The productivity gains of widgets aren’t limited to your desktop setups either. Here’s how I used widgets—along with a few ...

Press Win+W to open the widgets board and add widgets easily. Remove widgets by selecting the three dots and choosing Unpin widget. Download Widget Launcher to add widgets directly on the Windows 11 ...

Using KDE Plasma Widgets is another fantastic way to display desktop widgets on your Ubuntu desktop. However, you need to ...

Apple's macOS Big Sur merges familiar iOS features with the computing benefits of Apple’s Mac lineup. Now that iOS apps can run in macOS, it makes sense for both operating systems to look, and work, ...

OS X (10.9+): If you're looking to customize your desktop in OS X, usually you'd turn to an app like GeekTool. Now there's an alternative—Übersicht, a new app that lets you build custom widgets to ...

Customizing your desktop is a handy way to optimize workflow while adding a personal touch to the appearance of your computer. Windows 7 enables you to customize several elements of the desktop on ...

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