What is a widget?
In computer software, a widget engine is host software system for physically inspired applets on the desktop (desktop widgets).

Originally, desk accessories were developed to provide a small degree of multitasking, but when real multitasking OSes became available, these were replaced by normal applications. However, the widget model is attractive because of ease of development. Most widgets can be created with a few images and from less than ten to several hundred lines of XML/JavaScript/VBScript, depending on their complexity.

Two commonly referred-to types of widgets are the Yahoo! Widgets and the Dashboard widgets of Apple Macintosh computer users (Microsoft refers to them as Gadgets both in Windows Vista and the Windows Live system.). KlipFolio refers to them as Klips, and Google Desktop refers to them as either panels or gadgets. Widgets, in this case, are downloadable interactive virtual tools that provide services such as showing the user the latest news, the current weather, a dictionary, a map program, sticky notes, or even a language translator, among other things.

A desktop widget typically provides easy access to frequently used functions or provides some visual information. Early examples of widgets were desk accessories on Mac OS (these, however, cannot access the internet). The Active Desktop system, developed by Microsoft, was the first system to enable desktop objects with internet access^{[verification needed]} (see IE4 Desktop Gallery). Typical widgets include News aggregators, clocks, calculators, calendars, desktop notes and weather forecasts. These little applications resemble the tiny freeware apps that were developed by enthusiasts during the 80s.

On November 9, 2006, the Web Application Formats Working Group in W3C released the first public working draft of Widgets 1.0. Widget is on its way to standardization.

A web widget is a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate HTML-based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation. They are akin to plugins or extensions in desktop applications. Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake. Web Widgets often but not always use Adobe Flash or JavaScript programming languages.

(Source: Wikipedia)

What is widgetQube?
widgetQube is a product of the oneQube family. More information about oneQube is available at http://www.oneqube.com. widgetQube and oneQube are registered trademarks of MediaTrust, Inc. (www.mediatrust.com). widgetQube is the first in a line of products that leverage today's bleeding edge technologies designed specifically to accelerate the advent of the semantic web. widgetQube is a ever evolving work in progress that utilizes the best practices of agile development and the principles espoused in Getting Real.

Currently, widgetQube is a verb that expresses itself as a family of widgets and gadgets that live in the Windows, Mac, Google, Yahoo and Flash desktop and website environments, that display news and information from various RSS sources around the world. More features will be added as the program progresses.

This FAQ is a work in progress.

For help installing or with technical questions, please email: support@widgetqube.com

widgetQube is a product of the oneQube family. More information about oneQube is available at http://www.oneqube.com

widgetQube and oneQube are registered trademarks of MediaTrust, Inc. Copyright 2007. All rights reserved.

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