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What is a widget?
A Widget is a fancy new defined term, referring to a mini internet application that is offered by a 3rd party. Widgets can easily be integrated in a web page, blog or profile by inserting a small chunk of code that will be offered you at the site of your chosen Widget. This is not a new development webmasters be using widgets things like, placing scripts & banners on webpages since the beginning of the worldwide web. The benefits of widgets is that, everybody can use content without knowing anything of progamming such as DHTML, Java, Flash or software programming. There are 3 type of widgets: 1 Web Widgets Webwidgets can easy be used on webpages, blogs or profilepages, by simply copy a code. Most Widgets have a button option so you can place a widget by a click of a button on your content page. Some web widget platforms are, Widgetbox , Springwidgets , Widgia, Yourminis or Gigya. 2 Desktop Widgets Desktop widgets are basically the same as web widgets the difference is that you can download it on your desktop some desktop providers are , Dashboard widgets of Apple Macintosh or Yahoo widgets. Widgets are downloadable interactive virtual tools that provide services such as showing the user the latest news, the current weather, the time, a calendar, a dictionary, a map program, a calculator, desktop notes, photo viewers, or even a language translator, among other things. 3 Mobile Widgets Mobile widgets ( cellular widgets) are special made to fit on a screen of a mobile phone. Mobile users can use widgets exact the same way as web & desktop widgets, for example weather widgets, game widgets, news widgets, chat widgets and many many more. Some providers are Widsets or Plusmo. |
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