AOL has launched a number of Facebook widgets. Here's a list of the one's I have used. Add some of them today, and check them out.
AOL Music launched "My Favorite Artist". This lets you view videos, music and photos from your favorite artist. It's quite nice - just imagine all the videos you can watch on Gwen S or even the Spice Girls. I found it needs a wee bit more social interaction (e.g. it would be good to see which friends on your friends list had the same interests in your music). It is rich though, using videos from AOL Music's video vault and alot of great photos.
Right Now on AOL - The DL (Dynamic Lead, and not the Down Low) - otherwise known as the lead generator. This is a very good widget, available in Large or Small sizes. You can add it to Myspace and Blogs too. It's nice, since like AOL.COM, you never know what lead stories you will see. The only downside for Facebook is it doesn't "autoplay" - since it is Flash, you have to click on it to see the leads, which kind of takes away the sudden surprise you get from viewing this DL. (Facebook, unlike myspace, does not let Flash plugins run by default - you need to click on them). On other sites like Myspace or Blogger, it plays automatically. Yourminis.com created this widget, so like most of the widgets it works in many places.
AOL Mail has a widget that allows you to view your AOL or AIM email from Facebook. This is a nice widget that shows a preview of your email. It would be great if it showed a preview directly on your private profile page.
My Memory Gallery from Bluestring is a neat widget that allows you to share photos with other Facebook users. After setting up, you can upload photos to Bluestring, and they show on the profile. Like the Music widget, it can be expanded at some point to have more social features like commenting or integrating with the photos already on Facebook. I am sure the Bluestring.com team will be adding video and music to this soon, just as you can do on Bluestring.
AIM Wimzi is not specifically built for Facebook, and can be placed on blogs and websites like myspace (which is great!). It does have it's own Facebook app page, so people can send you a message from your profile page.
Yedda Q&A allows you to do much of what you can do on the great Yedda web site. Ask a question, get an answer. Yedda Questions & Answers lets you share your personal knowledge with friends and friendly strangers, and to tap their personal knowledge through questions & answers. Ask, Answer, Explore, Connect
AOL Moviefone shows movie trailers ,allows you to search for movietimes, and the latest movies are previewed.
And finally the AOL Pictures Gallery. This allows you to view your public photo album, or those with a tag. It's a nifty little widget, created by Yourminis, and not specifically for Facebook. Customize this on yourmins, then add it with one click to Facebook.
AOL Music launched "My Favorite Artist". This lets you view videos, music and photos from your favorite artist. It's quite nice - just imagine all the videos you can watch on Gwen S or even the Spice Girls. I found it needs a wee bit more social interaction (e.g. it would be good to see which friends on your friends list had the same interests in your music). It is rich though, using videos from AOL Music's video vault and alot of great photos.
Right Now on AOL - The DL (Dynamic Lead, and not the Down Low) - otherwise known as the lead generator. This is a very good widget, available in Large or Small sizes. You can add it to Myspace and Blogs too. It's nice, since like AOL.COM, you never know what lead stories you will see. The only downside for Facebook is it doesn't "autoplay" - since it is Flash, you have to click on it to see the leads, which kind of takes away the sudden surprise you get from viewing this DL. (Facebook, unlike myspace, does not let Flash plugins run by default - you need to click on them). On other sites like Myspace or Blogger, it plays automatically. Yourminis.com created this widget, so like most of the widgets it works in many places.
AOL Mail has a widget that allows you to view your AOL or AIM email from Facebook. This is a nice widget that shows a preview of your email. It would be great if it showed a preview directly on your private profile page.
My Memory Gallery from Bluestring is a neat widget that allows you to share photos with other Facebook users. After setting up, you can upload photos to Bluestring, and they show on the profile. Like the Music widget, it can be expanded at some point to have more social features like commenting or integrating with the photos already on Facebook. I am sure the Bluestring.com team will be adding video and music to this soon, just as you can do on Bluestring.
AIM Wimzi is not specifically built for Facebook, and can be placed on blogs and websites like myspace (which is great!). It does have it's own Facebook app page, so people can send you a message from your profile page.
Yedda Q&A allows you to do much of what you can do on the great Yedda web site. Ask a question, get an answer. Yedda Questions & Answers lets you share your personal knowledge with friends and friendly strangers, and to tap their personal knowledge through questions & answers. Ask, Answer, Explore, Connect
AOL Moviefone shows movie trailers ,allows you to search for movietimes, and the latest movies are previewed.
And finally the AOL Pictures Gallery. This allows you to view your public photo album, or those with a tag. It's a nifty little widget, created by Yourminis, and not specifically for Facebook. Customize this on yourmins, then add it with one click to Facebook.
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