Personalization (2012 programs)

Pros: Thousands of widgets available. ‘Floating’ widgets mean they don’t intrude on the desktop environment. Functionality for creating your own widgets.

Cons: Not compatible with My Yahoo!. Running many widgets can tie up system resources, though this is much improved in the latest release.

Pros: Easy to configure and setup. Increases productivity by sharing workflows.

Cons: Difficult to get used to desktop sharing concept at first.