Unite

Widgetise any web site

By SC.sagar. Wednesday, August 25, 2010 4:57:14 PM

lucideer has made an amusing Unite App called widgetise (with an 's') that lets you create a standalone app for any web site. He has, very smartly, used Opera Unite, Opera Widgets and a button to achieve this excellent functionality.

1. Install widgetise
2. Click, drag and drop the button onto your toolbar
3. Visit any website and click the widget button to install the widget
4. ???
5. Profit!

Is there a Dr. Flash in the house?Spoofing your location

Comments

Keiv M.KeMiSa # Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:56:54 PM

best, widget, ever!

Cutting Spoonhellspork # Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:04:25 PM

GREAT!! Lucideer finally found a workaround!

lucideer # Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:11:33 AM

Ha - thanks for this Sagar.

Originally posted by sagar:

widgetise (with an 's')

-ize vs -ise

Originally posted by Cutting Spoon:

finally found a workaround!

Yup - since Opera's native zip-writing is broken since 10.6, it now uses Stuart Knightley's incredible jszip.js library (Sagar Chadna actually alerted me to this idea on the widgets blog).

Charles SchlossChas4 # Thursday, August 26, 2010 3:18:40 AM

So it is similar to how Apple made web clips for Safari on Mac?

lucideer # Thursday, August 26, 2010 4:21:14 AM

Originally posted by Charles Schloss:

similar to how Apple made web clips for Safari on Mac?

No idea... what's a web clip?

Edit: Hrmm... web-clips eh? That's not how widgetise currently works exactly - that looks a bit more challenging.. perhaps I'll think about adding that in a later release...

Charles SchlossChas4 # Thursday, August 26, 2010 4:32:00 AM

This thing: http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/webclip.html

Tho I have never used it

Not sure if this helps

SC.sagar # Thursday, August 26, 2010 2:26:55 PM

Originally posted by lucideer:

Ha - thanks for this Sagar.
Originally posted by sagar:

widgetise (with an 's')
-ize vs -ise

My pleasure lucideer! Opera actually has a product called Widgetize with a 'z' - and hence I wanted to clarify yours is with an 's' and that they are different.

lucideer # Thursday, August 26, 2010 5:28:18 PM

Originally posted by Sagar Chandna:

pera actually has a product called Widgetize with a 'z'

Oh... I didn't realise. Lucky I chose a different name then! Why isn't that advertised at all?

SC.sagar # Friday, August 27, 2010 8:52:10 AM

Originally posted by lucideer:

Oh... I didn't realise. Lucky I chose a different name then! Why isn't that advertised at all?

It is the second menu link at widgets.opera.com - though it is going through an update now so we will promote it heavily once that is done.

lucideer # Friday, August 27, 2010 11:24:22 AM

Originally posted by Sagar Chandna:

It is the second menu link at widgets.opera.com

Ah so it is. I'm very observant me.

odi-profanum-vulgus # Wednesday, October 6, 2010 10:21:57 PM

very useful sometimes

anyway, why it so silent lately about unite? What are you working on?

OLokLiRoloklir # Saturday, December 25, 2010 6:02:05 PM

Thank you for making useful app!!!

And... I have a request.

I wanted to change initial window size of this standalone opera window.
So I changed "width" and "height" in config.xml.

width:400 pixels
height:300 pixels

but in Windows 7
Actual window size has been

width:532 pixels(+132)
height:338 pixels(+38).

Can you make input value and actual size be same?(as possible as)

or how to make widget remember last window size?