∞ The case of the missing .Mac widgets

Written by

I guess you can mark this case as solved. Remember back to a time when Apple promised .Mac members additional widgets? They never came. TUAW found out why and it’s a pretty funny story. At least I had a little chuckle on a Friday afternoon. I won’t ruin the entire story, but here’s something to get you started.

At the time of the Tiger launch there was an Apple intern working with the .Mac team. The intern said he could whip up some exclusive .Mac widgets to help capitalize on the Dashboard craze and hopefully spur sales of .Mac

Solved: The case of the missing .Mac widgets [TUAW]


  • satcomer

    Thanks for the Update. I to wondered what ever happened with those widgets. I sure would have loved a .Mac email notification widget at that that.

  • http://twitter.com/Moeskido Moeskido

    Granted the .Mac service sounded as though it promised way more than it ever delivered, but in the end this story seems to me like yet another excuse for a few people to air five-year-old gripes.