Google Homepage And The March of Widgets
Google has added some new content and options to their personalized home page. In addition to drag and drop screen layout, probably the biggest news is the creation of an API to allow for developers to create their own widgets and content. It's no netvibes, but it is getting better.
First Apple introduces widgets behind the desktop with Dashboard, Yahoo recently provided widgets on the desktop (as well as on newer Tivo DVRs), Opera is pushing widgets on mobile devices and now Google (not surprisingly) is pushing widgets in the browser (or on the web, if you will).
I believe that there is room for all of them; consumers will decide where and how they want their functionality and information delivered to them.
First Apple introduces widgets behind the desktop with Dashboard, Yahoo recently provided widgets on the desktop (as well as on newer Tivo DVRs), Opera is pushing widgets on mobile devices and now Google (not surprisingly) is pushing widgets in the browser (or on the web, if you will).
I believe that there is room for all of them; consumers will decide where and how they want their functionality and information delivered to them.
posted by rich at 3:31 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home