I offer this post as a service to bloggers and readers of blogs.

Bloggers love widgets. Widgets are the million little doohickies we like to put on our sidebars – search engine functions, mini-photo albums, instant messaging function,  etc. Here’s a list of the possible Typepad widgets.

Blog readers, though, are not so fond of widgets because they have a tendency to hang up your system and slow loading time. I had the Library Thing badge up for a while, but people complained. I like the Flickr flash badge better than the one I have now, but again, people complained that slowed or even shut things down on their computer. (Although that doesn’t seem to stop other bloggers..)

So, blog readers, here’s your chance. Tell the bloggers what blog bling they can ditch, at great benefit to you…