Monthly Archive for November, 2006

Widgetbox v1.1 Released

Widgetbox released version 1.1 tonight.
This release focuses on the usability of the catalog (browsing and trying out widgets) and is more friendly to people who want to link into Widgetbox.
The following features are new:

New UI for browsing and trying out widgets. Browsing for widgets should be a more fun and faster experience. Bloggers …

V1.1 Feature - Linking To Widgets

Sometime in the next two weeks we will be releasing version 1.1. It will add several ways to link to widgets from outside of Widgetbox.

Links for bloggers. A simple UI for a blogger to get a link or chiclet to the widget. This is done from the widget’s gallery page.
Preconfiguring a widget via its …

V1.1 Feature: Widget Browsing UI Revamp

Sometime in the next two weeks we will be releasing version 1.1. One of the features is an improved UI for browsing and trying out widgets.
Below is a screenshot from our staging system. This finished version is likely to look substantially similar to this.
Key points:

Consolidated details & tryout page. We currently …

Widgetbox Selected by Six Apart as Preferred Web Widget Marketplace for TypePad

Contact:
For Six Apart:
Jane Anderson
Six Apart

San Francisco, CA, November 6, 2006 — Widgetbox™, (www.widgetbox.com), the leading marketplace for web widgets, and Six Apart, (www.sixapart.com), the world leader in blogging software and services, today announced the selection of Widgetbox as the preferred web widget marketplace for Six Apart’s leading blogging platform, TypePad.
To support Widgetbox as its preferred …

Widgetbox sponsors Widgets Live! conference

Widgetbox is pleased to be the main sponsor of the Widgets Live! conference, on November 6 2006 in San Francisco.

Ed Anuff, our CEO, will be presenting during the session on widget aggregators.
We will be producing some Flash screencasts of various aspects of Widgetbox based on the presentation and based on your requests in the past. …

Upcoming Release v1.1

Later in November we are planning to release v1.1. As we get closer we’ll be more precise on the date. Here’s some of what should be in it. Please let us know what you think — there’s still time to make changes!

Externally configure your widgets. As a developer, you can link …