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matsemann on June 26, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ball: A ball that lives in your dock

Widgets has existed natively on Windows since Vista. Unless you have disabled it from your taskbar settings, it's the icon next to your start menu.

skrebbel on June 26, 2024 [–]

You mean the tabloid news panel? I know it’s called widgets but it’s actually a tabloid news panel. I have no idea why MS thinks people need tabloid news inside their OS but alas. You can’t turn off the tabloid news without turning off the entire panel, ergo effectively Windows doesn’t have widgets.

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