2. Widgets Definition Part of a GUI that allows the user to interface with the application and operating system The term also refers to the program that is written in order to make the graphic widget in the GUI look and perform in a specified way, depending on what action the user takes while interfacing with the GUI. The term widget is used to refer to either the graphic component or its controlling program or to refer to the combination of both
3. Widgets history First widgets was the graphical user designed for home use back in 1981 Netscape pushed the widget along its journey In 1996n with the Navigator browser( latest Stock quotes, weather) 2003, konfabulator hit the scene to bring OSX Users fancy desktop widgets
18. Uncountable widgets!! Millions widgets was created A machine can produce 8000 widgets in 3 hours Different widgets developer form different background and aims to build new widgets