Do I need to download Yahoo! Widgets (Konfabulator) to get my Comics.com widget OR What is the difference between a web widget and a desktop widget?
There are two categories of widgets: web widgets and desktop widgets. Web widgets live on a web page. A web widget requires you to be on a certain website to use the widget while a desktop widget can always be displayed on your computer regardless of what web page you are viewing. You might put a web widget on your personalized start page to see Comics.com each time you open your browser or put the Comics.com widget on your blog to entertain your readers. You can even decorate your social networking profile with the daily (mis)adventures of Rip Haywire, Larry, the Croc from Pearls Before Swine, or even Bucky the Cat from Get Fuzzy. You know your friends will love it! Desktop widgets are best for those things that will be commonly used like a weather widget, a widget that shows local news and your daily Comics.com comic strip widget. A desktop widget, however needs a desktop application to serve up the widget, and that would be something like Yahoo! Widgets (Konfabulator).
