. ESPN This widget shows the current or final scores of college and professional sports games. (If the game hasn't started yet, you see the start time.) | . ESPN This widget shows the current or final scores of college and professional sports games. If the game hasn t started yet you see the start time. Click the button in the top right corner to choose the sport you want to track. Click the News button to see headlines and click a headline to visit ESPN s full article online. . Flight Tracker This handy widget lets you find out which flights fly between which cities and if the flight is already en route shows you where it is on the map how high it s flying how fast and whether or not it s going to be on time. This may look like a small window but there s a lot going on here Figure 5-26. Top Most of the time Flight Tracker is like a teeny tiny travel agent capable of showing you which flights connect which cities. But if one of the flights is marked En route double-click it. Bottom You see an actual map of its progress as shown here. You also get to see its speed and estimated arrival status early late or on time and even which terminal it will use upon landing. If you click the plane you can zoom in on it. Flight Finder. If you re planning a trip the widget can show you a list of flights that match your itinerary. Use the pop-up menus to specify the arrival and departure cities and which airline you want to study if any. Actually it s usually faster to type the name of the city into the box if you know it or better yet its three-digit airport code. Then click Find Flights or press Return or Enter. After a moment the right side of the screen becomes a scrolling list of flights that match your query. You can see the flight number the departure and arrival time and the name of the airline. This is a great tool when a friend or relative is flying in and you re unsure of the flight number airline or arrival time. Flight Tracker. Most of the time the status column of the results says Scheduled meaning that you re looking at some future flight. Every now and then however you get lucky and it says en route.
