The most flexible and most widely used development platform ever created is the Web. One reason is that coding for the Web is significantly easier and more cost-efficient than using proprietary, platform-specific technologies. Any Web developer can quickly and affordably create advanced new applications, with a remarkably short time-to-market. Based on open Web technologies and standards, Opera Widgets are platform- and device-independent. So, what is Opera Widgets? It’s a small and often single-purpose applications built using open Web technologies. A widget - based application can be installed on a wide range of devices running the acclaimed Opera browser. The application can be as simple as a normal Web page, or it can be an advanced AJAX application like Google Maps. The Opera Browser is the leader in supporting advanced Web standards and offers a wide range of well known Web technologies. Examples of Web standards support include XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVG and DOM.
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