Web gadgets for your web page

Posted on April 27, 2008 at 5:12 am

I have recently become a huge fan of web gadgets and all that they can do for you! With all the latest web gadgets available on the internet, how do you know which programs will provide the most benefit?

For every website you see, there are a select number of different icons leading to creative and fun online tools and useful programs; they can be anything from weather update monitors, to mini search engine boxes conveniently placed in the corner of a web browser. What are the most popular web gadgets currently online? It seems the top choices are web organizers, which are designed to provide added organization and clarity to your desktop.

The most interesting types of web gadgets available now are in the form useful organizers, much like mini web calendars, scheduling programs, and some are even built with alarm clocks. For those people looking for added help with more involved tasks; there are expense management web gadgets that actually keep track of your monthly finances, as well as mini calculators and even calorie counters for those watching their weight.

A great feature to have is the virtual post it note; it allows users to actually post on a “virtual sticky note”, on their computer desktop, which keeps notes, reminders, and can be updated and checked off, just a like a real post it note. Looking for news updates and the latest info? There are web gadgets that keep track of your favorite sports team scores, the local weather report, and will even check your stock portfolio.

One of my personal favorites is a web organizer called De.lic.ious (located at http://del.icio.us/), an online book marking tool, which amazingly keeps a log of your favorite websites in an online virtual folder. Its very similar to the favorites option included on every computer internet browser tool bar-the difference here is that this program allows access to all your favorite book marks from any computer; since the bookmarked sites are stored online through this program.

It’s an innovative program that is now easily recognizable by the little blue icon usually located at the end of each the web page.

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After looking at the unique selection of web gadgets online, it was hard to resist the urge to download a dozen of these tempting little programs; each one seemed to genuinely provide the promise of organization and convenience to an otherwise boring desktop.

However, the best place to start looking online for these incredible web gadget programs are at Google Gadgets, which offers a free selection of web gadgets from all categories (useful, technical, fun, etc) and for those Windows Vista users; its best to visit Windows Live Gallery (http://gallery.live.com/Home.aspx), with a free and rather impressive selection of downloadable desktop web gadgets.

What are your favorite web gadgets?

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