You really should check out Sprout Builder at sproutbuilder.com. It allows you to build widgets for a variety of platforms (including plain-old web pages) using Adobe’s Flex platform.

Check out this one I threw together for Startup Weekend Portland in about five minutes: (requires Facebook account):

http://apps.facebook.com/wildfire/fbhandler.ashx?mode=side_nav

Some more data integration (such as the ability to call web services, based on user input or a timer) would make this product unstoppable.

(h/t Krishnan, via Marina Martin)

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Tags: Sproutbuilder, Sprout Builder, Widgets