Oh how we love them, but do you really need all of them? Probably not, so, we determine the PURPOSE OF THE WEBSITE, and use the gadgets that will help us achieve that purpose. A few gadgets are:
Slide Shows
Videos
Shopping Carts
Newsletter Systems
Weather Gadgets
Calendars
Editable Areas
Tracking Software
Sound Tracks
Language Translators
The Thingy that makes this window open in a specific spot and in a specific size.
There is a gadget out there for every purpose and some that seem to have no purpose at all.
Unless the site is about the latest bells and whistles available, or has a definite artistic purpose, simple, clean and very fast is what we recommend.