Comments on: New Yahoo Widgets! http://www.awidernet.com/2007/03/22/new-yahoo-widgets/ Cool New Marketing Technologies: Caught and Served Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Rob Everton http://www.awidernet.com/2007/03/22/new-yahoo-widgets/comment-page-1/#comment-7942 Rob Everton Mon, 14 May 2007 17:01:01 +0000 http://www.awidernet.com/2007/03/22/new-yahoo-widgets/#comment-7942 I owe the blog a full writeup on this topic, and I appreciate you reminding me. In the meantime: I define the a BDA as a standalone applications that you download and install, whereas a widget depends on a widget framework such as Yahoo Widgets or Klipfolio. Because there is an existing framework, widgets tend to be lighter (smaller download) and users can usually add widgets in a few seconds, whereas adding a BDA can take a few minutes to install and sometimes require restarting the computer. A BDA can act like a widget, however - and that's probably where the confusion comes from. For example, you can a the Harry Potter countdown widget as a true widget inside the OS-X, Vista, Yahoo, or Klipfolio frameworks, or you can make it a standalone BDA that run whether you have a framework installed or not. So I think some people tend to refer to a widget by its function, which may be easier in casual conversation, but I think the true definition is founded in the whether the program is a stand-alone app or part of a widget framework. I owe the blog a full writeup on this topic, and I appreciate you reminding me. In the meantime: I define the a BDA as a standalone applications that you download and install, whereas a widget depends on a widget framework such as Yahoo Widgets or Klipfolio. Because there is an existing framework, widgets tend to be lighter (smaller download) and users can usually add widgets in a few seconds, whereas adding a BDA can take a few minutes to install and sometimes require restarting the computer.

A BDA can act like a widget, however - and that’s probably where the confusion comes from. For example, you can a the Harry Potter countdown widget as a true widget inside the OS-X, Vista, Yahoo, or Klipfolio frameworks, or you can make it a standalone BDA that run whether you have a framework installed or not.

So I think some people tend to refer to a widget by its function, which may be easier in casual conversation, but I think the true definition is founded in the whether the program is a stand-alone app or part of a widget framework.

]]> By: MacKenzie http://www.awidernet.com/2007/03/22/new-yahoo-widgets/comment-page-1/#comment-7324 MacKenzie Tue, 08 May 2007 19:52:28 +0000 http://www.awidernet.com/2007/03/22/new-yahoo-widgets/#comment-7324 I would love to hear your definition of a BDA in how they differ from widgets. A lot of confusion out there right now. Thanks! I would love to hear your definition of a BDA in how they differ from widgets. A lot of confusion out there right now. Thanks!

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