This Windows App Allows You to Add Time, Weather and Other Widgets to Your Wallpaper.
Mac users can place any widget on their desktop. Windows puts widgets in a special area that can’t be customized and collects headlines from the worst places on the Internet. What if you just want your wallpaper to display a few simple pieces of information? The free BeWidgets app allows you to do just that.
This free app allows you to customize widgets with weather, date, time, stock prices, and app shortcuts. It also allows you to customize them the way you want. To get started, install the application; you can add the widget right away. Give it a name so you can keep track of it, and then select what information you want the widget to display from the drop-down list.
You can manually drag the widget to any location on your desktop. The real power comes when you click the Customize button. Here you can change everything about how it looks. This means you can change the size, position, font and background of the widget. You can also customize the format.
So, for the weather widget, you can choose which city to show the weather for and whether you want Celsius or Fahrenheit. You can also get a 24 hour forecast. In the stock widget, you can choose which stock or currency you want to track. As for the time, you can choose whether you want 24 or 12 hour time. And you can customize the date format the way you are used to. The real fun comes from digging through the settings and tweaking everything to look the way you want.
There are other Windows apps that let you add widgets: Rainlender is a popular app for this job, although it’s outdated and can be overwhelming for newbies. The reason I like BeWidgets is the balance of simplicity and customization. Of course, you can only add certain types of information, but you can make that information look the way you want with just a few clicks. Check if you want to add clocks or shares to your desktop.