Google Added A Number of New Features in iGoogle
Google has added a lot new features to iGoogle. Google has added Games, News, Entertainment and Google stuff to iGoogle. Google has also replaced the tabs at the top with a left navigation that allows for access to any gadget with one click. A lot changes and improvements are also added for developers. Let’s have a close look what Google has added for us in iGoogle .
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News : New gadgets from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post give me full-page views of what’s new in the world. Nice.
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Games : The Sudoku gadget lets me play thousands of full-page Sudoku puzzles without squinting at 6-point type. The GoComics gadget gives me my fix of Garfield and Doonesbury and lets me choose from all of their other comics. I’ve also spent many coffee breaks browsing through videos from YouTube and CurrentTV.
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Entertainment : I’ve configured the TV Guide gadget to my zip code and just used it today to figure out when the newest episode of The Office is playing. Flixster’s movies gadget lets me access trailers, ratings, and theater information for any movie. I also use the iLike gadget to browse news, concerts, and free MP3s from my favorite musicians.
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Google stuff : The new Gmail gadget lets me read my full email and perform simple actions like send or reply to emails without leaving iGoogle. Last but not least, a gadget that I authored and use every day is for Google Finance, which provides full-screen finance charts and news of the stocks in my portfolio.
Google also has made iGoogle a better platform for developers. Google has added canvas view feature in iGoogle that will help developers to add rich media content into their iGoogle gadgets, most importantly developers can easily monetize their gadgets. If you are a developer then check out the Google’s how to build canvas view guide. Google is also working hard to graduate more functionality out of the sandbox and into production, such as OpenSocial.
Here’s a full list of Google’s highlighted canvas view gadgets.
Source : iGoogle Developer Blog and The Official Google Blog
October 17th, 2008 at 9:58 AM
If there is no way to get rid of the left side navigation bar, I will be getting rid of igoogle. TERRIBLE design.
Thanks!
October 17th, 2008 at 5:40 PM
At least we know who the Google shills are now.
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October 17th, 2008 at 5:46 PM
At least we know who some of the Google shills are.
Forget iGoogle. Move on with Netvibes http://www.netvibes.com with a how-to-migrate
October 17th, 2008 at 6:14 PM
So I was referred from another blog ,,yours is so much to read Thanks!
October 18th, 2008 at 6:31 AM
I read about a site on John Chow today called http://www.43marks.com – its like iGoogle but better cuz you can add you own bookmarks and the bookmarks can be websites not just gadgets and RSS feeds although you can upload your favorite RSS feeds too. Its free and totally customizable. Plus you don’t have to login to see your bookmars and RSS feeds
October 19th, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Wow I blogged about igoogle to at http://thetechlunch.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/the-new-igoogle/
But yours is so much better. Looks like you put a lot of work into it. Keep blogging.
October 20th, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Very informative posts, love the look of you site.