widgets

Pick the Right Google Translation Widget for your Website

Pick the Right Google Translation Widget for your Website
Google Translation Widgets are available in four different flavors – as a JavaScript based Language drop-down, as a overlay toolbar, as AJAX for in-place translation and as plain HTML . This article will help you pick the right Google Translator button for your website.

Post your Recent Facebook Photos on your Blog

Post your Recent Facebook Photos on your Blog
With the new Facebook photo badge, you can embed your most recently uploaded Facebook photos on external sites like blogs, social networks or even your email signature.

Desktop Widget Reminds You to Shutdown the Computer

Desktop Widget Reminds You to Shutdown the Computer
Far too many people do not turn off the computer when they are done for the day. But a small change in habit could made a great impact on the environment by reducing carbon emissions. The HP Widgets reminds you to shut down every day.

Flash Embed Widgets or Javascript Based Widgets ?

Newsvine CEO Mike Davidson analyses why widgets slow down websites and what steps can be take to ensure that widgets have minimal effect on website loading times. He also discusses the two popular methods used to deploy widgets on webpages – Flash (swf) embedding or JavaScript embedding: Raw embedding usually involves providing a chunk of object/embed code to display a Flash widget inline.