<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
Widgets	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
free	O
application	O
platform	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
specifically	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Vista	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
software	I-Application
was	O
previously	O
called	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
,	O
but	O
after	O
being	O
acquired	O
by	O
computer	O
services	O
company	O
Yahoo	B-Application
on	O
July	O
25	O
,	O
2005	O
it	O
was	O
rebranded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
was	O
subsequently	O
reinstated	O
as	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
underlying	O
rendering	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
uses	O
a	O
JavaScript	B-Language
runtime	B-Device
environment	I-Device
combined	O
with	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
interpreter	O
to	O
run	O
small	O
applications	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
widgets	O
,	O
and	O
hence	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
class	O
of	O
software	B-Application
applications	O
called	O
widget	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
27	O
,	O
2012	O
Yahoo	B-Application
updated	O
the	O
License	O
agreement	O
stating	O
that	O
as	O
of	O
April	O
3	O
,	O
2012	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
Widget	O
Engine	O
includes	O
some	O
default	O
widgets	O
to	O
get	O
users	O
started	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
weather	O
widget	O
,	O
a	O
digital	O
clock	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
calendar	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
downloaded	O
ones	O
include	O
a	O
world	O
time	O
zone	O
clock	O
,	O
dedicated	O
countdown	O
timers	O
,	O
simple	O
RSS	O
feed	O
readers	O
,	O
and	O
webcam	B-Protocol
viewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
widget	O
runs	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
system	B-Operating_System
process	I-Operating_System
,	O
separate	O
from	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
widgets	O
and	O
the	O
main	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
system	B-Operating_System
process	I-Operating_System
itself	O
,	O
thus	O
improving	O
the	O
stability	O
of	O
the	B-Application
software	I-Application
application	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Should	O
a	O
problem	O
occur	O
with	O
a	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
widget	O
requiring	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
that	O
particular	O
widget	O
can	O
be	O
shut	O
down	O
without	O
affecting	O
other	O
widgets	O
or	O
the	O
main	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
disadvantage	O
of	O
doing	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
computer	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
needed	O
for	O
each	O
process	O
to	O
run	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
possibly	O
a	O
potential	O
problem	O
on	O
the	O
computers	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
that	O
were	O
typically	O
equipped	O
with	O
only	O
512mb-2gb	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
a	O
minor	O
issue	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
RAM	B-Architecture
consumed	O
by	O
the	O
graphical	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
widgets	O
which	O
could	O
make	O
them	O
more	O
RAM	B-Architecture
intensive	O
than	O
traditional	O
square	O
shaped	O
desktop	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
Widgets	O
provides	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
can	O
quickly	O
bring	O
all	O
open	O
widgets	O
to	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
called	O
Konsposé	O
(	O
alluding	O
to	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
's	O
Exposé	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
"	O
Heads-Up	B-Application
Display	I-Application
"	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Widget	O
Engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Widget	O
Engine	O
4.0	O
,	O
the	O
engine	O
has	O
included	O
a	O
feature	O
called	O
the	O
dock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
rolled	O
over	O
with	O
the	O
mouse	O
,	O
the	O
dock	O
helps	O
users	O
manage	O
their	O
widgets	O
with	O
buttons	O
to	O
close	O
a	O
widget	O
,	O
show	O
a	O
widget	O
's	O
preferences	O
,	O
and	O
reveal	O
a	O
widget	O
from	O
the	O
head-up	B-Application
display	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Widget	O
Engine	O
(	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
)	O
has	O
a	O
very	O
flexible	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
based	O
on	O
JavaScript	B-Language
with	O
many	O
features	O
useful	O
to	O
developers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
features	O
include	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
download	O
webpages	O
from	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
file	O
input/output	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
animator	O
objects	O
to	O
aid	O
in	O
visual	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
built	O
in	O
interface	O
allows	O
widget	O
developers	B-Application
to	O
run	O
OS	O
specific	O
code	O
such	O
as	O
shell	O
scripts	O
and	O
COM	B-Application
applications	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
AppleScript	B-Application
on	O
Mac	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Widget	O
Engine	O
4.0	O
,	O
SQLite	B-Language
has	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
engine	O
,	O
allowing	O
developers	B-Application
to	O
create	O
and	O
modify	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
added	O
to	O
text	O
objects	O
is	O
support	O
for	O
simple	O
CSS	B-Language
styles	I-Language
for	O
formatting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previously	O
only	O
available	O
to	O
official	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Widgets	O
,	O
this	O
feature	O
was	O
enabled	O
for	O
all	O
third-party	O
widget	O
authors	O
on	O
August	O
17	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
Widgets	O
4.5	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
29	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
introduced	O
support	O
for	O
both	O
WebKit	B-Language
and	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
,	O
allowing	O
development	O
of	O
widgets	O
using	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
Flash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WebKit	B-Language
support	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
plugins	O
,	O
so	O
Flash	O
is	O
supported	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
separate	O
native	O
object	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
Widgets	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
as	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
,	O
by	O
a	O
core	O
development	O
team	O
consisting	O
of	O
Arlo	O
Rose	O
,	O
Perry	O
Clarke	O
,	O
and	O
Ed	O
Voas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
10	O
,	O
2003	O
as	O
a	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
only	O
application	O
which	O
cost	O
$24.95	O
(	O
and	O
later	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
2.0	O
,	O
US	O
$19.95	O
)	O
,	O
its	O
Windows	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
8	O
,	O
2004	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
1.8	O
,	O
and	O
made	O
freeware	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
2.1	O
on	O
July	O
25	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
prior	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
Apple	O
released	O
a	O
similar	O
widget	O
engine	O
,	O
Dashboard	B-Application
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
Tiger	I-Application
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Konfabulator	B-Application
's	O
main	O
commercial	O
competitor	O
on	O
the	O
Windows	O
platform	O
is	O
DesktopX	B-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Stardock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
programs	O
offering	O
similar	O
functionality	O
include	O
Kapsules	B-Application
and	O
AveDesk	B-Application
(	O
for	O
Windows	O
)	O
,	O
gDesklets	B-Application
(	O
for	O
GNOME	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
SuperKaramba	B-Language
(	O
for	O
KDE	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JavaScript	B-Language
engine	O
used	O
by	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
SpiderMonkey	B-Language
implementation	O
,	O
and	O
conforms	O
to	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
JavaScript	B-Language
version	O
1.5	O
standards	O
(	O
equivalent	O
to	O
ECMAScript	B-Language
262	O
edition	O
3	O
,	O
with	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
extensions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
of	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
originated	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
when	O
Arlo	O
Rose	O
saw	O
how	O
he	O
could	O
skin	B-Application
the	O
MP3	B-Application
media	O
player	O
running	O
on	O
his	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
idea	O
was	O
to	O
"	O
skin	B-Application
any	O
information	O
you	O
wanted	O
to	O
see	O
on	O
your	O
desktop.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
he	O
had	O
experience	O
with	O
Kaleidoscope	O
,	O
a	O
skinning	O
program	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
akin	O
to	O
WindowBlinds	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
coined	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
"	O
to	O
describe	O
his	O
idea	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
tried	O
pitching	O
his	O
idea	O
to	O
other	O
software	B-Application
programmers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
unsuccessful	O
until	O
the	O
year	O
2002	O
,	O
when	O
Perry	O
Clarke	O
(	O
who	O
would	O
later	O
become	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
developers	B-Application
of	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
)	O
heard	O
about	O
his	O
idea	O
and	O
agreed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
him	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
10	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Rose	O
and	O
Clarke	O
launched	O
version	O
1.0	O
of	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
launch	O
,	O
Rose	O
created	O
a	O
teaser	O
web	O
site	O
asking	O
visitors	O
what	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
is	O
,	O
while	O
it	O
was	O
still	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
it	O
was	O
finally	O
released	O
,	O
users	O
of	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
were	O
highly	O
impressed	O
with	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
widgets	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
popularity	O
soared	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
something	O
which	O
surprised	O
the	O
developers	B-Application
of	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
its	O
popularity	O
,	O
Rose	O
and	O
Clarke	O
had	O
to	O
quit	O
their	O
jobs	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
full-time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2003	O
,	O
Rose	O
and	O
Clarke	O
started	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
Windows	O
version	O
with	O
another	O
software	B-Application
programmer	I-Application
,	O
but	O
internal	O
differences	O
broke	O
them	O
up	O
and	O
they	O
were	O
forced	O
to	O
scrap	O
the	O
work	O
already	O
done	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
Rose	O
persuaded	O
Ed	O
Voas	O
(	O
who	O
was	O
then	O
a	O
friend	O
of	O
Rose	O
and	O
had	O
10	O
years	O
of	O
software	B-Application
programming	O
experience	O
at	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
,	O
and	O
would	O
later	O
become	O
the	O
third	O
member	O
of	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
's	O
core	O
development	O
team	O
)	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
Windows	O
version	O
for	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
he	O
declined	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
he	O
created	O
a	O
working	O
prototype	B-Application
and	O
presented	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
development	O
team	O
within	O
two	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2004	O
,	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
1.8	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
version	O
was	O
capable	O
of	O
seamlessly	O
running	O
most	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
widgets	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
operating	O
system	O
on	O
Windows	O
machines	O
,	O
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
May	O
18	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
release	O
of	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
since	O
version	O
1.0	O
,	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
2.0	O
(	O
sometimes	O
shortened	O
to	O
K:2	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
visual	O
overhaul	O
of	O
widgets	O
,	O
improved	O
functionality	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
marked	O
down	O
price	O
of	O
US	O
$19.95	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
US	O
$24.95	O
(	O
this	O
was	O
after	O
many	O
users	O
,	O
especially	O
Windows	O
users	O
used	O
to	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
freeware	O
and	O
other	O
cheaper	O
widget	O
engines	O
,	O
complained	O
about	O
the	O
high	O
price	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popularity	O
of	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
accelerated	O
soon	O
after	O
that	O
,	O
and	O
companies	O
were	O
seeking	O
to	O
use	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
in	O
their	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
demand	O
for	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
,	O
and	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
proper	O
information	O
source	O
for	O
widget	O
developers	B-Application
(	O
some	O
of	O
whom	O
were	O
scraping	O
web	O
sites	O
for	O
information	O
for	O
their	O
widgets	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
development	O
team	O
decided	O
to	O
sell	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
25	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
released	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
framework	O
was	O
renamed	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Widgets	O
,	O
the	O
underlying	O
engine	O
continued	O
to	O
be	O
branded	O
as	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
until	O
December	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
said	O
the	O
reason	O
they	O
purchased	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
was	O
that	O
they	O
wanted	O
an	O
easy	O
way	O
to	O
open	O
up	O
its	O
APIs	B-Application
to	O
the	O
widget	O
developer	B-Application
community	O
and	O
allow	O
them	O
easy	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
doing	O
this	O
,	O
widgets	O
could	O
be	O
built	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
scrape	O
or	O
search	O
web	O
sites	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
get	O
information	O
regarding	O
the	O
APIs	B-Application
for	O
widgets	O
and	O
the	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
23	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
Universal	B-Operating_System
binary	I-Operating_System
of	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Widget	O
Engine	O
,	O
version	O
3.1.4	O
,	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
users	O
of	O
Intel-based	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2006	O
,	O
Perry	O
Clarke	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
engineer	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
widget	O
engine	O
,	O
left	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Widgets	O
team	O
,	O
followed	O
later	O
by	O
Arlo	O
Rose	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2008	O
,	O
Ed	O
Voas	O
,	O
who	O
developed	O
the	O
first	O
Windows	O
version	O
of	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
,	O
also	O
left	O
the	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
2	O
,	O
2012	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Yahoo	B-Application
would	O
be	O
closing	O
down	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Widget	O
Engine	O
and	O
closing	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Widget	O
Gallery	O
altogether	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
reason	O
for	O
closure	O
was	O
twofold	O
-	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
replacing	O
the	O
older	O
servers	O
that	O
supported	O
the	O
gallery	O
and	O
the	O
refocussing	O
of	O
human	O
resources	O
on	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
-	O
The	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Widget	O
engine	O
operates	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Vista	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
8	O
and	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
XP	B-Application
the	O
widget	O
has	O
full	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
NT6	O
systems	O
(	O
Vista	B-Application
+	O
)	O
the	O
sound	O
control	O
functionality	O
is	O
limited	O
as	O
Windows	O
UAC	O
does	O
not	O
give	O
widget	O
apps	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
system	O
sound	O
control	O
without	O
administrator	O
access	O
,	O
all	O
other	O
functions	O
operate	O
as	O
designed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mac	B-Device
OSX	O
-	O
As	O
of	O
10.11	O
El	O
Capitan	O
,	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
widget	O
dock	O
no	O
longer	O
functions	O
correctly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	O
-	O
The	O
Yahoo	B-Application
widget	O
engine	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Ubuntu	O
Linux	O
10.10	O
and	O
modified	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
run	O
Ubuntu	O
linux	O
10.10	O
on	O
a	O
normal	O
PC	O
and	O
run	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
30	O
,	O
2018	O
-	O
fifteen	O
years	O
after	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
debuted	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
(	O
now	O
under	O
Verizon	O
ownership	O
)	O
stopped	O
allowing	O
"	O
Kon	O
"	O
apps	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
to	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
Connected	O
TV	O
engine	O
,	O
encouraging	O
developers	B-Application
instead	O
to	O
offer	O
HTML5	O
connector	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
marks	O
the	O
final	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
continuing	O
branch	O
of	O
Konfabulator	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2016	O
the	O
popular	O
Yahoo	B-Application
weather	O
widget	O
has	O
stopped	O
functioning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
weather	O
widget	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
's	O
most	O
popular	O
widgets	O
as	O
it	O
provided	O
free	O
access	O
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
's	O
weather	O
feed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
has	O
modified	O
the	O
manner	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
weather	O
feed	O
is	O
accessed	O
breaking	O
not	O
only	O
the	O
weather	O
widget	O
but	O
all	O
others	O
programs	O
and	O
sites	O
that	O
attempt	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
's	O
updated	O
documentation	O
stated	O
:	O
"	O
To	O
increase	O
the	O
security	O
measure	O
and	O
better	O
serving	O
our	O
YDN	O
customers	O
,	O
weather	O
data	O
source	O
will	O
enforce	O
OAuth	O
1	O
starting	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Please	O
update	O
your	O
API	B-Application
calls	O
with	O
OAuth	O
1	O
enabled	O
(	O
via	O
the	O
OAuth	O
/v1/yql	O
end	O
point	O
if	O
using	O
YQL	O
)	O
using	O
your	O
Yahoo	B-Application
App	O
key	O
and	O
secret.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
weather	O
widget	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
,	O
changes	O
to	O
fix	O
the	O
widget	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
carried	O
out	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
as	O
all	O
widgets	O
can	O
be	O
decompiled	O
to	O
their	O
original	O
JavaScript	B-Language
source	O
code	O
,	O
the	O
widget	O
could	O
be	O
modified	O
by	O
developers	B-Application
to	O
correspond	O
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
's	O
modified	O
authorisation	O
requirements	O
or	O
to	O
obtain	O
the	O
data	O
from	O
an	O
alternate	O
weather	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
