Google turning the PC into a Mac with 'gadgets'

m4mb0 · 05-10-2006, 02:09 PM

Google Desktop 4 (Beta) is here! I looked it up after browing Desktop's blog. brbrThe main feature is the new span style="text-decoration: line-through;"widgets/span gadgets, which tightly intergrate with google's other search products.brbra href="http://desktop.google.com/"http://desktop.google.com/br/abrthere are some other features too -- check it out. what you guys think?brbri personally love the hot key (pressing shift key twice) and getting every single bit of information i need in a split second. wonderful.br

IamTheKing9 · 05-10-2006, 09:04 PM

Hey, this is the first time I noticed this. The gadgets look really good. It looks like Google has got a gadget for almost any kind of thing you want to do on your desktop.
(I was attracted by the Weather Globe.

)

MrAcid · 05-13-2006, 02:56 AM

This certainly is a nice new feature! Only thing that annoys me is the "gadget" text and Google Desktop icon that appear in my taskbar next to the tray icons. Anyone got an idea how to get rid of that?

dmber · 05-18-2006, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrAcid

This certainly is a nice new feature! Only thing that annoys me is the "gadget" text and Google Desktop icon that appear in my taskbar next to the tray icons. Anyone got an idea how to get rid of that?

brbrright-click on the taskbar, go to toolbars, unclick google desktop.br

MrAcid · 05-20-2006, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmber

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrAcid

This certainly is a nice new feature! Only thing that annoys me is the "gadget" text and Google Desktop icon that appear in my taskbar next to the tray icons. Anyone got an idea how to get rid of that?

brbrright-click on the taskbar, go to toolbars, unclick google desktop.br

brbrThanks man!br

TekeeTakShak · 05-28-2006, 11:53 AM

The gadgets are pretty neat. I personally like using a combo of the Yahoo! Widgets as well as the Google Gadgets. Both of them have their plusses =)

thewhitefedora · 07-09-2006, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TekeeTakShak

The gadgets are pretty neat. I personally like using a combo of the Yahoo! Widgets as well as the Google Gadgets. Both of them have their plusses =)

If you start telling us you use Yahoo search we'll kick you outta here!

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cruocitae · 07-10-2006, 10:17 AM

There's a contest going on.. $5k prize and everything.. a guaranteed Google Desktop Developer T-shirt or another Google gift.. I forgot.. the theme is Gadget Design.

Here's the link: http://desktop.google.com/contest.html

Good luck!

sashok · 07-23-2006, 08:45 PM

I think it would be very nice/useful if the Google gadgets with GDS were synchronized with the "content" on Google IG. This way, when I'm away from my computer with GDS and at a comp where I can't install any progs/apps, I would just go to google.com/ig and have the same gadgets (only in a less eye-catching style) available to me. brbrThis doesn't have to be the entire Google IG page, it can be a separate page, called for example - GDS gadgets sync... or other...brbrAlso, it would be nice to have an option to recover/sync my gadgets across multiple computers, like the Google tabs app for FireFox. Any time I sit down at a new computer and install GDS, I will have the option to open/dl the saved gadgets I opened last time (on another comp).brbrWhat do ya'll think?br

05-10-2006, 02:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
m4mb0 Noogle Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Google turning the PC into a Mac with 'gadgets' Google Desktop 4 (Beta) is here! I looked it up after browing Desktop's blog. brbrThe main feature is the new span style="text-decoration: line-through;"widgets/span gadgets, which tightly intergrate with google's other search products.brbra href="http://desktop.google.com/"http://desktop.google.com/br/abrthere are some other features too -- check it out. what you guys think?brbri personally love the hot key (pressing shift key twice) and getting every single bit of information i need in a split second. wonderful.br

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IamTheKing9 Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 3,000 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Hey, this is the first time I noticed this. The gadgets look really good. It looks like Google has got a gadget for almost any kind of thing you want to do on your desktop. (I was attracted by the Weather Globe. )

05-13-2006, 02:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
MrAcid Senior Googler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands Posts: 113 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	This certainly is a nice new feature! Only thing that annoys me is the "gadget" text and Google Desktop icon that appear in my taskbar next to the tray icons. Anyone got an idea how to get rid of that?

05-28-2006, 11:53 AM	#6 (permalink)
TekeeTakShak Junior Googler Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 26 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The gadgets are pretty neat. I personally like using a combo of the Yahoo! Widgets as well as the Google Gadgets. Both of them have their plusses =)

07-10-2006, 10:17 AM	#8 (permalink)
cruocitae Master Googler Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Terminus Posts: 531 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	There's a contest going on.. $5k prize and everything.. a guaranteed Google Desktop Developer T-shirt or another Google gift.. I forgot.. the theme is Gadget Design. Here's the link: http://desktop.google.com/contest.html Good luck!

07-23-2006, 08:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
sashok Noogle Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I think it would be very nice/useful if the Google gadgets with GDS were synchronized with the "content" on Google IG. This way, when I'm away from my computer with GDS and at a comp where I can't install any progs/apps, I would just go to google.com/ig and have the same gadgets (only in a less eye-catching style) available to me. brbrThis doesn't have to be the entire Google IG page, it can be a separate page, called for example - GDS gadgets sync... or other...brbrAlso, it would be nice to have an option to recover/sync my gadgets across multiple computers, like the Google tabs app for FireFox. Any time I sit down at a new computer and install GDS, I will have the option to open/dl the saved gadgets I opened last time (on another comp).brbrWhat do ya'll think?br

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