Microblogs as widgets and at the mobile interface
In addition to the display of microblogs in the microblog console of the folder view you can also have microblogs displayed as widgets on your personal portal or any workspace portal, as desktop widgets on your local computer and also at the mobile device interface of BSCW.
Microblogs as portal widgets
You create a microblog widget
• by selecting in the top menu of your personal portal or a workspace portal. Choose ‘Microblog’ as the type of the new widget.
The context of the new microblog widget in your personal portal is by default your entire social network, the context of the new microblog widget in a workspace portal is this very workspace. That means that the new microblog widget in your personal portal shows by default the microblog of your social network and that the new microblog widget in a workspace shows by default the microblog of this workspace. The display of events is disabled at first.
You may change the context of a microblog widget
• by
clicking on 
in the title line of the widget
and enter a new context in the ‘Preferences’ section of the ‘Change
Widget’ action form. This way you may also have the personal microblog of a
user displayed in a portal widget.
For creating and changing widgets in a portal cf. also 3.4.1 Personal portal.
In other respects, the microblog portal widget works like the microblog console.
Microblogs as desktop widgets
For the installation of the microblog desktop widget
• select in the top menu. In the following overview of available widgets choose ‘Microblog’. The further steps of installing and starting the microblog desktop widget are given in 7.1 Desktop Widgets.
Some restrictions apply to the microblog desktop widget.
o The context of the microblog is always your entire social network, focusing the microblog on a workspace is not possible.
o There is no notification of new microblog messages. Use the refresh button instead.
o There is no user pop-up when you click a user name. Instead, the user info page is shown in a new browser window along with the user’s personal microblog.
In other respects, the microblog desktop widget works like the microblog console.
Microblogs at the mobile device interface
The microblog at the mobile device interface is reached via the mobile portal.
• Click the “Microblog & Events” domain button of the mobile portal to have the microblog of your social network displayed, which also includes the events in your social network by default.
Details on the mobile device interface in general are to be found in 7.2 Mobile Device Interface.
Some restrictions apply to the microblog at the mobile device interface.
o The context of the microblog is always your entire social network, focusing the microblog on a workspace or user is not possible.
o The microblog shown always includes events. Excluding the display of events is not possible.
o There is no notification of new microblog messages. The microblog is refreshed regularly.
o There is no user pop-up when you click a user name. Instead, the user info page is shown where you may also send an e-mail message to the user concerned. There is, however, no way to access the user’s personal microblog.
In other respects, the microblog at the mobile device interface works like the microblog console.