Benjamin - Can you explain your problem to me? It's clear to me that I will have to further improve this widget. Useful information would include what kind of connection and what activity seems to cause that behavior.

Pretty awesome little widget, very usefull.

It'd be nce if it didn't "roll over" the couter at 5GB or so though. Some days I move that every few hours.

First off, please download the new version (1.2) once it appears on this site.
Second, to answer the questions:
David - The little yellow bar shows when the stats are updating. The in/out/total is the amount of data that has been transferred through that connection.
John - It should work now. Please use ppp0 (note the zero) for your internal modem.
Volker - Unfortunately, it would be difficult at best (and impossible at worst) to make that work and maintain any kind of accuracy. I'll think about it for a future version but I can't promise anything.

what is the little yellow bar in the botton of the square, and can you somebody explain the numbers for me?

Hi Daniel,

Your widget doesn't work with dial-up.

John