Widget-eyes: Opera Widgetize! Now Supports YouTube and Flickr

Oslo, Norway - August 2, 2006

Opera Software today announced that Opera Widgetize!, Opera's instant widget generator, now supports both YouTube and Flickr. Opera Widgetize! is available at http://widgets.opera.com/widgetize. In three simple steps, you can create and share a custom widget to keep your YouTube videos or Flickr photos floating on your desktop. This continues Opera's development of the Widgetize! service that was announced two weeks ago. During that time period more than 13,000 widgets have been created using Opera Widgetize!.

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