Yahoo! has launched an updated version of the Yahoo! Widget Engine and gallery. Yahoo! Widget Engine 4.5 has the same look and feel on your desktop as version 4.0, but there are some changes in the way widgets are created and organized.
First, Yahoo! has retooled its online widget gallery to give you more information about what each widget does. Users now also have a quick view of the most downloaded, highest rated and newest widgets, and can share Widgets directly with friends on IM, email, a Yahoo! Widget badge, del.icio.us, Digg and Reddit.
Second, there's now support for Flash and HTML based widget design. Yahoo! has also teamed up with the NBA to vote on All Stars, RockYou to create and watch slideshows on the desktop, and the Netvibes UWA will now be available as a Yahoo! Desktop Widget from the Netvibes Ecosystem. And if you still aren't satisfied, Yahoo! Finance has also improved their powerful stock Widget.
Check out a screeenshot of the new RockYou Yahoo! Widget after the jump.
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11-28-2007 @ 11:20PM
seba said...
Yahoo widgets are great! I am sure this version will be even better than the previous one
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11-29-2007 @ 8:24AM
Jeff Goebel said...
The weirdest thing I found on the Yahoo widgets site is... you can't find any way to download the engine. It's not there anywhere. I looked and looked and looked and admit I may be an idiot if you found it... but I couldn't.
I downloaded a widget and it installed both... but I wasted time looking for the engine itself.
(The Sirius Radio player is essential in my life)
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11-29-2007 @ 10:06AM
Agus said...
It's true... it took a while for me to find the engine also
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