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Using the Opera browser as a widget engine in Linux

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With version 10.60, Opera allows widgets to be run as standalone applications. Opera is free and available for all major Linux desktop distributions, including 64 bit versions. There is a central database for Opera widgets, and you can find plenty of "top ten" type opera widget lists. Out of the box though Opera Widgets are not really designed to replace more traditional desktop widget engines. While Opera widgets can be run as stand alone applications, there is a bit of fiddling you need to do to get them to start up when you boot into Linux. Fortunately though it is not too difficult to do, as we will see.

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Comments (3)

tracyanne ·
as defined by KDE4 and Opera, and the apparently defunct Desklets and Screenlets, for GNOME. In every case they appear to provide nothing of substance.
Steven_Rosenber ·
I think they want you to think of them as apps that just so happen to have a Web component. Sort of like a non-browser framework for Javascript code.
hkwint ·
While I understand your viewpoint TA, I think it has merits.

I saw a vid in which Sebastian Kugler spoke about "project silk". ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RS9OGXT7YY )

"A concept to integrate content and services from the web to native desktop applications."

So we can choose: Use the browser as an OS, and as a means to access the internet, Use the OS as a means to access the internet, and omit the browser.

Opera and KDE are doing the second, Google the first.

It's up to you to choose, or just continue using your current OS and browser.

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