What's with widgets

The latest development in blogging and social networking comes from the addictive and interesting world widgets. These are icons, or rather a graphical user-interfaces allowing users to manipulate its functions and features to their desired individual needs. From customising your desktop to ‘Flash Photo Streams’, widgets are highly personalised. The streams allow you to create an easy to access slide show, to appear straight on your desktop, without having to open and search for folders!

The most useful of widgets for me, as a regular Facebook user is being able to access Facebook direct from your desktop!

For those who prefer Twitter you will find you can add a small sidebar to your blog page which shows the world your latest tweets!

The most interesting widgets to download are here:

Apple widgets

Yahoo widgets

Windows widgets

There’s something for everyone with widgets and I think they will be the ‘next big thing’, taking technology to a whole new level, with the ability to deliver traffic data straight to your blog!

I would advise anyone interested in making the most of these technologies to check out some of these sites:

25 cool widgets for your blog

Facebook widget

Happy widgeting!

Tia Wright