[opendtv] Re: Widgets

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 5:14 AM, Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I must be clairvoyant...NOT!
>
> Recently I talked about using "widgets" on the family room TV, something I
> have been able to do for several years on my Macs.
>
> here is an announcement about a Yahoo/Google initiative to bring "The Widget
> Channel" to your TV, as reported by Broadcast Engineering's IPTV Update
> e-newsletter.

Actually you're not - Bert's post linked to some screenshots, the
second showing a weather applet from the widget channel. This stuff is
a joke - as usual another half-assed slapped together effort. Notice
on the weather app how most text is illegible. Testament to the fact
that the UIE designers made this on a PC and just deployed it straight
to the test platform.

http://www.eetimes.com/galleries/slideShow.jhtml?galleryID=42&imageID=4

And they wonder why there is no adoption...

Cheers
Kon
 
 
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