Hi5: Now Truly Widget Friendly

by Avatar	Stumble this!	August 20th 2007

Hi5 is without a doubt one of the Social network that didn`t needed any hype around them to do more than well thanks to their worldwide userbase, something that allowed them to raise 20 million in funding to invest in the growth of the platform.

The first things that we done after that was a a update to the network that made it more stable and faster to use, and made easier to better distribute a user profile, and now the reasons for that has been revealed: Widgets.

Yes, widgets, it was done so user could start adding widgets to their profiles without effort or any of the previous frustrations. and even a profile layout customizer was added to the mix too.

The first widgets offered are partnered widget by slide and rockyou with more to come, a certain good move, this does confirm that the Widget craze continues to rage on.

So, if you have not visited Hi5 because of the previous less than stellar experience, maybe it is time to take another look to it.

Hi5 Widget Gallery

Hi5

5 Comments »

1. youtube videos with added frames/decoration are considered “widgets”? glitter text online generatores?? i guess the word “widget” is loosing its meaning.

   Comment by Ricardo Santos — 08-21-07 @ 3:14 am

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2. woah, woah, my friend, we also cover embedables, and this qualify.. now, slide and rockyou, can be considered a widget for the most part. and for the other they are embeadables, ebedables, usally stream content instead of render or representing a function, like true widgets do.

   Comment by Avatar — 08-21-07 @ 4:35 am

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3. woah woah! lol

   Comment by Ricardo Santos — 08-21-07 @ 6:18 pm

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4. [...] Showing that they can do good thing with the money the got from financing, Hi5 is opening their platform even more and now are offering a full API to use as announced here: [...]

   Pingback by Hi5: now with API–Widgets Lab — 08-29-07 @ 7:09 pm

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5. Hi5 is getting there - even Disney are making widgets to spice it up http://www.clearspring.com/widgets/487734134ee9ded2

   Comment by jmh — 08-28-08 @ 2:34 am

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