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Now this is a busy dashboard...

30 points by bprater 18y ago

GeoJawDguJin 18y ago
AAAAGGHHHH MY BROWSER
- sahaj 18y ago
  not too bad on chrome...
  - pclark 18y ago
    "AAAAGGHHHH MY TAB" ? :)
jayair 18y ago
Is there something about flash+FF that makes my MacBook go crazy?
- ashleyw 18y ago
  Flash sucks on OSX; For me, World of Warcraft uses the same amount of CPU as an average flash game… This thing rocks, just wish I could choose the panels on the OSX dashboard version...
pg 18y ago
A good illustration of the distinction between high production values and good design.
- scorxn 18y ago
  On the contrary, I think the effectiveness of the design depends on its clutter. The clutter promotes exploration, as long as you're not expecting an informational tool.
spoiledtechie 18y ago
Love it. Downloading now.
- shergill 18y ago
  how can you download it?
  - Angostura 18y ago
    Look around - somewhere in there is a grey lozenge/button with 'Get the NOW Widget' I have it in my OS X Dashboard now, god help me.
matthewking 18y ago
That's like a DoS attack against safari :(
- dreish 18y ago
  Upgrading to Flash 10 helps a lot, actually.
  - mikeyur 18y ago
    My MacBook Air is choking on it either way :P
    - pclark 18y ago
      doesn't it choke on everything?
      - mikeyur 18y ago
        Nope. Just flash. I just watched a 720p blu-ray rip on my 24" external monitor without any problems.
whatusername 18y ago
:D This was gold: Habitable Planets: 1
iuguy 18y ago
I lasted 15 seconds before raging and closing... Because I had 16 tabs open at the time and it took a while to find...
AndrewWarner 18y ago
Actually, I'm not so overwhelmed by it. Taught me we can pack more on a page.
- mlLK 18y ago
  I think the dangerous term here is, pack.
  - henning 18y ago
    More information! That's what the people want. They don't have enough numbers and facts being projected at them on a daily basis -- moar, moar!
- patio11 18y ago
  "You can drive a car with your feet -- that don't [sic] make it a good idea" -- Chris Rock
stevefrog 18y ago
Another all Flash site, yuck. What if I don't have Flash installed/enabled?
- Ardit20 18y ago
  well then install it
mlLK 18y ago
Anyone else make it to the part when she said, "This point in time will self-destruct, now." CTRL+W
bmelton 18y ago
Man. That's kind of awesome. I guess it's kind of odd that my only gripe is that it doesn't do any sort of screen size detection before displaying. I probably SHOULD complain about the information overload, or the inconsistencies in box sizing or some other silly thing, but I ... I like it. Inexplicable.
wallflower 18y ago
This widget page took a risk (of crashing browsers and annoying users), and I think it is interesting because some of the widgets are liked together ala Rube Goldberg style. I like the visualization of 'Forests being cut now' into 'Houses built now' (trees chopped/shredded into house 2x4's).
chris_l 18y ago
"Top words being used online: the" Is this some kind of parody?

30 points by bprater 18y ago

GeoJawDguJin 18y ago

AAAAGGHHHH MY BROWSER

sahaj 18y ago
not too bad on chrome...
- pclark 18y ago
  "AAAAGGHHHH MY TAB" ? :)

jayair 18y ago

Is there something about flash+FF that makes my MacBook go crazy?

ashleyw 18y ago
Flash sucks on OSX; For me, World of Warcraft uses the same amount of CPU as an average flash game… This thing rocks, just wish I could choose the panels on the OSX dashboard version...

pg 18y ago

A good illustration of the distinction between high production values and good design.

scorxn 18y ago
On the contrary, I think the effectiveness of the design depends on its clutter. The clutter promotes exploration, as long as you're not expecting an informational tool.

spoiledtechie 18y ago

Love it. Downloading now.

shergill 18y ago
how can you download it?
- Angostura 18y ago
  Look around - somewhere in there is a grey lozenge/button with 'Get the NOW Widget' I have it in my OS X Dashboard now, god help me.

matthewking 18y ago

That's like a DoS attack against safari :(

dreish 18y ago
Upgrading to Flash 10 helps a lot, actually.
- mikeyur 18y ago
  My MacBook Air is choking on it either way :P
  - pclark 18y ago
    doesn't it choke on everything?
    - mikeyur 18y ago
      Nope. Just flash. I just watched a 720p blu-ray rip on my 24" external monitor without any problems.

whatusername 18y ago

:D This was gold: Habitable Planets: 1

iuguy 18y ago

I lasted 15 seconds before raging and closing... Because I had 16 tabs open at the time and it took a while to find...

AndrewWarner 18y ago

Actually, I'm not so overwhelmed by it. Taught me we can pack more on a page.

mlLK 18y ago
I think the dangerous term here is, pack.
- henning 18y ago
  More information! That's what the people want. They don't have enough numbers and facts being projected at them on a daily basis -- moar, moar!
patio11 18y ago
"You can drive a car with your feet -- that don't [sic] make it a good idea" -- Chris Rock

stevefrog 18y ago

Another all Flash site, yuck. What if I don't have Flash installed/enabled?

Ardit20 18y ago
well then install it

mlLK 18y ago

Anyone else make it to the part when she said, "This point in time will self-destruct, now." CTRL+W

bmelton 18y ago

Man. That's kind of awesome. I guess it's kind of odd that my only gripe is that it doesn't do any sort of screen size detection before displaying. I probably SHOULD complain about the information overload, or the inconsistencies in box sizing or some other silly thing, but I ... I like it. Inexplicable.

wallflower 18y ago

This widget page took a risk (of crashing browsers and annoying users), and I think it is interesting because some of the widgets are liked together ala Rube Goldberg style. I like the visualization of 'Forests being cut now' into 'Houses built now' (trees chopped/shredded into house 2x4's).

chris_l 18y ago

"Top words being used online: the" Is this some kind of parody?