Opera

Opera Widgets can either be a standard solution, offering Web applications directly via various methods of distribution or online repositories or can be an application platform for OEMs and operators to deliver customized and flexible user interfaces via the Web.

Opera Widgets standard solution

• Provides application framework for distribution and execution of open standards-based Web applications
• Installs new applications via download, pre-installation or push to the mobile device
• Provides online widgets repositories with over 1000 widgets available
• Aligns with the W3C working draft, based on original Opera specifications
• Leverages Web development community

Opera Web applications platform

• Enabled in the Opera Mobile SDK
• Provides mobile software development framework for an integrated, customized and powerful device user interface based on Web technologies
• Allows you to take over parts of the entire user interface of the mobile device to create a customized idle screen or application screens

Designed for cross-platform deployments

One widget - adaptive style with CSS.

Opera Widgets is a mechanism for delivering cross-platform Web services with a locally-installed front end/client developed with Web technology. As widgets can be deployed on mobile devices, they are perfectly suited for Web 2.0-type services with sharing and user-driven content.

Opera Widgets can be deployed on multiple platforms with a single distribution file.

Due to the platform-independent architecture of the Opera Widget implementation, the Web developer can design his widget for different screen sizes and CPU/memory configurations using common Web technologies and design rules.

Three unique UI modes for a single device

A single Opera Widget may have three possible UI states for a single device to optimize for different use cases.

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