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 configuration is extremely straight-forward and the site let me configure and test the widget privately before publishing in their gallery.

I haven’t gone “live” yet for the sole reason that my current site provider is not going to hold up to the demands of serving up lots of widgets - to be honest, it doesn’t do particularly well serving a single widget to an audience of one (not exactly the definition of scalability). I’m looking at options now. Once I’ve moved the site and made a few additional tweaks to the widget, I should be ready for prime time.