Widgets
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* [http://widgets.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Widgets] (formerly Konfabulator) | * [http://widgets.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Widgets] (formerly Konfabulator) | ||
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| − | * [http:// | + | * [http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/AppleApplications/Conceptual/Dashboard_ProgTopics/Introduction/Introduction.html Apple MacOS X Dashboard], [http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/ Download Dashboard Widgets] |
* [http://desktop.google.com/plugins/ Google Sidebar Plugins] | * [http://desktop.google.com/plugins/ Google Sidebar Plugins] | ||
* [http://www.google.com/apis/homepage/ Google Homepage Modules] | * [http://www.google.com/apis/homepage/ Google Homepage Modules] | ||
Revision as of 04:49, 21 March 2010
Widget is a rather unfortunate term, since it has a generic meaning, but it covers a multitude of new technologies based around JavaScript, HTML, and plugin architectures. Unlike Web Browser Extensions, widgets typically work within some other application platform.
Application Platforms
- Yahoo Widgets (formerly Konfabulator)
- Microsoft Gadgets
- Apple MacOS X Dashboard, Download Dashboard Widgets
- Google Sidebar Plugins
- Google Homepage Modules
- Opera Widgets. Although these depend on libraries from the Opera web browser, they run outside the browser.
Development
JavaScript is a key development technology (programming language) for most widgets, as well as for some Web Browser Extensions.
Microformats - Widget Examples has some useful info.
