did you know that you can pull a widget out of the Dashboard so that it lives on your desktop?

This I like!

I like it in theory, but I realized that, if I'm using Quark XPress and need the dictionary (to figure out hyphenation -- it's a thing), I still have to press one key to show the desktop (F11), where the widget would be living, or one key to show the Dashboard (F13), where the widget currently resides.

Six of one.

if I'm using Quark XPress and need the dictionary (to figure out hyphenation

I'm not at a Mac right now, but I remember noticing that some app I was in last night that wasn't a browser had a "search in Google" context sensitive menu option. I liked that.

My perfect widget would be a translucent window that's displaying information from somewhere else that's changing--time, weather, whatever. I want to be able to have that floating over the window I'm working with, but not obscuring it.

I remember noticing that some app I was in last night that wasn't a browser had a "search in Google" context sensitive menu option. I liked that.

From any app, there is an App Name -> Services -> Search in Google menu entry.

did you know that you can pull a widget out of the Dashboard so that it lives on your desktop?

I did not! That could definitely come in handy.

From any app, there is an App Name -> Services -> Search in Google menu entry.

Can you drop that menu down with keystrokes? It suits my flow better at this time to flip over to the browser and perform the search there since I can do it all from the keyboard. I don't know about OS X shortcuts.

ita, I've been looking for somewhat the same thing as you--minus that I don't care about the camera. I'm leaning towards the Pearl right now, but I really don' tneed the fancy blackberryness of it all--I'm not going to connect to my work email.

I was a little intrigued by the Verizon EnV...

Can you drop that menu down with keystrokes?

Various items in the Services menu have keyboard shortcuts. Google search is Command-Shift-L. (I think, I'm not in front of a Mac right now)

My perfect widget would be a translucent window that's displaying information from somewhere else that's changing--time, weather, whatever. I want to be able to have that floating over the window I'm working with, but not obscuring it.

You know what? I had never actually tried to put a widget on my desktop, so I did it just now. And the widget DOES float over the window I'm working with.

Well, actually, it always floats above ALL windows and menu bars, so it's a toss-up as to whether I'd use it enough to deal with the annoyance of it just sitting up there, looming over everything.

t edit It's super-easy to undo, though.

ita, I used a Windows Mobile phone for a little over a year. It was made by HTC (The cingular 8125) and the build quality was total ass. About 8 months in the touch screen stopped working in landscape orientation. About a month ago it stopped ringing and would only vibrate.

I also found that I had to reboot the phone about once a day or parts of the screen wouldn't redraw correctly when I changed screen orientation. It would also refuse to make a data connection at times, also requiring a reset of the phone.

All in all, it had a nice feature set that seemed to work well for a few month, but by the end of the time I had it I would consider it one of the worst phones I've owned.

Thanks, ND.

Does the iPhone need a keyboard?

I have to admit--the idea of spending that much money on a phone without a keyboard is my main hesitancy.

Currently leaning towards a Blackberry. Must investigate prices.