Looking for an effective Continuous Integration feedback mechanism, that isn’t email? Check out Yahoo! Widgets, which are JavaScript applications that run outside of a browser and run on both Windows and Mac OS X. If you haven’t seen them yet, check them out as they are indubitably hip.

There are three Widgets currently available, which can hook into CruiseControl (two of which also support CruiseControl.NET):

• CruiseControl Dashboard (Java only, but displays an ever so groovy Lava Lamp)
• Cruise Control Status
• The generic Cruise Control widget

These applications offer similar features to Window’s tray icon, but are a bit more aesthetic. Outta sight, man!