| type="text/javascript"> | | | | ⢠Informational widgets |
| A widget or gadget is a small program which | | | | If we go back and look at the invention of the |
| automatically runs on the desktop every time. | | | | widget, then we will find that these wizards began |
| The widget eliminates the requirement to | | | | with an application called Konfabulator which are |
| constantly surf the website for getting the | | | | especially designed for Mac users. In the past, it |
| common information, such as Gmail widget often | | | | helps to extracts the information from across the |
| shows the games activity icons and weather | | | | Web, such as weather, stock quotes, and |
| forecasting. Whenever the user will click the | | | | headlines. All these information were placed on the |
| widget, he will be directed to that particular site. | | | | desktop as tiny floating windows. Idea of floating |
| Some of the common types of widgets available | | | | windows was very successful so the Apple |
| on the web: | | | | decided to build widget which would directly |
| ⢠Games widgets | | | | support the operating system. Yahoo was the |
| ⢠Weather forecasting widgets | | | | first company which bought Konfabulator's creator |
| ⢠News widgets | | | | also known as the Pixoria. After this it was |
| ⢠Gadgets widgets | | | | started to known as the widget. |