Web Widgets Are Here!
Web Widgets Are Here! News from Widgipedia: Web Widgets are here!
We have promised that we'd create the ultimate widgets resource, so today we've taken one step closer to this goal by merging the two worlds: desktop widgets AND web widgets are all together at Widgipedia.
We know you have waited for them impatiently, so please go ahead and, along with your favorite widgets on your desktop, place your favorite widgets in your web pages! It's a world of widgets, they are cool, they are useful and we love them 
Thank you for asking us about web widgets, thank you for giving us great suggestions and feedback, thank you for waiting impatiently for this moment together with us - all these helped us more than you'll ever know in getting us here! As usually, we'd love to hear your comments and thoughts about the site!
OK, now let's see what let's see what you can find on Widgipedia starting today:
1. First of all... web widgets! Or online widgets, or blog widgets, or whatever you call them. They are hosted in our gallery together with desktop widgets and they are distinctively marked with the "Web ready" logo:
2. As a developer, to have your web widget available on Widgipedia, it's as easy as saying "upload, configure, done":
* just upload the code of your web widget (such as the HTML source or the Flash movie) at Widgipedia exactly as you would do with a desktop widget...
* ...then optionally specify some parameters for it in the next dialog...
* ...and you're done!
3. But there is more at Widgipedia than just a directory of widgets: we also host web widgets on our servers. You don't have to struggle finding a place to host your online widget, because we take care of this for you. You just upload the code of your widget as shown above and from that moment your users will get your widget directly from our servers.
We believe it's easier this way. And it costs you nothing
4. If you want to install to your own page a web widget that you saw at Widgipedia, it's as easy as saying "get, configure, copy":
* click the "Get Widget" button...
* ...if you want, configure the widget from the next dialog...
* ... then copy and paste the provided code into your web page and you're done!
5. To browse only for web widgets: use the links from the blue (left) bubble at the top of Widgipedia pages. To browse only for desktop widgets: use the links from the green (middle) bubble at the top of Widgipedia pages.
6. With the exception that web widgets are installed and desktop widgets are downloaded, we have tried at Widgipedia to have web widgets and desktop widgets look and feel as similarly as possible. For both categories you can give feedback, see the number of installs or downloads, browse, etc. Also, forum sections are available to share your thoughts, to find some answers for your questions or to talk about both categories of widgets.
You don't have to learn two worlds - there is just one with two flavours
Thank you again for staying with us and helping us build such a great widgets community!
Your Widgipedia Team
Comments
Re: Web Widgets Are Here!
cool! at last!
Post by Ernesto Quezada on January 16, 2007 11:02AMBy the way, I think the "installs counter" isn't working quite well.
Seems like it adds a number each time a person clicks on "Get Widget".
How about if the person didn't install it?
salut!
Re: Web Widgets Are Here!
I'll give you some feedback:
Post by Ernesto Quezada on September 02, 2007 01:00PM- when submitting flash widgets it says "the file size must not exceed 10MB", I think more than 100kb for a flash widget is just a bit too much so I would change the size limit to 500kb at the most!
- the ajax feature to select the sort of widget you want to upload and when you roll over this one expands and the rest collapse is actually not too user friendly; have happened to me more than once that while filling in the rest of the form, by mistake I roll over one of the other options and its annoying to take the mouse again and roll over the one you need... don't worry about making us click one button, we are used to select with a click instead of a mouse over event.
the last thing, when a user comes to our widgets page, he or she sees a thumbnail of the widget but being this web widgets, I guess it would be better if what they see is the widget itself and they can interact with it without the need of clicking on "get widget"
and that's it
hey, keep up the great job!
salut
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Re: Web Widgets Are Here!
The first and foremost thing that I would like to tell here is that we finally got what we want. I guess these web widgets kinds of covers up all the insurance that we would need in a widget world desktop after all. However, I do think that there is no need for changing the size limit of the file, like Ernesto said as it is unwise. Anyway, I am glad that in spite of the fact that it was a little bit late, it came as the latest!
Post by mkp on October 06, 2010 04:32AMRe: Web Widgets Are Here!
I love to work with widgets and most of the time I have been using desktop ones, but now there are also many web widgets too available. I use them for my too. Many of my mobile applications would be great if there was options to make great widgets like these.
Post by mkp on October 08, 2010 06:59AM