Put a UWA widget around your Flash application
There are many applications out there that would be useful to Netvibes users - and UWA users in general, but whose developer chose to use Flash instead of relying on easy-to-parse standards or easy-to-implement Web services. As highlighted in our post about the new Netvibes Ecosystem, logged-in users can now directly submit the URL of a Flash-app, and get it wrapped into a UWA container as a result. No need to code to get a multi-platforms widget!
This very need arose when we learnt about the release of the Daft Punk "Alive" widget: sure, you could get the code to display the Flash widget on your own site, or you could mail the widget to any address, but there was no way to add to your own Netvibes page - or, who knows?, your forthcoming Netvibes Universe... What to do?
As you might guess, the Netvibes developer tend to build widget frequently, wether they have an itch to scratch, a need for a service, or just as a way to experiment with UWA and try improving it - but that's a story for another post... As you might have understood by now, we wanted that Flash widget to be easy to add in Netvibes. So our man Franck simply took each version of the Daft Punk widget, submitted them on Ecosystem using the regular form, and ta-dah!
Hey, what do you know, it even works in a blog post
This very need arose when we learnt about the release of the Daft Punk "Alive" widget: sure, you could get the code to display the Flash widget on your own site, or you could mail the widget to any address, but there was no way to add to your own Netvibes page - or, who knows?, your forthcoming Netvibes Universe... What to do?
As you might guess, the Netvibes developer tend to build widget frequently, wether they have an itch to scratch, a need for a service, or just as a way to experiment with UWA and try improving it - but that's a story for another post... As you might have understood by now, we wanted that Flash widget to be easy to add in Netvibes. So our man Franck simply took each version of the Daft Punk widget, submitted them on Ecosystem using the regular form, and ta-dah!
Hey, what do you know, it even works in a blog post
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November 20th, 2007 at 2:29 am
It works in your blog post, but does not work in Dashboard — Tiger OS X 10.4.11.
November 20th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Libby: works fine for me, and I too am using OX X 10.4.11. Are you sure you download the Dashboard widget? Try this link: http://eco.netvibes.com/subscribe/206483?platform=dashboard
November 20th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
i see the widget but clicking the buttons does nothing
November 21st, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Libby: please give us details on the feedback form: http://www.netvibes.com/static.php?show=feedback