Just a rumor: Opera 9 is gonna host Widgets on you desktop. Bye-bye, Konfab, hello Apple Dashboard widgets!
Links:
PCWorld Article - http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,123615,pg,4,00.asp
Some blog - http://operawatch.blogspot.com/2005/11/wid...in-opera-9.html
Other links - http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&...=utf-8&oe=utf-8
It's not a rumor, it really works.
Here are some widget screenshots from my Opera 9 TP 2
Add widgets:
Widgets at work:
Remove widgets:
removed , i m late 
and one thing, opera need to be running to show widgets, althought browser with 5 widgets is taking something around 15 mb of ram
Just reading about this at these links
Opera Labs http://labs.opera.com/news/2006/02/07/2/
Developer Documentation
http://my.opera.com/community/dev/widgets/
Nothing really amazing. You could have been making IE based widgets back to Version 5 at least.
Edit. Actually kinda changed my opinion. Gives another option for web developer's to create site based/related widgets.
1. They ripped Dashboard's flipping and closing ideas.
2. Why does a browser need widgets? Ever since Apple made widgets popular with Tiger, everyone and their grandmother is jumping the widget bandwagon.
I really hope Opera 9 has better and easier to understand settings.
I too don't understand why a browser would need widgets?
I'm like you, I don't understand. Maybe there's not enough widgets programs 
? After Avedesk, Konfabulator Desktop X and others ....
It's their way of adding extensibility. They can directly affect Opera once loaded. It's one option at least.
yeah, that's going to screw up opera's good load up time. it usually loads up like 40x faster than firefox. there's no need for widgets, i like konfabulator.
Yeah, it will slow up its overall performance. If firefox got extensions, Opera got widgets !
It's their way of adding extensibility.
They can add 'extensibility' by improving load times, user interaction and memory usage, this is the internet equivalent of putting go-faster stripes on your car. I t may look nice but it will do bugger all to the performance.
removed , i m lateand one thing, opera need to be running to show widgets, althought browser with 5 widgets is taking something around 15 mb of ram
I usually run Opera at around 30-90mb (too many tabs). Either way, 5 widgets at 15 mb is nothing. (think konfab...)
Opera is still a fantastic browser-- don't see how much faster it could load. (it's at the point of marginal returns as it is). I think widgets was just their newest gimmick-- it's really pointless as you must have the browser open. it's an after thought, and a feature that will probably be ultimately ignored. as an opera user, I tried it out. either way not going to be my widget prog. of choice.
don't let this cloud your judgement though-- opera still rocks.
i don't see the use of this either...
besides, the browser must be open for the widgets to work. and i don't think anybody would stay with the browser open just to get some widgets which he can get with other programs...
It's a niche feature centered around 1: web developers who DO have the browser open all the time and 2: kiosks.
I agree, it's not the most useful feature but...there are some who will enjoy it.
where do the widgets go in the opera directory when we download them i can't see them
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