Widgets on the go
By Eddie Lopez. Saturday, 27. January 2007, 15:52:24
Apple put widgets on the iPhone, and now it seems Alltel is doing it as well. They're calling it "CellTop" (See the Frog Design Study), and widgets are called "cells"
I don't think this contrasts to the "whole web in your hand" idea that Opera is doing with Mini and Mobile. In fact, I'm in favor of the the Open Standards, I'm against .mobi, and nobody should have to code so many different versions of their site. But, that doesn't mean widgets and rich applications can't add value. When it gets down to it, I just want to have the movie times, wikipedia, IMDB, weather,...information quickly at my fingertips. Granted we now have a lot of ways to get most of that information... google gets it quickest now, either through just a search or even the Google SMS, but Rochester City Bus Lines is another issue.
So I'll just sit quietly and wait for Opera Mobile and/or Mini to also support widgets. How about it Opera?
(via Usability in the News)
WIDGETIZE
borg # 8. April 2007, 12:51
"Opera has announced version 9 for Mobile with Overview mode, Intelligent zoom and Opera Widgets."
Widgets was first introduced in our Desktop version, since Desktop is the best development and test platform, but Mobile is where Widgets can really shine, offering similar or better functionality than native phone applications.