Using the Widget
Once the Chat Acronyms widget has been installed, you can access the Mac OS X Dashboard by pressing the F12 key or clicking the Dashboard icon in the Dock.
If the Chat Acronyms widget does not appear, click the "+" icon in the bottom left corner of the screen. This will bring up a list of widgets installed on your machine. Browse the list of widgets until you see a black icon with a picture of a blue chat bubble and the text "Chat Acronyms." Click the icon to activate the widget. Once the widget is active, you can hide the list of widgets by clicking the "x" in the bottom left corner of the screen.
To look up an online chat acronym, first click inside the search field of the widget. Then type term you wish to search for and press Return. The appropriate Sharpened.net page will load in your default Web browser.