Website Widget
- Widget for Mac OS X Dashboard
- monitor a website and get alarmed with a red glow on changes
- control accessibility of your website
- check automatically everytime you open Dashboard
- import an Url from Safari with one click
- small and simple, no-frills
- PowerPC and Intel (universal)
- Free Software (GPL)
Note: Website Widget is not made for observing large, dynamically generated websites (like news.yahoo.com), because they change nearly every second
FAQ
What are the System requirements?
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or higher is required.
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or higher is required.
How do I install Website Widget?
If you’re using Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget’s icon in the Widget Bar to open it. If you’re using a browser other than Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, unarchive it and place it in /Library/Widgets/ in your home folder. show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget’s icon in the Widget Bar to open it.
If you’re using Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget’s icon in the Widget Bar to open it. If you’re using a browser other than Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, unarchive it and place it in /Library/Widgets/ in your home folder. show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget’s icon in the Widget Bar to open it.
Your widget always gives false alerts, when I try to observe www.xyz.com
If you are sure that nothing has changed, please mail me
If you are sure that nothing has changed, please mail me
How can I observe different Websites at once?
You have to launch multiple copies of Website Widget. Just click the + sign in the lower left corner of Dashboard and click Website’s icon in the Widget Bar as often as you want to open it.
You have to launch multiple copies of Website Widget. Just click the + sign in the lower left corner of Dashboard and click Website’s icon in the Widget Bar as often as you want to open it.
Why reports Website Widget "Host is down", although I can access the site with my browser
Probably you use a Firewall like LittleSnitch which prevents curl, a little Terminal program, from connecting to the internet to check a site for changes. So please check your Firewall rules.
Probably you use a Firewall like LittleSnitch which prevents curl, a little Terminal program, from connecting to the internet to check a site for changes. So please check your Firewall rules.
Version History
v1.3 - August, 30th 2009
- little bugfix
- you can't miss a change any more, because it glows until you stop it.
- give your website a name, which is displayed on the front.
- improved reliability & many bugfixes
- little bugfix
- initial release
