I have to admit, I was sceptical about yet another desktop widget type thing but man, Konfabulator is just brilliant! The user experience right from install right through to using the widgets, memory footprint etc is just perfect. This also shows a problem with bits like the Longhorn sidebar and my current favourite, DesktopSidebar, namely, the stuff is all in one place...anyway, I plan to use this for a while, let you know how I get on - but I really encourage you to try it out!
This is how my desktop currently looks (oh, the background is from DeviantArt )
