why cant the results come up in the widget???? wikiget does it pretty well.

Just what I was looking for! Perfect, seamless and wonderful. A real time saver.

I search Wiki frequently and it is great to be able to type my query on my desktop and have the Wiki page with my answer appear.

Yes, it opens a browser, but I WANT to be in Wiki to view the search results. That's what Wiki is FOR. Clicking references and other links, checking the history and discussion... If you just want text in a box go use some print encyclopedia that's ported to the web.

Thanks J.E.!

This is a good start to a nice wikipedia widget. The problem is that it opens up that darn slow internet explorer browser whenever i do a search in this widget. it would be cool if you can search wikipedia within the widget rather than having to wait for the internet browser to open. i might as well search wikipedia in internet explorer, whats the difference?. the only reason why i would want this widget is because i dont want to open up internet explorer, especially when its sluggish most of the time and takes up memory.

Pretty good, but would be better if it were self-contained, like it displayed the text inside the widget. An example would be the Dictionary widget by James M. Allen. I know it's somewhat of a momentous task, but that would make this widget very useful to me.

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I still don't understand widgets that add an extra step to launching a browser bookmark. Do some people really have a desktop packed to the gills with a little widget for each reference site on the web, each widget nothing more than a glorified button for opening your browser and taking you to the site which you might as well have done in the first place and saved yourself the step of going to your widget to do so? (anyone seen a widget that helps run on sentences :)

The best widgets display the answer to your query right there in the widget. If the thing simply has to launch your entire browser, what's the point of a small widget?

The main purposes of a dashboard-esque widget is for a slim, sleek, small, quick way to reference or harness some info or action. Take for instance the Wikipedia widget for Mac users on their dashboard. It's a great example of providing the info in a compact, quick little reference widget without having to launch your entire browser. Addit

Great tool! looks nice... i'd just make smaller fonts on the type in box... but anyway looks great.

thanks!

I'm using this widget and I want to add support for hebrew, it is one minute work, do you want me to post the change? or do you want to do it? - since it is your code I'm not sure.

Other then that, it is a great widget always on my desktop.

I use this all the time. Thanks for creating it!

I love this widget! Sometimes, though, it will just disappear and I will have to download it all over again. It's a quick d/l so I don't mind, but maybe something could be done?

i would prefer if it did not open a web browser window. esp when doing a dictionary lookup. anyway you could implement this?

It works great. It could become better if URLs are open in new windows instead of current ones (the current behavior is, if you already have an Internet Explorer window open, say, on Yahoo homepage, and you perform a Wikipedia search from the widget, it will open Wikipedia on that same Internet Explorer window and turn you away from the Yahoo homepage).

Hi you have to set Mozilla as your default Browser.
This is somethere in the option Dialog of your Browser

Is there any way to change what the page opens with from IE to Mozilla?

this widgetcannot open on my system

sweet - thanks

is that possible to improve the graphics....
adding on chinese and japanese would be better...
nice work! thank you!

That's possible.
Can you please send me the url for the chinese wiki site because i cant read chinese.
thanks Johannes

It would be great if add Chinese:)

Hi Alex,
will ad italian soon!

@ everyone: if you want to add me an additional Language please write here.

johannes

Great idea!!!!
Can add Italian tooo? :)

Works great!

Awesome

GREAT, IT WORKS FINE ON MY PC!

Unfortunately, It does nothing when I hit enter. :<(( I do think it's a great idea

this is GREAT.....good work

Works perfectly!