Amnesty... for widgets?
The name is totally weird, but Amnesty Widget Browser is one cool as system add on. It lets you run dashboard widgets on your desktop. Unlike the dev mode built into dashboard, with amnesty you have a bunch of other options.
For example I have the weather widget on my desktop, but bellow all other windows, allowing me to use Exposé to see my weather rather than having to opening dashboard. But even cooler, you can set the opacity of widgets, and you can set them to ignore clicks. I've got a nice big clock permanently on the bottom-right corner of my screen. It's above all windows and always visible, but I've adjusted the transparency and set it to ignore clicks, which means I can easily see what's under the clock, and I can still click on any buttons that are under the widget.
There are other pro's (and cons) too. It runs under Panther (I imagine not all widgets will work under panther), which is cool. And it doesn't have any of the flashy transitions in dashboard, which is not cool but kinda refreshing.
For example I have the weather widget on my desktop, but bellow all other windows, allowing me to use Exposé to see my weather rather than having to opening dashboard. But even cooler, you can set the opacity of widgets, and you can set them to ignore clicks. I've got a nice big clock permanently on the bottom-right corner of my screen. It's above all windows and always visible, but I've adjusted the transparency and set it to ignore clicks, which means I can easily see what's under the clock, and I can still click on any buttons that are under the widget.
There are other pro's (and cons) too. It runs under Panther (I imagine not all widgets will work under panther), which is cool. And it doesn't have any of the flashy transitions in dashboard, which is not cool but kinda refreshing.

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