widgets?

Now that is extremely complicated:

1
download the .wdgt,

2
select it in the finder,

3
start to drag it,

4
F12 to invoke Dashboard,

5
drop.

Happy hula-hop !

It's usually even easier than that:
Just double-click the widget in Finder.

thanks but that only makes the widget show up, i want it to be an icon that i can select from the dashboard menu..



Now that is extremely complicated:

1
download the .wdgt,

2
select it in the finder,

3
start to drag it,

4
F12 to invoke Dashboard,

5
drop.

Happy hula-hop !

Damn, I didn't push the just-do-it thing hard enough...

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/dashboard/

i guess i'm not being clear i don't want to simp;ly open up the widget but i want it to be permanently displayed on the menu bar in dashboard..

Usually the downloaded widgets automatically get put into ~/Library/Widgets
( ~ = your home folder)
If they aren't there, move them there using Finder.

You'll have to copy it to

/Library/Widgets

to make it available system-wide.

thanks very much!

You may want to make a Widgets folder in the Library folder in your home directory and use that instead. It will work. It will be easier to get to. It will allow you to easily deactivate all of your added widgets if necessary.

~/Library/Widgets/