Undivided attention
| Thursday, March 26th, 2009 | --Sean |
Whenever we watch television in my house, we inevitably end up with a fleet of laptops parked on our sofas. Not that there isn't quality TV content out there, but the flow of information is torrential enough on the web that there always seems to be some snippet of data that we need to stay on top of, and there's plenty of downtime during the commercial breaks, or in our case, by the grace of DVR, the opportunities to abuse the fast-forward button.
If for no other reason than that my lap is getting really warm, it would be great to cut out the middleman. That seems to be the main thrust of our Yahoo! TV Widgets initiative, which brings the massive utility and convenience of Yahoo! Widgets directly to the medium-sized screen. For now, it requires a special TV to run, but more sets with Widget support are rolling out the door this summer. Check out the video below for a preview of what technical marvels might be rolling into your door if you try it out.