Widgets Are Go!
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008Earlier this week we put the finishing touches to a great set of widgets. There are two types of widget:
Market widget
The first type of widget is a market widget which records the the changes in prices in that market over time. If you post this widget to your blog then Hubdub will automatically provide a trackback from the market page to your blog post. If, for example, you were writing about the twists and turns of the on-off Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo then you might want to embed this widget:
Or maybe you wanted to show how Obama has consolidated his grip on the Democratic nomination:
Or maybe you just wanted to show which of Howard Stern’s Bowling Beauties the market is currently in love with:
To access this type of widget click on the ‘Get widget’ link on the question page.
Prediction widget
Want to tell the world your prediction and record it for posterity? Then you need the prediction widget. This widget (which is a bit like a betting slip) shows what you predicted and when.
Maybe you predicted in mid-April when Obama was having priest issues and Mugabe had just lost an election, that Mugabe would still outlast Clinton:
Or maybe you predicted that the 3G iPhone will launch in the second half of June. Actually best not mention that one now everyone knows it will be the first half of June. Oh well, here it is:
To access this widget click on the widget icon beside your prediction on your My Hubdub page.
Widget, widgets everywhere
The widgets come in both 250 pixel wide and 400 pixel wide versions and you can post them to your blog or to your favorite social networking profile. Have fun widgeting!
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