There I was looking at Second Life API’s, when I stumbled upon the Viewer Web Widget API. I actually got these working under Firefox, they wouldn’t work under IE9, I had it working in my header and then after pondering why it wouldn’t work with IE9, I realised, it’s for third party viewers, not webpages!
This raises the question, why can’t websites have these API’s or widgets? I mean it would be cool to be able to have upcoming events advertised on Second Life blogs, of course it would be better if you could drill down and pick events for your own region or group, but these widgets for the destination guide and upcoming events are very nifty.
Having feature rich advertising like the events when you login stands out in many ways.
Of course I’m not miffed at all that I was delving into CSS, reading wordpress tips and editing my site like crazy trying to make them work, no that’s my own fault for not noticing this is intended for third party viewers but as features go, I like widgets and being able to advertise upcoming events outside of Second Life, seems like something Linden Lab should be encouraging people to do!
No really, I’m not miffed … much!