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Discussions about widget technologies, platforms, news, ideas - the place that can shape the future of the widgets.

Widgipedia is the ultimate cross-platform resource for both users and developers of widgets and gadgets. You will find here widgets and gadgets to download - many of them not to be found anywhere else. But there is much more: you can upload here your creations without restrictions, as well as find tutorials, code samples, libraries or learn from other developers or share knowledge with them.

According to Apple, widgets are “mini-applications that let you perform common tasks and provide you with fast access to information.” The cool thing for web developers and designers is that widgets are at their heart just web pages, bundled in a specific way. So, if you can make a useful web page, you can probably make a useful widget! All you need is a little information about their structure.

Sick of having to open up Photoshop, or another graphics program just so you can get a color value? Tired of not having a quick and easy way of converting Hex values to RGB, CMYK or HSV? ColourMod for OS X Tiger's Dashboard interface brings ease and simplicity to colour picking on the Mac and solves those problems.

Tiger introduces a new feature called Dashboard, which provides a new and unique class of mini-applications called Widgets. While Dashboard will be a powerful feature for Tiger users, for developers it introduces a rich new development environment. Widgets are quick to develop and easy to deploy, and they can leverage all of Tiger's advanced technologies. Widgets are perfect for working with small amounts of data or interacting with other applications, both on your desktop and across the web. And they provide an excellent way to add functionality to an existing application. This means there are many opportunities for developers, whether creating new products, or adding market-differentiating value to an existing one.