November 14th, 2006 | by Mendel | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Kevin Tom, Product Manager The Google Desktop Sidebar has always been great at delivering content personalized to individual users, ever since it was introduced way back in the second version of Google Desktop. But we kept thinking: what’s a …
October 30th, 2006 | by Mendel | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Mendel Chuang, Product Marketing ManagerWhen we were designing Google Desktop, we knew that people would use it in different ways. It’s been interesting to see just what you’re doing with it. Legal Andrew points out that one way to improve yo…
October 9th, 2006 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Bryan Woodward, User Support CoordinatorWith new versions of Google Desktop frequently being released, we’ve really been adding to the feature set. To help you navigate this maze of features and improve your experience with Desktop, here are …
September 22nd, 2006 | by Mendel | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Samantha Crow, Product Marketing ManagerThe Google Desktop Gadget Contest ended a few weeks ago, but if you’re a college or university student in the U.S., we’ve got a new challenge for you. How do you feel about writing a gadget that (could)…
September 5th, 2006 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Stephen Drennan, User Support CoordinatorWe received a number of creative submissions for the Google Desktop Gadget Contest. In fact, because there were so many great gadgets to choose from, we’ve decided to recognize a few additional stand…
August 30th, 2006 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Bryan Woodward, User Support CoordinatorIt’s time to update your official Google Calendar gadget. Due to popular demand, it now supports multiple calendars from your Google Calendar service. It will also color-code your scheduled events using…
August 18th, 2006 | by A Googler | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Mendel Chuang, Product Marketing ManagerStarting today, Google Desktop 4 is coming out of beta in 26 languages (including Romanian!); a Japanese version is now available in beta too. It’s easier than ever to search and personalize your comput…
August 17th, 2006 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Larry Gadea, Software EngineerCalling all developers and Star Trek fans: Google will demo Desktop, among other products, at the 40th annual Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas from Thursday to Sunday. We’ll have Google Desktop engineers on hand…
August 10th, 2006 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Mihai Ionescu, Software EngineerWe’re pleased to let you know that the Google Gadget gallery now holds more than 400 gadgets! Which means you have even more choices on what you want to add to your desktop. We’re quite excited about some of ou…
August 1st, 2006 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Catalin Patulea, Software EngineerSome gadgets are simply better when you share them, and if you’re thinking of creating such a gadget, you’re in luck. By means of the Communication API, Google Desktop allows a gadget to exchange data with an…
July 24th, 2006 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Larry Gadea, Software EngineerSo you’re writing a gadget for the contest and you’ve come on something simply impossible to do using the existing Script API. Say, for example, you need a more advanced message box that has “Yes”, “No,” and “Can…
July 20th, 2006 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by E.K. Chung, User Experience DesignerDue to user feedback, we’ve decided to extend the deadline for the Google Desktop Gadget Contest by two weeks. You now have until Monday, August 14, to submit your gadget. Winners will be announced on Septe…
July 12th, 2006 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Omar Khan, Software EngineerNow that the Google Desktop Gadget Contest is running, I have a tip for how to personalize your gadget: make it react to what the user’s doing. For example, I buy books on Amazon a lot, and I realized that I was do…
July 6th, 2006 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Kamal Singh, Software QA EngineerGadget lovers alert: we’ve added 200+ more of your favorite Google Gadgets for Google Desktop. In the past, some of these useful bits were trapped in a browser; now you can set them free anywhere on your deskt…
June 27th, 2006 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Satish Sampath, Software EngineerWe’re post-beta! Google Desktop 4 is available in English. Plus there are now beta versions of Google Desktop in 27 languages (up from 16). So now just about everyone will be able to use the latest and greates…