Widget question

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ok new to this prob should be posting in beginners but didnt see any widget talk there so posting here

I am learning how to build widgets using desktopx 3.2. I have built a few cpu and system meters and they work fine (at least i think they do) so my question is i have loaded a few other widgets and also looked at some how to's and they all seem to be using scripts but i built mine using the desktopx wizard (for a lack of better words) and i have no scripts but they work so is it a new feture of 3.2 or am i doing it wrong? just dont want to spend a lot of time learning the wrong way to do it. anyway any advice would be great... thanks in advance.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Both ways are fine to do it. You used the dx plugin which simplifies things considerably for most people and since it's there why not use it.

They are great plug-ins that allow people to spend more time customizing and less time programming.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The main reason some of us don't use the Plug-ins, is because they can misbehave, and not work on all systems. Scripts read the system directly and you can control it better with a script.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
A second reason for me is, that plugins are not as flexible as scripted meters (i.e. NOT scriptable).