In my Network World on Web Applications newsletter due out next Tuesday (sign up here) I discuss an interesting new kind of “widget” from Widgetbox that are intended for deployment only “in” Web pages (note that Widgetbox is currently in private beta). Here’s a test of a Technorati search widget:
I find this product particularly interesting as in last week’s second issue of Network World on Web Applications newsletter I was very critical of the whole concept of widgets. Widgetbox has rather changed my mind but I will still wait to see how good their widgets are and how much the market accepts them before I declare that widgets are here to stay as more than a marketing hype.
