WM6.5 Widgets.

[cris_rowlands]

The folks over at "Fuze Mobility" have put up a post about windows mobile 6.5's ability to use 'WIDGETS' which seem to be easy ways of showing info from different web services/sites.

They have made available 50!, yes 50 widgets for different mobile based sites along with a .cab to enable widgets. They have done this to introduce the idea of widgets to the masses, or more specifically the ones who could further develop widgets.

Here is the link for their selection of widgets: Clicky (http://www.fuzemobility.com/wm-65-widget-mania/)
The download link is at the bottom of the page, which is very long.

Others appear to be enjoying these widgets. Sadly I have not been successful in installing one yet, as it complains about not finding a component or a missing certificate :(
I hope to find a fix for this somehow.

So, please go and try out these widgets and report back with your experience.

PLUS: any developers out there who fancy looking more into widgets:
please make a xda-devs widget where you can browse the forums through a widget, or specify some sections (like a certain phone you like) so you can browse through the threads. This would be a temporary fix for the many people who dream of having a dedicated app for viewing this amazing site.

[bugsykoosh]

That message indicates that your ROM does not have the widgets engine installed- check your ROM package...you can install it separately if you look for it.
We are working on the widgets in the next few days and intend to re-release the package with added functionality (hopefully). there's no 'back' button to those widgets so we need to address that and I think it's something we can map but we're playing around with it now.

[cris_rowlands]

Thanks, Ive already put in a request on the ROMs thread for a cab for my device.

Plus, as I said, a widget for xda-developers would be a great thing ;)