Improved upgrade path, new and enhanced widgets, improved engine...
New in v4.x:
Various performance enhancements (image sharing to attempt to reduce memory consumption for some Widgets, XPath now substantially faster on large XML DOMs, Win HTTP loaded on demand), implemented Resize Animation, ability to reuse an animation, various improvements to filesystem, tons of other minor enhancements and bug fixes for earlier releases; Release Notes - Last Updated: 11.30.07 (v4.5)
Upgrade Meter:4
New in v3.1.4:
Support for a new flat file format that permits signing or Widget code to enhance security, option to control whether or not the Widget Engine automatically starts up when your system starts, new security block implemented, tons of other minor enhancements and bug fixes for earlier releases; Release Notes - Last Updated: 05.24.06 Upgrade Meter:4
New in v3.0.1: Improved upgrade path from pre-3.0 installs (preferences for Stock Ticker, The Weather, and PIM Overview correctly migrated to Yahoo! Stock Ticker, Yahoo! Weather, and Day Planner), various other minor enhancements and bug fixes for earlier releases; Release Notes - Last Updated: 12.21.05 Upgrade Meter:2
Pros: Lets you use desktop real estate to display useful or interesting information from the Net; stylish, attractive widgets take full advantage of today''s graphic systems
Cons: Some widgets lack customization options; too many open widgets can rapidly eat up free memory, results in longer system start-up times