Tuesday, September 11, 2007 6:33:37 PM
widgets, Opera, ajaxwindows

I can see Torus game widget, Widgetize, Weather and couple of other Opera widgets.
See additional screenshot and video inside...
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Wednesday, August 2, 2006 3:30:10 PM
widgets, tips, Opera
I would like to expand first step of
creating a widget:
1. Make a widget. This step may seem obvious, but the first and most important step is actually creating a working widget.
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Use standards
Check if you widgets actually have valid HTML and CSS. There are no more excuses about crappy hacks for Internet Explorer.
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Use modern standards
Check out standards that Opera already supports. Use modern standards like SVG, WebForms 2, HTML 5 (canvas), CSS 2.1 and 3 (selectors), XSLT, XPath, etc. It can make shorter development time and improve user experience.
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Check accesibility
Create widget as it will be standard web page. Care about disabled people - provide alt attributes to images, use labels for form fields, check if your colors are contrast enough, etc.
P.S. Some useful
examples how to use WebForms 2.
I will add to this post more tips as they come.
Tuesday, May 9, 2006 10:04:27 PM
Opera, widgets, prize, competition
During the next three months, Opera giving away a total of 13 prizes to the developers who create the most impressive widgets. The highest scoring widget each week will win that week's prize by ThinkGeek. The top scoring widget of the month will win the Nokia 770. The overall highest scoring widget will win the mysterious Grand Prize...
Read on.The first Weekly prize winner will be announced on the 16th of May.
Also don't forget read some useful
widget styling guidelines.
Digg it!