[X4U] widgets

[John Baltutis]

On 07/19/05, alexandre <mac.k at a2k.ch> wrote:
> On 19 juil. 05, at 04:40, Kunga wrote:
>
>> I agree. They need to be active faster to be helpful.
>>
>
> i find them to be slow in the morning, on waking the computer from
> sleep or upon logging in for example. after that, they "quite" quick.

IIRC, whenever you restart the machine, widgets are inactive. When click on
the Dock's widget icon, the ones you selected to run previously startup,
connect to their various net components, gather the appropriate data, and
then display it-that's what's causing the slowness. They remain connected
until you kill the Dock (via Activity Monitor, restarting, shutdown, or
some other means); thus, responding quickly when reaccessed. The basic
problem with having them running, whether displayed or not, is they
contiunue to run in the background (check their activity in the Activity
Monitor). For the most part, I find them of little utility, so I use them
sparingly and I always kill the Dock after activating the widgets and
tolerate the slowness when they relaunch.