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"A Web Widget is '''a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate html-based web page''' by an end user without requiring additional compilation. They are akin to plugins or extensions in desktop applications. Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake. Web Widgets often but not always use Adobe Flash or JavaScript programming languages." | "A Web Widget is '''a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate html-based web page''' by an end user without requiring additional compilation. They are akin to plugins or extensions in desktop applications. Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake. Web Widgets often but not always use Adobe Flash or JavaScript programming languages." | ||
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_widget) | (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_widget) | ||
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The Yahoo Widgets site at http://widget.yahoo.com/ | |||
Revision as of 02:33, 25 November 2006
Definition
From the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_widget
"A Web Widget is a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate html-based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation. They are akin to plugins or extensions in desktop applications. Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake. Web Widgets often but not always use Adobe Flash or JavaScript programming languages."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_widget)
Examples
The Yahoo Widgets site at http://widget.yahoo.com/