Simple Wifi Meter

Simple Wifi Meter is a small-sized gadget designed for Yahoo! Widget Engine, which displays a meter for measuring the strength of wireless network connections. It features customizable options for those interested in changing its colors.

Yahoo! Widget Engine must be installed to be able to get this tool up and running. Although the project has been discontinued by the developer, it can still be downloaded, in order to integrate widgets. On the other hand, this means that it won't receive any further updates.

The wireless network connection is automatically detected and monitored by the app at startup, and the meter's level indicates how strong or weak it is. This small window can be moved anywhere on the screen by clicking and dragging it with your mouse.

As far as customization options are concerned, it's possible to set the fill and background colors, hide the wifi icon, as well as fill the meter down instead of up.

Thanks to options shared among most Yahoo! Widget Engine tools, it's also possible to set Simple Wifi Meter's window to always stay on top or on bottom (compared to other active windows). Its opacity level can be tweaked to make it more or less transparent.