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Opera Widgets are small web programs running outside the browser. Widgets can be both fun and useful, like games or development tools. They float on your desktop for quick and easy access to information or services.
You can run Opera Widgets using the Opera 9 browser.
There are many kinds of widgets. Examples include games, news feeds, weather information widgets, and web developer tools like color pickers, pixel rulers and others. See some examples of widgets
Yes, you may use all the widgets on this site for free.
The Opera Widgets user guide is a good place to learn about widgets, how to install them and how to use them.
Anyone can make Opera Widgets. Widgets are made by widget creators from all over the world. Some are made by employees at Opera Software.
Yes, it's easy! Start by reading the Widgets developer tutorial and see the section Making widgets in the FAQ.
Opera Widgets are made using standard web technologies, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVG, AJAX.
You can run Opera Widgets on all platforms supported by the Opera browser, including Windows, Linux and Mac.
Opera Widgets run on your desktop computer and will soon also run on mobile phones. Opera Software delivers the Opera Widgets technology to users of our Opera 9 SDK for devices, including producers of set top boxes for TVs.
Opera Widgets run on different platforms and devices. Some widgets are optimized for certain platforms or devices or contain errors that means they wont run properly on the given platform or device. In such cases, the author of the widget may have specified this when publishing his or her widget. In other cases, Opera Software staff have discovered such problems and limited the widget accordingly.
Not yet, but soon.
Mobile widgets are widgets that run on mobile phones. They give you quick and easy access to services like like traffic information, games, notes sharing and so on. They also allow you to take that information with you offline.
You need to know some HTML. If you want to make them look good, you need to know some CSS. If you want to make them interactive, you need to know some JavaScript.
See the widget section on dev.opera.com.
This web site was made by the Web Applications Team at Opera Software ASA.
It's a place for sharing and finding Opera Widgets, and a place to meet other widget authors.
Widget authors can publish their widgets on our site to share them with the world.
Publishing your widget on widgets.opera.com makes your widget available to thousands of users quickly and easily. Through these users you can get feedback and bug reports to make your widget even better.
See the Terms on the Publish page.
Before publishing:
Publishing:
Target devices are those devices that your widget runs on. Usually your widget will work on most devices, although in some cases it may require different styles or tweaked functionality.
Target languages are languages this widget has translations for.
Target countries are the countries your widget applies to. If it's a news feed from a Polish speaking web site, the target country would be Poland. If it has no specific target country, select 'All'.
Now that you have spent a lot of time making a widget, you naturally want people to try it out. A good widget name, description, and snapshot image which tells the user what to expect when running the widget, often helps to increase the number of views.
There are primarily two ways of achieving this: Writing a good description and taking good screenshots.
Remember that people from different backgrounds, from different countries and cultures, at different ages, with different platforms, devices and browser versions will read your description before trying your widget. Not everyone understand things the way you do. Feedback from friends and familiy can often reveal issues that need clarification.
We've provided two fields you can use to communicate with your users. The short description is taken from your config.xml file and shown on all lists the widget appears on. The long description is shown on your widget's page.
Use the short description to catch the user's eye, stating what your widget does and what value users can get out of it. It may be a tagline, but it should be informative. You should avoid phrases like "Download me" or "This is a super cool widget".
The following are examples of descriptions you might write: "Stay updated on the weather in location X, Y, Z.", "Relax with this classic game of XYZ.", "Get quick access to the XYZ specification.", "Measure your web page elements with this expandable ruler.", "Read news from Slashdot".
Use the long description to tell the user what features your widget has, how it was implemented, about changes in different versions, rules for games and so on.
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You should take screenshots that show the core functionality of your widget. This way people will instantly see the strength of the widget.
The screenshot should ideally have a size of 300x225 pixels. We will resize screenshots above that size which may lead to undesired effects.
When you upload your widget file, we unpack it and test its contents before repacking it and putting it on the server. This may lead to some differences in compression and file size. Additionally, if you change the widget information in the Configuration step, this information is put back into your zip file. Finally, Opera Software reserves the right to update or correct the description fields at any time.
No, you can't delete your own widgets.
All widgets need to be approved by Opera Software staff.
We only check for errors to make sure our users get a good experience. We do not take responsibility for the content of the widgets or make any guarantees about it's functionality. See our disclaimer.
These are some of the guidelines that apply to widgets under review.
You will have received a message stating what guidelines the widget breaks or other issues encountered. Fix these issues and re-publish the widget an we'll review it again.
widgets.opera.com has an issue tracking system that widget authors and users can use to manage and report bugs.
First of all, you should read through the issue listings for the widget in question and see if anyone has already reported the same bug. You'll find the bug listing in the "Bugs" tab on the information page for the widget.
Check if you have the latest version of the widget. The issue might have been fixed in a later version.
If you have the latest version, and can't find a similar bug:
The author of the widget fixes bugs. This means that it may take some time so be patient. Opera Software staff do not fix bugs in user published widgets.
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