I downloaded and installed Opera 8.65 on to my Windows Mobile 5/6, BalckJack i607 and when I try to hit the Launch button on one of the clock widget hosted in http://widgets.opera.com/, I get the message "You don't seem to be using Opera or another web broser supporting Opera widgets.."

I am using Opera 30 day trial version. Does it not work with Windows Mobile? I get the same message with my Symbian Nokia E62 loaded with v 8.65 as well. Am I missing something. I have been trying this for quite some time without much clue as what is wrong. I will be greatful if someone could help me.

Thanks

Murali

That version of Opera does not support widgets.

Originally posted by http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/your-first-widget/:

An Opera Widget is a regular zip file, renamed to use the extension .wdgt.

Is the extension .wdgt or .wgt?

I wrote a widget and it ran successfully under Opera 9.25. I didn't have it in a .wgt file. I just had it in a directory and I dragged config.xml into opera and it would start.

Now I'm running Opera 9.50b, and the widget won't start. I've tried two things:

1. same as before, drag-n-drop the config.xml into opera. It responds with

"Could not open file : you tried to access the address widget://localhost/C:///host.network.com/fishzle/My%20Documents/Widgets/od5/index.html which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the Web address (URL) is currectly spelled and punctuated, then try reloading the page. Make sure your internet connection is active and check whether other applications that rely on the same connection are working."

The widget, and the "My Documents" folder are actually on a network drive. It looks like it's trying to open it as file on C:.

2. Zip the files up and call it od5.wgt. Then drag-n-drop it in the widget window. It then offers me the choice to save or open it in Opera. Save, as you expect, lets me save it, If I try and open it in opera, it just gives me the download window again.

drag-n-drop into a standard window just opens the zip file in the browser.

Is behaviour 1 a new thing in 9.50b? It makes it difficult to test my widgets.

Francis