Wikipedia Widget

version 0.9.5 for mac os 10.4 or greater
updated April 11th, 2011

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A Dashboard widget for browsing the free, user-created encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Search for articles, view and edit right from the Dashboard, complete with pictures and links.

April 7, 2011 2:33am

There's a new version available, which fixes the 10.6.7 incompatibility issues. I can't test this on any older releases of OS X, so you'll have to let me know if I broke anything. Full list of changes is below.

0.9.5 (April 7, 2011 2:33am)

• Compatible with 10.6.7
• Fixed bug causing some links not to show
• Mouse wheel and trackpad scroll speed is sane again
• Fixed Delete/Shift-Delete to move backward/forward through history
• Some small layout fixes

(for previous changes, see the change log)

Features:

• Compatible with any language wikipedia, just enter the 2 (sometimes 3 or more) letter code on the back. Defaults to English.
• External links open in your preferred browser.
• Click the 'wikipedia' button to the left of the search field to open the current article or search term in Safari.
• The little '?' button to the left of the search field fetches a random article.
• Back and forward buttons with page caching.

created by sean billig

If you would like to submit a bug, or make a comment or suggestion, please email me at

sbillig at whatsinthehouse dot com

If you especially enjoy this widget, and would like to support development, you can donate through paypal.

Download and Installation: Apple's Mac OS X 10.4 or later is required. Download, double click the 'Wikipedia.zip' file to unzip, double click the resulting 'Wikipedia.wdgt' file to open in Dashboard.