I do think widgets are incredibly useful for a certain set of things. I keep an agenda on one page of my homescreen (no need to open an app to glance at what's

I do think widgets are incredibly useful for a certain set of things. I keep an agenda on one page of my homescreen (no need to open an app to glance at what's coming up) and a widget to control some things in my house (no need to open an app just to dim lights or switch to a different preset). I liked having the CPU/RAM usage widget in a small corner of my secondary monitor on Vista/Win7 as well. I think the main point is that whether this kind of functionality is in a pull-down menu, a widget, or a gesture away, I like being able to specify a few things that I can access quickly without opening a fullscreen app.