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If you’re interested in helping make Universal Applets 0.1 happen, there’s now a list of all the bugs and blueprints that need to be fixed or implemented before the release. Check it out here.
I’m a bit bogged down with school work at the moment, but I’d love to review some patches!

At the GNOME Summit, Owen suggested the following:
When trying to decide on a language for applets/widgets, just about everyone will suggest their own favorite language along with reasons why that language is appropriate. However, one thing that needs to be considered is choosing nobody’s favorite language- Javascript.
Owen, I see your point but have to disagree. [...]

I’ve been invited to the GNOME User Experience Hackfest in Boston, and I’m going! (Thanks to the GNOME foundation who offered to cover the expenses.)
One of the main topics of the hackfest is collaboration throughout the desktop. Universal Applets 0.1 should be out by the time that the hackfest begins, so it’ll be a good [...]

It’s still buggy and missing a lot of features, but as of revision 469 check out the following:
$ melange –replace &
$ /usr/local/share/screenlets/SidebarUA/SidebarScreenlet.py &

$ /usr/local/share/screenlets/Meter/MeterScreenlet.py –server=Sidebar
$ /usr/local/share/screenlets/DigiClock/DigiClockScreenlet.py –server=Sidebar
Also, drop me a comment if you know of any out-of-branch screenlets whose authors haven’t been contacted yet.

Its time!
Cast your vote for Universal Applet’s new name over at doodle, (Re)cast your vote at Zoho or drop a comment below with a new name.

There’s a lot going on in the Universal Applets community at the moment, so I’ve decided to start writing semi-weekly wrap-up posts summarizing everything that’s happened. Here goes news roundup #1:

(Thanks, Kwaanens)
Forking
I know the news is already out all over the forums, so I’ll try to keep this short: There’s been some tension [...]

NOTE: Some of this post is no longer relevant. Please use Universal Applet’s internal documentation.
At the moment, there’s very little documentation for developers describing the Universal Applets architecture. I’m hoping to roll out a stable release within the next week or two, and I should have the time to write up some docs after that.
In [...]

Ubuntu Brainstorm is quite nice. I submitted my first idea today:

I had some trouble booting into my computer earlier this week. It’s fixed now, but the Universal Applets release that I promised will be delayed by a few days.

For those of you that are trying to follow my Universal Applets development, things are a bit of a mess. There are two forum threads and several emails to several different lists.
To make things a bit easier to follow, I’m going to repost everything of importance on this blog.
This thread on the Awn forum should [...]