Widget design best practices.
- Apple Dashboard Widgets
- Designing for Social Networks
- Designing Mobile Widgets
- Widget Design Principles
- Windows Vista Gadgets
- Apple Dashboard Widgets
- Apple Dashboard was introduced in April 2005 as a core component of Mac OS v10.4 "Tiger." Dashboard widgets are accessible via the Mac's dock or by special keystroke and invokes a full heads-up display. Mac widgets can take full advantage of the Safari web browser, AppleScript, and Quartz rendering to create great looking widgets with live information from across the web and desktop.
read more... - How can you make your social networking content jump out at the user yet integrate well with its natural environment? In this session our design experts will evaluate the unique design challenges of social networking widgets, share best practices, and give you the tips and tricks you need to succeed in the social networking marketplace.
read more... - Designing Mobile Widgets
- Learn the best practices of widget design within the limited capabilities of a mobile phone. Design your widgets for small screens, limited interaction options, and slow data speeds without giving up the functionality and rich data of your mobile widget environment. In this session you will learn the best practices of mobile widget development based on over 10 years of mobile design research.
read more... - Widget Design Principles
- Widgets operate as a page within a page, packing data and interactions into a tight interface that may need to operate independent of its parent environment. Style guidelines govern most widget platforms and may help publishers integrate with the parent UI. Are there any widget design principles standard across all platforms? How should publishers design tiny pieces of functionality as stand-alone badges or integration across multiple platforms? In this session you will learn the essential ingredients of good widget design. Our experts will guide you through the best practices of rich widget content across platforms and help you extract more ...
read more... - Windows Vista Gadgets
- Windows Vista, launched in January 2007, includes support for desktop widgets built right into the operating system. Windows Vista gadgets live in your desktop's sidebar, providing at-a-glance information and easy access to frequently used tools. Vista gadgets can take full advantage of Internet Explorer's web rendering engine, Windows Presentation rendering, and platform-level access to contacts, mail, and other user data.
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