I was looking forward to use W8. I always assumed that ‘live tiles’ are direct analog of Android widgets – ie small self-sufficient app which shows its content entirely inside small screen area….
however I just learned that it is not the case and live tiles are not designed for that…
have I missed something ? is there a specific new feature I can use to program a ‘widget’ (or Vista gadget if you like) ? (preferably using C#) – so it can be placed on the Start screen along the other tiles and display real-time information.
You would need to develop a WinRT app. This link will get you started on how that is done, but it does support XAML / C# as well as HTML / Javascript. Keep in mind though that the live tiles aren’t really updated in realtime – they are updated every 30 minutes or through a push provider.