically one that has a lot of desktop widgets, as the two I do use are ones I want to be able to check quickly, and widgets take of so long to load on first viewing after a reboot, but using the Blogger Dashboard widget is really handy to have if you don’t want to login to blogger or load up Safari. It’s simple to configure and use. I think’ll be using this a lot.
PS. This blog post was written on the widget.
Before using Google Reader, I used NetNewsWire for RSS and Atom news feeds, although it was impossible for me to make it travel. I wanted feeds on any computer I use and any operating system. Google Reader contains a lot of clutter to my dislike, making the overall look and feel of it not too crash hot. It also contains some sort of home area, that I’m week to work out the point, I’d rather just have the “All” feeds part as my default home.
I also tried out the Reader dashboard widget, but I seem to only get a box with “error” inside it. I gather it’s because of my Google hosted domain, which seems to break a lot of programs that tap into Googles API.
Generally it’s very nice, although needs some tweaking to make it more appealing.