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What are the two best things on this earth? Answer: Destructoid and Apple. Finally, a loyal reader (Mike Szegedy) has combined these two monumental things and created the friendly Dtoid Widget, or Widgitoid if you will. Now for you Mac users who love a good Widgit, you can get the Dtoid RSS feed in hipster form.

Download the app here -- don't worry, we checked for viruses, and unlike Nex, it's STD free. 








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velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 13:33
velcroman
widgets FTW!!
Brandon2520's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 13:36
Brandon2520
God! I started reading up on widget programming about two days ago because I was like "man wouldn't it be cool if I made a dtoid widget?" And just when I'm in the rare process of getting myself to learn something new, you come along and beat me to it!!!!!!!


velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 13:39
velcroman


screenshot widget FTW!!
PatrickL's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 13:40
PatrickL
ah yes, i finally have something to go next to my clock widget, ESPN widget, and Moon Phase widget.... oh, and my calculator widget
velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 13:41
velcroman
retarded image bb code FTL!!!
dorock's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 13:42
dorock
I like to play with my widget.

wait...


Now only if I had a mac :(
velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 13:43
velcroman
holy crap i suck
velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 13:44
velcroman
me vs. the image tags
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 13:55
BahamutZero
I hated macs until I got a macbook. with windows xp on it. but I gotta say osX isn't bad, apart from a few annoyances. but seriously, PC gaming for the victory
Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 13:58
Mabec
Any gadgets for Vista comming up?? =)
scrap's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 13:59
scrap
That Nex is dirty.
Zero Iscariot's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:02
Zero Iscariot
sweet! (Shameless new 20" iMac owner). Fuck the iPhone though, built-in battery on a convergence device FTL. Also, Socks (Think Different).
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:05
BlindsideDork
HAha go on your eidget and look at this article looking at the widget! But I don't really use my widgets though...probably won't download it.


DOWNLOAD the MACGUVYER widget!!
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:06
BlindsideDork
Zero, I got a 20" iMac too!!! too bad I am at work and not on it.....
Zero Iscariot's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:08
Zero Iscariot
Sometimes I add widgets just to see the cool ripple effect.
Also, Vista doesn't have the MacGuyver talking paperclip gadget like XP did...wait a minute.
Zero Iscariot's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:17
Zero Iscariot
Dumb question 72: Does anyone know if having lots of widgets that hit up the intertubes (like weather, currency, movie listings, etc.) are always connected and querying? I may be paranoid, but I try to keep my bandwidth down while I play Xbox Live (not everyone has that courtesy, downloading donkey porn while hosting) and while it may not be monster packets of traffic like Ass Guzzler 22: The Sploogening.avi, I like to do what I can to keep everyones live experience lag free.
QOS on my router helps, but I can't just turn off the iMac while playing, need to stream custom tunes.
Paranoid or bored and typey?
xtofuconsumerx's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:17
xtofuconsumerx
Done and Done.
scrap's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:17
scrap
Dtoids in ur macz
impregnatin' ur widgetz
-D-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:22
-D-
I like my MACs, but I think Dashboard blows. If I could bring certain widgets to sit on my desktop, ala Konfabulator, that would be the bee's knees.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:24
BlindsideDork
pron ftw?
Zero Iscariot's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:24
Zero Iscariot
it's no THAT tough to hit your middle button is it -D- ?
deanhatescoffee's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:25
deanhatescoffee
Yahoo! Widgets/Konfabulator ftw. You hipsters and your Macs...
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:26
Snaileb
Im lost.
deadpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:33
deadpixel
Gadgets mother fuckers! Vista for life! (I am typing this on a MacBook :)
velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:39
velcroman
couldn't microsoft think of anything better than gadgets?
deadpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:40
deadpixel
Looking good

velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:44
velcroman
my widgets FTW!
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:46
BlindsideDork
deadpixel....where you find that color wheel? I havent searched alot of the widgets but that looks sweet. is that on the mac site?
velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:48
velcroman
http://colourmod.com/dashboard/
here you are my good sir
iRaf 's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 14:57
iRaf
hey, just wondering can you get steam on macs?

velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 15:02
velcroman
yeah, but you gotta use crossover

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 15:14
Niero
best readers ever. I want to inseminate all of you daily
Kif 's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 15:17
Kif
I've had my Mac for about a year now and still haven't used widgets.
Your Mom's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 15:22
Your Mom
Now the best gaming blog on the net can be read on the best gaming rig EVAR!!!!
Fana7ic's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 15:22
Fana7ic
A dream has come true.
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 15:25
Snaileb
"I want to inseminate all of you daily." - Niero

My new MySpace quote.
deadpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 15:28
deadpixel
I wrote a post on NextLust with that color wheel and more here:

http://nextlust.com/the-ultimate-list-of-mac-apps-part-1
Pedro Blandino's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 15:31
Pedro Blandino
now we need for some one to make a Vista widget and a Yahoo one too.
Serpentish's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 15:32
Serpentish
The two best things in life are dtoid and pr0n, get it right Summa.
Serpentish's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 15:33
Serpentish
..and when the hell is part 2 of that list coming deadpixel?
deadpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 15:39
deadpixel
Awesome question. Probably when I get my shit together and write it up.
Serpentish's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 15:44
Serpentish
Awesome answer but not really.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 16:50
BluDesign
That crossover app doesn't list that it's compatible with Steam , Velcro... They even list that Codename Gordon specifically doesn't work with it.

I'd die to have my precious HL2 back on a computer in my home.

20" iMacs, FTW!

Also 12" iBooks FTW as well.
MadDecent's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 16:59
MadDecent
Scroll bar doesn't work for me...
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 18:13
Topher Cantler
Mike Szegedy, you are the MAN. This thing looks awesome and it works great. Very cool.
ian_esq's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2007 20:27
ian_esq
YO FUCKIN RIGHT!


This is awesome, The ign one was all there was until now,

Mike Szegedy FTW
velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2007 01:09
velcroman
dvddesign, you can install and run any .exe in crossover, the ones on it's list are just preloaded into the bottles, just got to configure>install software...
nightmareci's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/03/2007 01:14
nightmareci
I'd use the widget, but I really only use Dashboard for an alarm clock widget and Sudoku widget. As infrequently that I come to the Destructoid website (viewing large numbers of articles in succession), I wouldn't really need it. Looks real good for those that want it, though. I'm thinking of learning Mac-specific software design/programming, and making interesting Destructoid-related widgets would be an interesting project.
Gh05T R1d3R's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2007 10:03
Gh05T R1d3R
thanks for all the good words guys
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