Having just gone through the registration process for my widgets on a number of sites, I thought I would write up a summary report card on the various widget directories. I decided early on to directly host my widgets – the downside is that it was a pain to set up the necessary infrastructure, but [...]
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widget platforms
Published June 4th, 2007 in browser, google gadgets, netvibes, provider, widget and widgetbox. 2 CommentsWell, it’s been one week since I debuted the first two widgets. I have since debuted a third widget called Amazon Latest and Greatest that displays a selection of new releases or bestsellers in a chosen Amazon category. This widget has proven to be the most popular so far, due to a large part to [...]
up and running
Published May 25th, 2007 in amazon, browser, google gadgets, widget and widgetbox. 4 CommentsI am happy to announce to my loyal readers (um, zero, one?) that widgizit.com is officially up and running. I’ve submitted my first two widgets, Amazon List and Amazon Browser to Widgetbox for approval to display in their gallery. Please take a few minutes and play around with configuring the widgets if you get a [...]
Widgizit.com is extremely close to launch. The site is painfully spartan for now. It really only does two things right now – lets users register and serves up widgets quickly. Getting the web site up and running was very rewarding from a learning perspective, but it took much more effort than I had originally planned [...]
I’m looking at a number of widget registries in which to host my widget. The whole point is to distribute it as widely as possible, and there are several options – Google Gadgets, Yahoo Widgets, Microsoft Gadgets, MacOS Dashboard, Widgetbox, Widgipedia, and others. I chose Widgetbox as the first one to try mainly because widget [...]