Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Netvibes Announce the Universal Widget API

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Posted by Tariq KRIM | March 9, 2007 à 05:41 PM

Hello! The long-awaited Netvibes Universal Widget API has been released today!

Since our announcement, you've been thousands to subscribe to our announcement list and we thank you!

We believe at Netvibes that UWA can really change the way we produce and develop widgets. We've been working hard to release it. As you know, the Universal Widget API will replace the Mini-Module API that was used on Netvibes.

The launch of the UWA effort starts with a new website, a great documentation and of course some cool examples. You will then be able to implement your widgets on Netvibes, and also to have them running on Google IG and Apple Dashboard. As promised, more platforms are currently in the process of being supported. The Opera and Vista support are just a few weeks away.

As you will experience, we have lead efforts to build a very simple API that let you leverage our Netvibes User Interface, and let you integrate HTML and Flash elements very easily.

The UWA relies on a soon-to-be-released open-source JavaScript runtime. Through JavaScript best practices, our components and templates....more

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