http://www.buildagadget.com/Blog/archives/34 Free gadgets, widgets, and apps that save time and space Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:35:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.buildagadget.com/Blog/archives/34/comment-page-1#comment-32 Lawrence James Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:18:02 +0000 http://www.buildagadget.com/archives/34#comment-32 I would also disagree with a lot of what he has said. He seems to be focusing on widgets which use API's from web services and forgetting all the other types available. For example the most downloaded vista gadget ever is a CPU meter - no revenue stream at all and doesn't even use the web at all. It is true many gadgets may be a novelty but they're also stop you needing to have 20 web pages open on your desktop by combining their information into small gadgets such as the RSS viewer or weather gadget. I would also disagree with a lot of what he has said. He seems to be focusing on widgets which use API’s from web services and forgetting all the other types available. For example the most downloaded vista gadget ever is a CPU meter – no revenue stream at all and doesn’t even use the web at all. It is true many gadgets may be a novelty but they’re also stop you needing to have 20 web pages open on your desktop by combining their information into small gadgets such as the RSS viewer or weather gadget.

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