“The Informer is a great widget that will
display vital statistics about your
computer like CPU and memory usage,
check your mail, give you quick
access to apps and folders
without cluttering up your
desktop, and even play
Internet radio stations.”
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Informer
Informer
Konfabulator widget (later Yahoo! Widgets).
This Widget monitors your system resources (CPU usage, disk usage, memory usage, swap usage, system uptime, WiFi, battery life, Recycle Bin/Trash), Internet resources (RSS feeds, IMAP4/POP3 MailBoxes and Gmail Inbox), etc., and displays it on your desktop.
You can set up multiple sensors (useful for multiple Gmail accounts or RSS feeds) too!
Top rated widget in Yahoo! Widgets Gallery (Internet Archive)
Yahoo! Widgets Gallery page (Internet Archive)
Features
- Fully customizable
- 31 sensors available
- NewsStand widget (RSS reader) integration
- Asynchronous web access
- Drag-n-drop support
- Popup ballons
- Customizable background
- Notifications
Sensors
31 sensors available:
- Time
- Disk Meter
- CPU Meter and Graph
- Memory Meter
- Swap Meter
- WiFi Signal
- Battery Life
- Recycle Bin/Trash
- System Uptime
- RSS Feeds
- IMAP4/POP3 Mail Checker
- Yahoo! Mail Checker
- Gmail checker and Gmail for Domains checker
- Text sensor
- Image sensor
- Shortcut to application sensor
- Internet Radio
- Power control
- WiFi meter
- TurboFolder
- TurboFolder: StartMenu/Applications
- Disk
- Network Graph
- Eject USB
- Memory Graph
- Swap Graph
- SpeedFan Meter (for Windows only)
Credits
Design & Code:
- Andy Chentsov
Additional programming:
- Torsten Herz
- Farbrice Deshayes aka Xtream
- Caspar Duregger
- Alexander Gross
Thanks to:
- Matthew R. Baerbock
- Patrick Steinke
- Cris aka poly
- ...and all people in Yahoo! Widgets community
Awards
Download
Yahoo! Widgets is abandonware, but I've provided the final version below.
Download Yahoo! Widgets 4.5.2 for Windows Requires Windows XP SP2 or higher
Download Yahoo! Widgets 4.5.2 for Mac OS X Requires Mac OS 10.3.9 or higher
Yahoo! Widgets is provided under the terms of the Konfabulator Consumer License Agreement. All downloads on this page are unsupported. Thank you for enjoying Informer over the years.
Informer 2.8.3 Windows & MacOS X compatible