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Widget, The World Watcher

Widget, The World Watcher - 1.0

prevent widget unwanted auto installs

All Time: (5.0)
This Version: (5.0)
Current Version: 1.0
Release Date: 2005-05-10
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 3,641
Downloads (all versions): 3,641

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Product Description:

Widget, The World Watcher is not only a campy, eco-cartoon from the early 90s, but also a little utility that allows you to keep Safari's automatic file opening enabled without worrying about evil widgets installing themselves!

If a widget is being installed, a dialog will pop up asking if you wanted to install it. You'll have the options of allowing the installation, deleting the widget, or having it dropped on your desktop for later.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4
  • Tiger

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Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating: (5.0) Features: (5.0) Support: (5.0)
Ease of Use: (5.0) Quality / Stability: (5.0) Price: (5.0)
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Widget, The World Watcher Troubleshooting ReportWidget the World Watcher - Version: 1.0, 5/12/2005 01:52AM PST

Dick Dangerman
I couldn't download it! What's the secret? This is the 404 message I got when I tried on two different browsers, Firefox 1.0.3 & Safari 2.0.

"The requested URL /zacks/wtww.zip was not found on this server."
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Widget, The World Watcher Usage TipPartial manual install needed - Version: 1.0, 5/11/2005 06:54AM PST

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chembob
There are two widget folders on my computer, one in the library of my user folder, the other in the library at the /library/widgets level. Both have widgets in them. Widget, The World Watcher only installed it's folder action on the one in the user folder so I manually attached it via folder actions to the other. It did warn me about the zaptastic when I tested it on the provided website and offered to delete the offending widget from my desktop, which also seems to have worked. With the exception of having to do the manual install on the root level library/widgets folder this works great.

ChemBob
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Widget, The World Watcher ReviewWorks as advertised - Version: 1.0, 5/10/2005 11:04PM PST

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S. Lanx
Seems to be a folder action and works as advertised. I hope Apple will incorporate something like this in an upcoming patch.
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