Widgetbox released version 1.5 Friday night.
This release improves the ability of a widget to “go viral”. In particular:
- Get It Now. When someone sees a widget out in the wild, like on a blog or MySpace, they can get it right there, without going back to Widgetbox. New and existing widgets get this automatically — be they Flash or HTML/Ajax — and it works on every site, including MySpace.
- New places to install widgets. Most notably, no-code installs to Google homepage, Netvibes, Pageflakes, and “email this widget to a friend”.
Here’s how Get It Now works.
| Click a widget’s Get Widget button… | …to pop up a menu right there, over the blog page. |
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A few of the sub-screens:
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In addition, there are hundreds of small features, usability improvements and perhaps an easter egg or two.
Enjoy!
is it already working?
I’ve tried some “get widget” buttons and still are not opening a pop-up but sending me to the widgets permalink. Im using Firefox 2 on Windows XP.
Anyway, well done guys!
is good to see Widgetbox improving non-stop ;)
Ernesto,
Most widgets have the new Get It Now popup in-place behavior, but some don’t yet. By the end of the week, the only ones that won’t have it are widgets that require users to type sensitive information into the config screen, like a username. Those aren’t being cloned because the new user would get the old user’s sensitive information. However, by the end of next week we’ll be rolling out a in-place solution for those widgets as well.
Thanks,
Dean Moses
CTO
Widgetbox
I can see it now; I think is fantastic!
so many options for users, so easy, is COOL!
well done Widgetbox! ;)
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ciao a tutti
Dean,
You guys rock - so much so that we did our own ‘press release‘ (see paragraph 4!) about an Widgetbox powered widget featured on our site.
Thanks to you and Team Widgetbox for allowing us to use your remarkable tools!
Respectfully Yours in Safety and Service,
Brian Humphrey
Firefighter/Specialist
Public Service Officer (and blogminder)
Los Angeles Fire Department