Information about Widgets
Widget may refer to:
- Widget (economics), a placeholder name for an object or, more specifically, a mechanical or other manufactured device
- In computing:
- Widget engine, such as Dashboard widgets for Apple's Mac OS X v10.4, Windows Vista Sidebar, KlipFolio, Yahoo! Widgets (aka Konfabulator), iGoogle, Google Desktop or netvibes.
- GUI widget, a component of a graphical user interface that the user interacts with
- Web widget, a third party item that can be embedded in a web page
- Mobile widget, a third party item that can be embedded in a mobile phone
- Widget (beer), the nitrogen widget in cans and bottles of beer
- Widget (comics), a character in Marvel Comics
- Widget (TV series), a 1990s animated television series
See also
- Widget Workshop, an obscure science-based computer game developed by Maxis
- Gidget, a teenage character adapted for film & television from a novel by Frederick Kohner
A widget is a placeholder name for an object or, more specifically, a mechanical or other manufactured device.
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Etymology
The word occurs in the 1924 comedic play, Beggar on Horseback (1924), written by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly...... Click the link for more information.
In computer software, a widget engine is host software system for physically inspired applets on the desktop (desktop widgets).
Originally, desk accessories were developed to provide a small degree of multitasking, but when real multitasking OSes became
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Originally, desk accessories were developed to provide a small degree of multitasking, but when real multitasking OSes became
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Dashboard is an application for Apple's Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger operating system, used for hosting mini-applications known as widgets. It is a semi-transparent layer that is invisible to the user unless activated by a hotkey, which can be set to the user's preference.
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Windows Sidebar is a panel for Desktop Gadgets that is anchored to the side of the Windows Vista desktop. Users can add gadgets from gallery.live.com which were made by other users.
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KlipFolio is a desktop dashboard for Microsoft Windows. The program uses different Klips to display information that a user chooses to have in front of themselves at all times.
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Yahoo! Widgets is a free application platform for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. The software was previously called Konfabulator, but after being acquired by computer services company Yahoo! it was rebranded.
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iGoogle (formerly Google Personalized Homepage) is a customizable homepage originally launched in May 2005. Updates include the capability to add web feeds and Google Gadgets (similar to those available on Google Desktop).
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Google Desktop is a desktop search software for Mac OS X, Linux and Microsoft Windows. The program allows text search of a user's e-mail, computer files, music, photos, chat, and Web pages viewed, and other "Google Gadgets".
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Netvibes is a multi-lingual Ajax-based personalized start page. It is organized into tabs, with each tab containing user-defined modules. Built-in Netvibes modules include an RSS/Atom feed reader, local weather forecasts, a calendar supporting iCal, bookmarks, notes, to-do lists,
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widget (or control) is an interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box. Widgets are sometimes qualified as virtual to distinguish them from their physical counterparts, e.g.
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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 derived from the idea of reusable code that has existed for years.
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floating widget" found in cans of beer is a hollow sphere, 3 cm in diameter.
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Background
Draught Guinness, as it is known today, was first produced in 1964. With Guinness keen to produce Draught in package for consumers to drink at home, Bottled Draught Guinness was..... Click the link for more information.
Widget is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. The character was later revealed to be an older, alternate version of Shadowcat, (Katherine "Kitty" Pryde) from the Days of Future Past timeline.
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Widget, the World Watcher is an animated television series which debuted in 29 September, 1990 until it ended in 9 February, 1994. Reruns continued until 1997.
The show focused on a 4ft tall, purple alien from the Horsehead Nebula named Widget who could shapeshift.
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The show focused on a 4ft tall, purple alien from the Horsehead Nebula named Widget who could shapeshift.
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Widget Workshop: A Mad Scientist's Laboratory is a hands-on science kit, for use on the computer and off. It was released in 1995 and is one of the more obscure Maxis products.
The game has two main modes.
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The game has two main modes.
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Gidget is the nickname (a contraction of "girl midget") of Frances Lawrence, a teenage character adapted for film and television from a novel by Frederick Kohner.
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