Widget mania


Not directly related to IP Communications but the recent hype of widgets deserves some attention. Widgets are now available for Mobile and PC, and are becoming truly "converged" services. Although the technology of mobile and PC widgets differ (Widsets for example is based on J2ME and not the typical AJAX you would expect), as long as they provide a nice user experience that's great. And I have to say, Widsets is great (check it out!).

One thing that struck me with Widsets is that it was extremely straight forward to get everything up and running. Probably the easiest setup of a rather complex process ever! I showed it around in the office and it was spreading like fire :-)

Anyway, I have two concerns/challenges/opportunities: 1) Widgets are supposed to make your life easier/better to manage but it feels there are almost as many widgets to choose from as surfing to each news site directly, and 2) How do I share widgets, and more importantly, the information in it with my friends?

//v