September 2nd, 2011 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
In 2004, Google launched Google Desktop, a program designed to make it easy for users to search their own PCs for emails, files, music, photos, Web pages and more.
Desktop has been used by tens of millions of people and we’ve been humbled by its us…
May 7th, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
What makes a quality gadget? Platform specification: If you create a gadget only for Windows, make sure that the gadget is not installable on Mac or Linux:<windows minimumGadgetHostVersion=”5.1.0.0″/> <!– Windows is supported –><mac su…
May 7th, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
What makes a quality gadget? Platform specification: If you create a gadget only for Windows, make sure that the gadget is not installable on Mac or Linux:<windows minimumGadgetHostVersion=”5.1.0.0″/> <!– Windows is supported –><mac su…
April 28th, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
A new gadget by Adam Hotz is featured on the Inside Google Desktop blog. See the post Featured gadget: Task List and Timer.Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)
April 28th, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
A new gadget by Adam Hotz is featured on the Inside Google Desktop blog. See the post Featured gadget: Task List and Timer.Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)
April 20th, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Yet another gadget by Rosie Ojo is featured on the Inside Google Desktop blog. See the post Featured gadget: Periodic Table Interactive.Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)
April 20th, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Yet another gadget by Rosie Ojo is featured on the Inside Google Desktop blog. See the post Featured gadget: Periodic Table Interactive.Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)
April 13th, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
A gadget by Teodor Filimon is featured on the Inside Google Desktop blog. See the post Featured gadget: Tabbed Todo List.Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)
April 13th, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
A gadget by Teodor Filimon is featured on the Inside Google Desktop blog. See the post Featured gadget: Tabbed Todo List.Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)
April 7th, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
A new gadget by Prithvi Prabhu is featured on the Inside Google Desktop blog. See the post Featured gadget: Resource Hog Tracker.Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)
April 6th, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
A new gadget by Prithvi Prabhu is featured on the Inside Google Desktop blog. See the post Featured gadget: Resource Hog Tracker.Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)
March 13th, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
What information must be in a gadget’s About dialog? The About dialog certainly needs to display the gadget name. It should also contain:The gadget creator’s name (your name or your company’s name)A short description of what the gadget can doThe gadget…
March 13th, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
What information must be in a gadget’s About dialog? The About dialog certainly needs to display the gadget name. It should also contain:The gadget creator’s name (your name or your company’s name)A short description of what the gadget can doThe gadget…
February 23rd, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
When writing code in the Google Desktop Gadget Designer, you most likely have used the Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste text.Here are some other shortcuts to work faster in the Gadget Designer. They work only while editing text su…
February 23rd, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
When writing code in the Google Desktop Gadget Designer, you most likely have used the Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste text.Here are some other shortcuts to work faster in the Gadget Designer. They work only while editing text su…
