# Yahoo! Widgets (JavaScript) - do we have a anything like thi

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**Created:** [February 9, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yahoo-widgets-javascript-do-we-have-a-anything-like-thi/64845 "2006-02-09T00:28:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yahoo-widgets-javascript-do-we-have-a-anything-like-thi/64845/1 "2006-02-09T00:28:31Z")

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Hi all!

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There is a challenge on Pixel Corps (http://www.pixelcorps.com/)

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to write a cool widget that runs both on WinXP and Mac OS X… I was  
going  
to use Ruby and OpenGL. In the challenge, they mentioned Yahoo! Widgets  
( [http://widgets.yahoo.com/](http://widgets.yahoo.com/) ). I checked it out, and it looks amazing!  
They provide all sorts of graphics API to make things easier, and the  
whole  
thing is based upon JavaScript and XML.

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Do we have anything like this in the Ruby world?

Thanks!

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– Glenn

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**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yahoo-widgets-javascript-do-we-have-a-anything-like-thi/64845/2 "2006-02-09T02:23:14Z")

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DÅ?a Å tvrtok 09 Február 2006 00:28 Glenn M. Lewis napísal:

> Thanks!  
> – Glenn

Wouldn’t bindings to Linux desktop / window managers let you implement  
applets  
for those? (Look, Mom, no proprietary applet engine!) Just a thought,  
haven’t  
really actually looked into it.

David V.