Microsoft Has Killed Widgets Six Times. Here's Why They Keep Coming Back. (xakpc.dev)

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30 years of Windows widgets - from Active Desktop to the Widget Board. Six implementations, six deaths, and the scar tissue that shapes the platform you'd build on today.

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[-] Greddan@feddit.org 10 points 4 days ago

And all this time Rainmeter has been superior to whatever Microslop has cobbled together.

[-] Xenny@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Microsoft can't figure out widgets cuz it requires the OS to be customizable

[-] jcorvera@quokk.au 2 points 4 days ago

Meanwhile, Haiku with Replicants...

this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2026

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