List
List widget shows list of articles in simple and detailed view. This widget also shows list of pictures, videos, slideshows.
This widget has six views -
Simple - only shows article title as a link
Detailed - shows all the details about articles
Pictures - shows picture and its details
Videos - list of videos and its details
Slideshows - list of slideshows and its details
Search - this view used for search articles by keywords, content types
Generally there is three article source in this widget - latest, grouped content and list . You can select anyone as a source for articles. You can select which image version you want to show, where you want to display caption, whether to include subsections in list and lots of things.
This widget has 6 views. For details, see the description of the View field in The General Tab.