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Michaelwebster: /* Application Platforms */

2012-10-23T03:52:28Z

‎Application Platforms

Ao5357: Added great examples section with CPL widgets/gadgets

2011-05-02T15:51:49Z

Added great examples section with CPL widgets/gadgets

Cloudmonkey: /* Application Platforms */ The links for Microsoft Gadgets and for Apple MacOS X Dashboard were broken. I found new locations for the same information and linked them.

2010-03-21T04:49:52Z

‎Application Platforms: The links for Microsoft Gadgets and for Apple MacOS X Dashboard were broken. I found new locations for the same information and linked them.

Scilib: /* Development */ link to microformats

2006-03-19T16:21:14Z

‎Development: link to microformats

Scilib: /* Application Platforms */ moved opera widgets from web browser extensions

2006-02-09T18:06:38Z

‎Application Platforms: moved opera widgets from web browser extensions

Scilib at 14:32, 10 January 2006

2006-01-10T14:32:01Z

Scilib: added HTML

2006-01-10T14:31:48Z

added HTML

Scilib: added JavaScript link

2006-01-10T14:29:37Z

added JavaScript link

Scilib: created

2006-01-10T14:24:53Z

created

New page

Widget is a rather unfortunate term, since it has a generic meaning, but it covers a multitude of new technologies based around JavaScript and plugin architectures. Unlike [[Web Browser Extensions]], widgets typically work within some other application platform.

== Application Platforms ==

* [http://widgets.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Widgets] (formerly Konfabulator)
* [http://microsoftgadgets.com/ Microsoft Gadgets]
* [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/dashboard/ Apple MacOS X Dashboard], [http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/ Download Dashboard Widgets]
* [http://desktop.google.com/plugins/ Google Sidebar Plugins]
* [http://www.google.com/apis/homepage/ Google Homepage Modules]

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 * [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663278(VS.85).aspx Microsoft Gadgets]
 * [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://aresearchpaper.org/ aresearchpaper]
 * [http://www.google.com/apis/homepage/ Google Homepage Modules]
 * [http://my.opera.com/community/dev/widgets/ Opera Widgets].  Although these depend on libraries from the [http://www.opera.com/ Opera] web browser, they run outside the browser.

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	[http://microformats.org/wiki/widget-examples Microformats - Widget Examples] has some useful info.		[http://microformats.org/wiki/widget-examples Microformats - Widget Examples] has some useful info.
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		+	== Great Examples ==
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		+	*[http://www.cantonpl.org/tools Canton Public Library] provides widgets for Windows Sidebar, Mac OSX Dashboard, iGoogle, and NetVibes

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	[[JavaScript]] is a key development technology (programming language) for most widgets, as well as for some Web Browser Extensions.		[[JavaScript]] is a key development technology (programming language) for most widgets, as well as for some Web Browser Extensions.
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		+	[http://microformats.org/wiki/widget-examples Microformats - Widget Examples] has some useful info.

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 * [http://desktop.google.com/plugins/ Google Sidebar Plugins]
 * [http://www.google.com/apis/homepage/ Google Homepage Modules]
 == Development ==
 [[JavaScript]] is a key development technology (programming language) for most widgets, as well as for some Web Browser Extensions.

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−	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.	+	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 ==		== Application Platforms ==

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−	Widget is a rather unfortunate term, since it has a generic meaning, but it covers a multitude of new technologies based around JavaScript and plugin architectures. Unlike [[Web Browser Extensions]], widgets typically work within some other application platform.	+	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 ==		== Application Platforms ==

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	* [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]
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		+	== Development ==
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		+	[[JavaScript]] is a key development technology (programming language) for most widgets, as well as for some Web Browser Extensions.