We really seem to be in the year of the widget. Today you find Widgets everywhere, usually for desktop use:
- Yahoo! Widgets (f.k.a. Konfabulator)
- Google Desktop Gadgets
- Microsoft Vista Sidebar and Gadgets
- Apple Dashboard Widgets
- …
Another use of widgets is online like on the Google homepage or in Netvibes. The latter have now announced an universal API to address multiple platforms from a common code base.
Watch this.