Widgets
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* [http://widgets.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Widgets] (formerly Konfabulator) | * [http://widgets.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Widgets] (formerly Konfabulator) | ||
| − | * [http:// | + | * [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663278(VS.85).aspx Microsoft Gadgets] |
| − | * [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://aresearchpaper.org/ aresearchpaper] |
* [http://www.google.com/apis/homepage/ Google Homepage Modules] | * [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. | ||
== Development == | == Development == | ||
[[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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| + | == 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 | ||
Latest revision as of 03:52, 23 October 2012
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.
[edit] Application Platforms
- Yahoo Widgets (formerly Konfabulator)
- Microsoft Gadgets
- Apple MacOS X Dashboard, Download Dashboard Widgets
- Google Sidebar Plugins aresearchpaper
- Google Homepage Modules
- Opera Widgets. Although these depend on libraries from the Opera web browser, they run outside the browser.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Great Examples
- Canton Public Library provides widgets for Windows Sidebar, Mac OSX Dashboard, iGoogle, and NetVibes
