Yahoo! announced widgets engine 4.0 with some new features ,capabilities,improved performance,automatic updates and a new Widget Dock.
Yahoo! says “Yahoo! continues its leadership position in the desktop Widget category, and with Yahoo! Widgets 4 we are excited to bring the newest version of our pioneering product to consumers and developers alike,” said Paul Brody, vice-president, desktop products, Yahoo!. “Millions of active users rely on Yahoo!”s connected desktop applications to keep updated Internet content that’s important to them right at their fingertips, and our new product gives them the functionality to make it easier and better organized than ever.”
Yahoo! Widgets 4 delivers improved performance and a host of new features to help users keep Widgets organized and easily accessible, including:
*Widget Dock — a brand new feature that provides a live, at-a-glance view of your favorite Internet information and services. Users can auto-hide the Dock and attach it to any side or corner of multiple monitors.
* Dramatically improved performance, reduced memory consumption of individual Widgets by up to 40 percent.(1)
* New Widgets by Yahoo! — Yahoo! introduces the Flickr(TM) Widget and the Yahoo! Gallery Widget.
* Streamlined installation, smaller download and a new Widget-centric installation process makes it easier than ever for consumers to get the Widget they want and for authors to promote their own Widgets.
* Improved authoring tools, new functionality and improved tools for Widget authors to build more powerful Widgets.
* Automatic updates,notification via the Widget Dock when newer versions of the Widgets in use are available and ready for one-click upgrade(2).