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Can somebody tell me what the flaming fruit cake a yahoo widget is?

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  1. Yahoo widgets are just add ons.

    They can be many different things like:

    alarm clocks,

    calculators,

    give current weather,

    fetch stock quotes

    tell you your WiFi signal strength,

    Or just bring up a program or utility.

    If you're interested visit http://widgets.yahoo.com/

    Enjoy :)


  2. A widget is a Apple thing, it's a picture/shortcut for your desktop. Not too sure, as I'm on the older operating system for Macs.

  3. The Yahoo! Widget Engine (formerly known as Konfabulator) is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. Widgets can be alarm clocks, calculators, can tell you your WiFi signal strength, will fetch the latest stock quotes for your preferred symbols, and even give your current local weather.

    What sets Yahoo! Widget Engine apart from other scripting applications is that it takes full advantage of today's advanced graphics. This allows Widgets to blend fluidly into your desktop without the constraints of traditional window borders. Toss in some sliding and fading, and these little guys are right at home in Windows XP and Mac OS X.

    The format for these Widgets is completely open and easy to learn so creating your own Widgets is an extremely easy task.

    For the "skinning" crowd, Yahoo! Widget Engine is a dream come true. You can easily change the look, feel, layout, even functionality of a Widget so that it matches your lifestyle, your desktop, or the pants or skirt you have on that day.

    A Little History...

    Some time in early 2000 Arlo Rose came up with an idea for a cool little application. It would use XML to structure images, and a scriptable language, like Perl, in such a way that someone who knew the basics of Perl could put together cool little mini-applications. The goal was that these mini-applications would just sit around on your desktop looking pretty, while providing useful feedback.

    All he ever really wanted was to have a cool looking battery monitor and something that told him the weather, but he knew the possibilities for something like this could potentially be limitless.

    Fast forward a couple of years when Arlo began working with Perry Clarke at Sun Microsystems. Over lunch one afternoon Arlo gave Perry the basics of this dream app. Perry suggested that JavaScript would be far easier for people to digest. He was right. It's the basis for Flash's ActionScript, and Adobe's scripting engine for Photoshop. Of all the choices, JavaScript made the most sense. Shortly after that lunch, the two began to spend their nights and weekends making this thing a reality.

    A half year later it was ready for download on Mac OS X.

    Time flew by, Ed Voas joined the team and the Windows version was unveiled.

    Download Yahoo! Widget Engine today and enhance your desktop!

  4. Your mom

  5. hahaha....what the 3rd guy said^^

    JOHN IS THE APIDIMY OF AWSOMENESS!!!!

  6. heh heh flaming fruit cake

  7. http://widgets.yahoo.com/

  8. It's add ons to yahoo. Like clocks, etc

  9. A widget  is an imaginary item used for example....  However, it was once a real item. about 20 years ago it was a small hand-held razor blade kit that was really handy since it held about 10 new blades in the handle and had a cap to cover the blade in use so you wouldn't cut anything by accident.

  10. A widget is an icon that calls up a program or utility.

  11. No....here's how to make a flaming tuba though

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nd_gvR06j6s&s...

  12. desk top tool, dont get them, they killed my machine

  13. i dine out all the time, and i have never seen a yahoo widget

  14. A widget is a handy little program that can do just about anything.

    Streaming radio from around the world,all types of games,system monitors and tools, clocks and calendars,timers,talking heads.

  15. http://widgets.yahoo.com/info/ will help with more information that you need.
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