Comments on: Best and worst of Blog widgets! http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html Are you a Father if your children don't know you? Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:06:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Aldo http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-2612 Aldo Tue, 20 May 2008 13:23:42 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-2612 thanks for the info thanks for the info

]]> By: Netty Gritty http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1933 Netty Gritty Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:13:10 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1933 hello Lee Doyle, i agree with your point on Bookmarking buttons. One link - like addthis - to deal with it is all that is necessary! hello Lee Doyle,

i agree with your point on Bookmarking buttons. One link - like addthis - to deal with it is all that is necessary!

]]> By: George Lindemann Jr http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1362 George Lindemann Jr Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:09:03 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1362 One popular type of widget is a brag badge or display counter. Back in the day people used to use overall site statistics counters but these have become less popular over time. One popular type of widget is a brag badge or display counter. Back in the day people used to use overall site statistics counters but these have become less popular over time.

]]> By: Best and worst of Blog widgets!-unlimited music downloads http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1223 Best and worst of Blog widgets!-unlimited music downloads Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:03:57 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1223 [...] marintad wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMusic players just annoy people. Some load the whole song even if it is not on auto-play. The really annoying ones play the music on its own! These will make me block the website as I do not want to listen to music while browsing… … [...] [...] marintad wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMusic players just annoy people. Some load the whole song even if it is not on auto-play. The really annoying ones play the music on its own! These will make me block the website as I do not want to listen to music while browsing… … [...]

]]> By: Callith http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1201 Callith Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:03:48 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1201 yeah, I agree with you on this. I try to keep my blog as uncluttered as possible. Besides, it's a free Wordpress blog; I can't even add Adsense to it. LOL <em>Callith's last blog post..<a href="http://youmeher.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/i-must-be-very-uncultured/" rel="nofollow">I must be very uncultured</a></em> yeah, I agree with you on this. I try to keep my blog as uncluttered as possible.

Besides, it’s a free Wordpress blog; I can’t even add Adsense to it. LOL

Callith’s last blog post..I must be very uncultured

]]> By: Elle http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1124 Elle Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:17:31 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1124 I have to admit, clocks and the weather pixies annoy me. Then again, some widgets are fine when used in moderation. It's just the blogs that go totoally overboard that annoy the hell out of me. <em>Elle's last blog post..<a href="http://bespectacledbrunette.blogspot.com/2008/03/job-hunting-six-degrees-of-desperation.html" rel="nofollow">Job-hunting: The Six Degrees of Desperation</a></em> I have to admit, clocks and the weather pixies annoy me. Then again, some widgets are fine when used in moderation. It’s just the blogs that go totoally overboard that annoy the hell out of me.

Elle’s last blog post..Job-hunting: The Six Degrees of Desperation

]]> By: Best and worst of Blog widgets!-download music http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1121 Best and worst of Blog widgets!-download music Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:34:04 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1121 [...] marintad wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMusic players just annoy people. Some load the whole song even if it is not on auto-play. The really annoying ones play the music on its own! These will make me block the website as I do not want to listen to music while browsing… … [...] [...] marintad wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMusic players just annoy people. Some load the whole song even if it is not on auto-play. The really annoying ones play the music on its own! These will make me block the website as I do not want to listen to music while browsing… … [...]

]]> By: feefifoto http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1117 feefifoto Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:58:41 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1117 I tried the My µStats too and didn't like the way it appeared on my blog. Maybe they'll make it more readable eventually. I'm with you on everything else. I do, however, have a countdown clock to my son's Bar Mitzvah, but that's because I'm blogging about the planning process. <em>feefifoto's last blog post..<a href="http://blog.feefifoto.com/2008/03/into-a-nearby-t.html" rel="nofollow">Into A Nearby Telephone Booth ...</a></em> I tried the My µStats too and didn’t like the way it appeared on my blog. Maybe they’ll make it more readable eventually.

I’m with you on everything else. I do, however, have a countdown clock to my son’s Bar Mitzvah, but that’s because I’m blogging about the planning process.

feefifoto’s last blog post..Into A Nearby Telephone Booth …

]]> By: Lee Doyle http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1093 Lee Doyle Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:09:42 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1093 @Lis Yea I agree that the font is hard to see... Fingers crossed they do some updates on it. I never really used Blogger but I still have to see a Good looking blog that cant be made better one WP. I always think its worth doing a spring clean every month or sooner. I know I have to do one soon. @Lis
Yea I agree that the font is hard to see… Fingers crossed they do some updates on it. I never really used Blogger but I still have to see a Good looking blog that cant be made better one WP.

I always think its worth doing a spring clean every month or sooner. I know I have to do one soon.

]]> By: kml http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1077 kml Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:56:22 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1077 Some good advice you have posted - I will have to check out the Addthis service. <em>kml's last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PhotographyByKml/~3/248143401/green-thumb-sunday-overgrown-driftwood.html" rel="nofollow">Green Thumb Sunday - Overgrown Driftwood</a></em> Some good advice you have posted - I will have to check out the Addthis service.

kml’s last blog post..Green Thumb Sunday - Overgrown Driftwood

]]> By: Ken http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1073 Ken Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:36:34 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1073 I cannot agree more on the music widgets, if I want to listen to music I have the iTunes going in the background, and music widgets are a great way to ruin a good song. Unless your a band featuring your own music, or perhaps a music site, this is a totally useless waste of bandwidth. Even in those scenarios you should give the user an option to start the music on their own rather than the auto play. <em>Ken's last blog post..<a href="http://kenstrees.com/?p=211" rel="nofollow">Lost an Hour? Dawn Redwood - Day 66</a></em> I cannot agree more on the music widgets, if I want to listen to music I have the iTunes going in the background, and music widgets are a great way to ruin a good song. Unless your a band featuring your own music, or perhaps a music site, this is a totally useless waste of bandwidth. Even in those scenarios you should give the user an option to start the music on their own rather than the auto play.

Ken’s last blog post..Lost an Hour? Dawn Redwood - Day 66

]]> By: Lis http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1070 Lis Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:24:40 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1070 The font on the My µStats widget when I expand it is kind of hard to read. One good thing about moving my blog from Blogger to my own domain was that it made me spring clean my sidebar and remove all the useless widgets. <em>Lis's last blog post..<a href="http://stickfigurelis.com/2008/03/funny-signs/" rel="nofollow">Funny Signs</a></em> The font on the My µStats widget when I expand it is kind of hard to read.

One good thing about moving my blog from Blogger to my own domain was that it made me spring clean my sidebar and remove all the useless widgets.

Lis’s last blog post..Funny Signs

]]> By: Lady Rose http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1065 Lady Rose Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:51:22 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1065 What a fun post - of course one of my favorite things to do is browse the widgets and randomly click on one's that catch my. What a fun post - of course one of my favorite things to do is browse the widgets and randomly click on one’s that catch my.

]]> By: Lee Doyle http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1062 Lee Doyle Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:52:03 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1062 i have to disagree with the calendar. When I removed it from my old template I had some people complain as they told me it helped them know how many new posts and history I had. I know there are other ways to find it... But I guess some people feel comfortable with calendars... I don't though i have to disagree with the calendar. When I removed it from my old template I had some people complain as they told me it helped them know how many new posts and history I had. I know there are other ways to find it… But I guess some people feel comfortable with calendars… I don’t though

]]> By: Margaret http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1061 Margaret Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:45:01 +0000 http://leedoyle.com/best-and-worst-of-blog-widgets.html#comment-1061 You can probably lose your calendar, too as when you hover your mouse over that number in the lower right, it tells you what day it is as well. I hope I'm saying that nicer than Sam Freedom said it to me :) M <em>Margaret's last blog post..<a href="http://eyespi20.com/dead-days-of-summer-a-review" rel="nofollow">Dead Days of Summer ? a Review</a></em> You can probably lose your calendar, too as when you hover your mouse over that number in the lower right, it tells you what day it is as well. I hope I’m saying that nicer than Sam Freedom said it to me :)

M

Margaret’s last blog post..Dead Days of Summer ? a Review

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