{"id":2638,"date":"2007-03-09T15:32:29","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T15:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/03\/what-widgets-do-you-hate.html"},"modified":"2007-03-09T15:32:29","modified_gmt":"2007-03-09T15:32:29","slug":"what-widgets-do-you-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/03\/what-widgets-do-you-hate.html","title":{"rendered":"What widgets do you hate?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I offer this post as a service to bloggers and readers of blogs. <\/p>\n

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.<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/a> up for a while, but people complained. I like the Flickr flash badge <\/a>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..)<\/a><\/p>\n

So, blog readers, here’s your chance. Tell the bloggers what blog bling they can ditch, at great benefit to you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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