[LMB] (newschat) the worth of widgets?

[Peter H. Granzeau]

At 04:12 PM 3/12/2008, Elvi Dalgaard wrote:
>Peter H. Granzeau wrote:
>> At 06:42 PM 3/11/2008, Lois McMaster Bujold wrote:
>>   
>>> Oh cool, you can get a free _Passage_ widget!
>>>
>>> http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061375330/The_Sharing_Knife_Volume_Three/index.aspx
>>>     
>> I have no idea what do do.  All I want to do is read whatever piece of _Passage_ they are offering, and making it an exercise in learning how (and making it difficult, at that) is completely counterproductive.  Screw them.
>>
>> Sorry, Lois.  I had to vent.  If I could find whoever at HarperCollins was responsible for this abortion, I'd do something completely illegal (and painful, too) to them.
>Pete,
>What are you referring to? The widget is just a countdown widget, isn't 
>it? Something to stick on your blog or website to advertise when the 
>book will be published. No piece of Passage to read there, as far as I 
>know. Are you talking about somewhere else that this thread has wandered?

My problem was exacerbated by the fact that I had no idea what a "widget" was.