Thanks to the Amnesty WIdget Browser, widgets are now free from the dark and isolated Dashboard environment and can live directly on the desktop.
Using Amnesty, widgets can be accessed from the menu bar and once on the desktop, they behave like any other desktop window with additional customization options. The WordPress and php.net search widget are now permanent fixtures on my desktop, and the CSS Ref and ColorSafe widgets (which come in handy when doing web development work) are just a click a way.
Originally published July 7, 2005 in the Amy@MEdTech blog.