Consumer review site Rate It All explains the Long Tail is getting longer, making it increasingly important to deliver your Web service to consumers where they are. Enter widgets. Newsweek predicted ...

Widgetbox is another create-your-own widget company, although it’s often overshadowed by larger competitors like Clearspring. Widgetbox lets you create and embed a snippet of software code on other ...

Android widgets let you add customized functionality to Android tablets and cellphones. The Webview object is essential for viewing websites on the phone from your customized widget. The Android SDK ...

If one thing has become clear since the release of iOS 14, it’s that there was a lot of pent-up demand for home screen widgets on the iPhone. A variety of third-party applications have added home ...

In iOS 14, Apple overhauled widgets and introduced an option for adding widgets to the Home Screen, but in the process, a well-loved Favorites widget that existed in iOS 13 was removed. The Favorites ...

In iOS 14, Apple made some dramatic changes to the Home Screen of iPhone and iPad. In particular, it introduced the concept of ‌Home Screen‌ widgets. Previously, use of widgets was limited to the ...

This TOTD explains how to create a new jMaki widget and make it available in the NetBeans palette. In order to create a jMaki widget, it’s important to understand the jMaki Widget Model. Basically, ...

In a recent hints blog, I described how to play Flash games in Dashboard. This trick uses Safari’s Web Clip feature to create a Dashboard widget showing just the Flash game. Although Safari isn’t my ...