October 28th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
After a slightly-longer-than-expected hiatus in the sandbox, the gadgets.* and opensocial.* APIs have been brought back from the dead, just in time for Halloween.Let gadgets.util is undefined haunt you no more!Posted by Dan Holevoet, Developer Programs
October 17th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
…there is an equal and opposite reaction. But, even Newton might not have foreseen that when pushing changes to iGoogle, we’d temporarily disable social functionality in the iGoogle developer sandbox. Access to the gadgets.* and OpenSocial APIs shoul…
October 16th, 2008 | by DeWitt Clinton | published in Google Code, iGoogle
By Dan Holevoet, Developer ProgramsWe’re happy to announce the launch of the canvas view feature to iGoogle users in the U.S., rolling out over the course of the day. The canvas view feature allows gadget developers to build richer content, games…
October 16th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
Some artists say that a blank canvas is daunting. We think of it as an opportunity, which is why we’re excited to be launching the canvas view feature to iGoogle users. Canvas view will roll out to users in the U.S. over the course of the day, and …
September 26th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
I’m excited to announce that we’ve launched two important changes to the iGoogle developer sandbox. First, we have done a major upgrade on the sandbox friends manager that allows you to import, search and create groups of contacts. To share items with…
September 16th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve provided an update on the status of the canvas view launch. Our experiments with a small percentage of users have been going well, and we’ve been making some small changes and adjustments based on user feedback (such as…
August 19th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
Posted by Dan Holevoet, Developer ProgramsAs a quick heads-up, we’ll be pushing a new implementation of the persistence API to the iGoogle sandbox. When this happens, it will effectively clear the data storage of any OpenSocial applications in the san…
August 18th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
Posted by Dan Holevoet, Developer ProgramsWhile the recent focus has been on the canvas view feature, exciting progress has been made on the OpenSocial front. Developers now have an opportunity to test out parts of the OpenSocial 0.8 specification in t…
August 1st, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
Posted by Dan Holevoet, Developer ProgramsIn November, we announced the deprecation of inlined gadgets on iGoogle. Inlined gadgets filled a niche role in gadget development, a role that has become smaller as more features have been added to iGoogle and…
July 16th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
Posted by Dan Holevoet, Developer ProgramsIn a previous post, I mentioned that iGoogle would begin rolling out the new canvas to a small percentage of users, as an experiment, leading up to the full U.S. launch. I’m pleased to tell you that these exper…
June 27th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
Posted by Dan Holevoet, Developer ProgramsAs we begin to ramp up support for the canvas view in iGoogle, it’s important to remember that not all users will get access to the canvas view simultaneously.If you’ve upgraded one of your gadgets to use views…
June 23rd, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
Dan Holevoet, Developer ProgramsI thought I’d take a moment to clarify some details of upcoming iGoogle features and their release schedule. I’ve spoken to many of you who had questions about exactly what features would be available in iGoogle when ca…
June 17th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
Posted by Jason Cooper, Developer ProgramsAs part of our ongoing effort to offer top-notch support to iGoogle developers, we’re formally introducing reoccurring IRC “office hours.” Just point your favorite IRC client to irc.freenode.net and join the #o…
June 12th, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile, iGoogle
Posted by James Watts, Software EngineerWe at Google are obsessed with making your mobile search experience as fast as possible. With that in mind, we’ve just updated our mobile homepage to allow for a quicker load time, providing you with even faster …
June 11th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
Posted by Kathleen Ko, iGoogle TeamWith all the layout and feature changes going on in iGoogle, we’re happy to release an updated Themes API for developers. The API now allows customizations to the left navigation, chat, and gadget frame features in th…