Thursday, October 19, 2006

Wedgets: personalized information homepages

With widgets, users are able to customize a page to be able to get their sites and services in personalized homepages.Similar to feeds and syndication, widgets can save a user time by making everything they care about on the web easily accessible in one place.Opera web browser offers desktop widgets. Google Gadgets.Microsoft also offers Gadgets for Windows Live. IAmAlpha.com is an AOL widget initative for AIM Pages which launched with a makeover in May 2006, Widgetbox

"The idea really rings clear on a personalized homepage which allow users to aggregate and create their own configuration of widgets. In a recent TechCrunch article Mike Arrington explained the value in a widget-driven personal homepage, Netvibes, as it positions all your favorites in front of you in at one time in saying:

“Like Google search, the best thing about Netvibes is that it has no problem with me quickly leaving the site to take care of other business. And that’s why it’s earned my loyalty as a user.”

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