I just wrapped up testing the second revision W3Counter pWidget, the overlay that brings web stats right to your webpage, including W3Counter's color-coded click overlay. It puts no extra burden on the webpage except a simple key listener until it's activated by the user, loads data modularly on demand, and is completely cross-browser compatible (dragging and transparency thanks to the awesome X Library).

It works flawlessly in IE6 and 7, Firefox, Opera and Safari. It also alleviates some issues the click overlay has within W3Counter's normal interface due to having to serve the webpage by proxy through the W3Counter domain. Since this widget is running on the actual site, it doesn't have the cross-domain scripting restrictions browsers impose on the proxied version, so it can show the overlay on an even broader set of sites. Continued »

I'm still working on the widgets for W3Counter. I've have too many other things that need attention recently to bring anything to finished form, but at least I have 6 of the 8 planned widgets working and in testing. You've already seen pWidget, the page stats overlay. Here are a couple more: Continued »

Where the Hell is Matt?
Another YouTube viral marketing video. Did you notice the Stride gum logo appear several times? Would you have noticed it if I didn't mention it? Continued »