Salesforce Widget

Scott Hemmeter at Arrowpointe has created a "widget" of sorts for his Salesforce sidebar.  It's a proof-of-concept that provides a summary of data counts regarding leads and opportunities.  It's an s-Control and uses the AJAX toolkit.

He's loaded it up on the AppExchange and provided the code used to get it on the homepage.  Check it out and customize for your users.

On a related note, Scott has just had his Arrowpointe Maps application certified and launched on the AppExchange.  You can use Arrowpointe Maps to visualize your Salesforce.com data on Mapquest maps; find out more on his product page.