FREE Flickr Photo Cube

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FREE Flickr Photo Cube

by Derek Anderson	Stumble this!	September 19th 2007

WidgetAvenue recently released Sunrise. Sunrise is a brand new “Widget publishing System” that allows you to widgetize content from hosted Photos and Flash as well as HTML. Theoretically you could widgetize your entire website.

I’m not entirely sure why you would want to create a widget that housed an entire blog (main page only?) My brain says that shrinking down a page to unreadable proportions is a waste of time and energy. But I’m sure the developers have some ideas that I haven’t thought of yet.

The Cube

The Flickr Photo Cube delivers a superb slide show in the form of a revolving cube. You get to choose which Flickr user you display, time between images, background colors and tags. The hidden gem here is the TAG element. This allows you tonarrow your display to the images that are tagged with the keyword you choose. The width option is in pixels and can be any number you want.

This widget is a fully viral and self contained. The widget on this page will allow you to create your own Flickr Cube, grab the code and go!

Where can I put it?

This is an incredibly friendly widget in terms of placement. The usual JavaScript of course, which is the best choice for those platforms allowing Script code. A friendly Flash version for placing in your Myspace profile. Don’t forget iGoogle, NetVibes, WebWag, Pageflakes and Microsoft Live.

Vista sidebar?

The exact same widget is downloadable to Mac Dashboard and even Windows Vista Sidebar!

This is an exciting accomplishment that should be looked at by most, if not all widget developers today. Creating widgets that can be copied and used on all major platforms available. I think of this as the “Shotgun Approach”. Get the widget everywhere possible.

Displayed in sidebar

I put the widget in the sidebar so you could get a look at some images that I liked.

Who knows, maybe you’ll create one for your self. Simply choose preferences, add your choices, grab the code and go! It’s that easy.

…also available from WidgetAvenue…

The actual app that allows you to create your own widgets is a widget itself. It’s called Shaker.

A WiFi hotspot search widget powered by Jwire.com.

Harry Potter widget (Flash widget from another platform)

…and a Rugby World Cup countdown of sorts.