WidgetFX Contest Heating Up!
steveonjava | August 18, 2009With only 12 days left in the WidgetFX contest, there are a bunch of new entrants. You can see them all on the Widget Library page:
http://widgetfx.org/portal/library
This includes Till Balendat’s TwitterFX Widget:
Takaaki Nakamura’s Bookmark and ColorPalet Widgets:
Henry Zhang’s Pac-Man Widget:
And also 4! widgets submitted by Larry Dickson:
Just as a reminder, here are the judging criteria:
- Effective use of WidgetFX features and APIs.
- Practical utility of the widget as a pervasive prescence on the user’s desktop.
- Broad use of JavaFX libraries and APIs.
- Technical difficulty of implementation.
- Community features of the widget that tie in with social networking or online services.
- Originality of the submitted widget.
- Quality of widget functionality and dock integration.
(Also found on the contest details page: http://widgetfx.org/portal/contest)
Good luck with the contest, and thanks for supporting WidgetFX!
Hmmm… I’m tempted to try and crank out a cool widget in the next 11 days…
The guys are doing a great job creating these widgets! But guys, the design at Sun has always sucked. So my suggestion – involve designers to your work!
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Please do!
Alex,
That is a great idea. If you happen to be a designer (or know any willing candidates), it would be great to pair them up with a developer who could implement their designs as a widget.
i’m designer. What you need to improve?