The future of browser widgets
My definition of a widget: a small web application inside your browser. Opera has had widgets for a while now, and I’m sure Firefox has a plugin which provides similar features. But what is the future...
View ArticleExt JS impressions
I’ve lately been using Ext JS in a project. Ext is basically a big JavaScript UI framework – like their site says, “a foundation you can build on”. It comes with various interface widgets like Windows,...
View ArticleCross-device Opera Widgets challenge
Opera has launched another widget competition: The x-widget challenge. The goal is to make the best cross-device widget – this means the widget has to work on mobile phones running Opera Mobile 9.5,...
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Developing for smaller screens
As of late, I’ve been working on developing a widget that runs on both PCs and mobile phones, for Opera’s X-Widgets Challenge. The widgets for the challenge must work on a QVGA (320×240) screen, and...
View ArticleCommon widget design patterns
I’ve worked on quite many widget projects, and very often they have certain patterns that keep appearing. I’m calling these “widget design patterns” – let’s take a look at a few. The view This is...
View ArticleI wrote a Sim City clone in JavaScript
This is why I haven’t been updating lately: I have been working on a Sim City clone, written purely in HTML, CSS and JavaScript! The game is called WidgetCity, and I’m participating with it in the...
View ArticleDrawing diagrams with JavaScript
Opera was holding another widget competition, this time for more desktop application type of widgets. I was working on a widget as well, but sadly did not have enough time to complete it. Part of this...
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