Is this for real? The link didn't work for me.
I thought Mac's and their OS was immune to this sort of thing. I thought Mac's were perfect. Well at least according to my Macaholic friends.
Dashboard widgets are toys - unnecessary for system operation.
Go to http://www.konfabulator.com and you can download a windoze version. They _are_ fun to play with...
The link works for me... what happens when you try it?
I thought Mac's and their OS was immune to this sort of thing. I thought Mac's were perfect. Well at least according to my Macaholic friends.
It was... but the OS10.4.1 has added a requester to approve the download/installation of Widgets. The one thing this article does not make clear is that while Widgets may be installed in the ~/Library/Widgets folder, such installation does not run them... that requires the user to start Dashboard, click on the Widget Dock expose button, and then drag the newly installed Widget onto the Dashboard to invoke it.
A malicious Widget can be easily uninstalled by removing it from the ~/Library/Widgets folder.
Macs aren't perfect... just better... ;^)>
Perfect, no.
Far better than the alternatives, yes.
I just installed Tiger, and so far I really like Dashboard. The key to me is that it's an application you can keep on the dock and activate whenever you want it. I like that far better than having my widgets on the desktop, Konfabulator's approach.
When I download a Widget, it does not automatically get added to the list of widgets that are active on the dashboard. So no, you cannot download and install a widget by accident.
I would agree that you should not download widgets from an untrusted source, but that's true of any program.
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Naa the only people who ever seem to hear anyone say Mac's are perfect are widnows uses with OS envy... Every mac user I know does not think the OS is perfect, just better than windows..