Cool Widgets 1-2-3

Yahoo! Widgets - Blog: "First, let’s address web Widgets

There are two major categories of Widgets: web Widgets and desktop Widgets. Web Widgets run inside a web page and are also known as “modules” or “badges”. Web Widgets allow anyone to create their own website “mash-ups” by embedding content from one site into a page on another site. These types of Widgets are completely based on browser technologies — HTML, Flash, etc. And while they have been around in various forms for a while, the use of the term “Widget” to refer to these web page modules is relatively new. Widget has (at least since Konfabulator’s introduction) conventionally meant a desktop-based mini-application that shows discrete information, often connected to the Internet. And, it is these types of Widgets that I want to delve into more today. So, if what you want to create is something that can be embedded in a personalized homepage, profile or blog, then you can probably stop reading now."