Creative Compulsion

It’s not a widget, it’s not wikipedia, it’s Widgipedia! The new site by Vendio is a place where developers can upload and share widgets and webmasters and users can try out the latest.

From ecommwire.com this morning…

“Vendio™ Services, Inc. today announced the official launch of Widgipedia.com, a new website devoted to accelerating the development and distribution of Web and desktop “widgets” across a growing number of widget development platforms.

Widgets have exploded over the last several years as the Web 2.0 ecosystem has enabled developers to use open interfaces to extend website functionality to the desktop and to embed features of one website into another. A YouTube™ video seen on a site other than YouTube.com is a widget. Widgets also enable you to get the local weather forecast on your computer without going to a web page.”

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Ever since I installed the Filmloop script on this site, I’ve been fascinated by all the different widgets you can install on your site. Realizing I really could get carried away I’ve had to restrain myself, but there are tons of useful applications out there that will make your life as a webmaster easier and your visitor’s life as a browser more interesting. A quick browse through the new Widgipedia site revealed games and fun utilities as well as helpful widgets such as an order form creator and question and answer form. Very useful stuff here!

As an example, here’s a widget that is useful for eBay bargain hunters, Misspellr. This utility will help you cash in on the spelling mistakes of others. Find auctions that you otherwise may have missed due to errors! It also works on Craigslist, ebid.net and Yahoo! Auctions. Click on the screenshot for more information and to download: