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Almost everyone who has a MySpace profile has at least one widget in place to customize their profile – probably more than one. Widgets are practically indispensible when it comes to tricking out your page. There’s a widget for every taste and every personality out there. Why are MySpace widgets so wonderful, you may ask?
Widgets do it all! They add color and glitter, movement and sound to make an ordinary web page come alive. They can customize and enhance your profile in ways you probably have only imagined. No other MySpace hack is as versatile as a widget created for use on a MySpace profile. In fact, it wouldn’t be surprising to discover that some enterprising soul had developed a widget that would allow you to watch cable television while updating your Friends list or changing your Headline! If you make the rounds of all your peep’s profiles, all those cool little gadgets you see are widgets. There are widgets that will –
• Display your photos for you in slideshow format – as many photos as you want in several display sizes which you can specify. Two great widgets that will do this for you are Slide and Rock You. Both are totally online. There’s no need to download anything, just upload your photos and add captions, graphics and even music! If you’re a little timid about changing anything on your profile for fear of messing it up, no need to worry – these two widgets will even upload the finished slideshow to your MySpace page for you!
• Allow you to upload your own video and audio to display on your profile. No longer are you limited to the videos on MySpace to make a statement or add a bit of humor to your page. You can film your own video on your camcorder, phone, or digital camera, upload it, and show it to the world! There is also a way to stream live video from your webcam onto your profile. That’s right – all your friends will be able to see you sitting in front of your computer right on your profile page. The name of the nifty widget that performs this magic? Stickam. How’s that for a name that sticks with you?
• Make it easy for you and your friends to share videos via your profile page. The videos can be from YouTube, or those you recorded yourself. They are uploaded into a “playbox”, and the fun thing about this widget is how it allows your friends to leave a “shoutout” video as a comment to the one you posted. This widget has the catchy title of Abazab, and you and your pals can have a lot of fun with it.
• Make it easy for you to share a little humor – or a lot! Put up a widget that will generate a joke of the day. How about one or more widgets that rotate funny quotes from your favorite celebrity or other famous person? There are also widgets that feature words of so-called wisdom from popular cartoon characters like Garfield and Homer Simpson. Or perhaps your profile needs a widget that displays random hilarious oxymorons or bumper stickers? Whatever you choose, there are many humorous widgets to pick and choose from.
Widgets can transform your profile into a page that your friends will remember and want to visit frequently to see whether you’ve added anything new since their last visit. Once you discover how versatile widgets can be, you will agree – Widgets are wonderful!
