Awhile back, I implored you, the internet, to make me a Mac Dashboard widget that would quickly and cleanly tell me what my Xbox Live Friends were doing at any given time. First, Jacob answered with a mockup, and once again I asked if anybody wanted to help finish it off.

Then, Andrew Baldwin replied, made it work, fixed a bunch of bugs that Dan and I were good at pointing out but useless in helping to fix, and even spruced up the interface after I was already impressed and using the thing. So, what does it do?

• Shows gamer pic, gamertag, game being played, and in-game status of profiles you specify
• Checkbox for whether offline names should be shown (off by default)
• Clicking on gamer pic loads that gamer’s profile in default browser
• Only lists profiles who are set to be viewable to “Everyone” in Privacy Settings
• Allows for scrolling between names with a button, to keep the widget small
• Looks pretty and compact
• Makes me happy

Had I realized sooner that simply asking for things through this blog could bring entire new objects into being, I probably would have been begging you all for sandwiches long ago. This is much cooler, though.

Thanks to Andrew and Jacob for making this happen. Thanks also to Duncan Mackenzie for running and granting permission to use the online service this draws from, which keeps track of Xbox Live profiles’ online status.

So, without further ado: DOWNLOAD THE WIDGET.