Use Google Gadgets on the Desktop without installing Google Desktop!
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Loading ...Google released Google Universal Gadgets for people to use it on their blogs and websites; in case you want to use it on the Desktop then Google Desktop is required. This article will show you how to use Google Universal Gadgets without having Google Desktop installed on the computer. As Google Videos is my favorite I will walk you through the steps of installing Google Videos Gadget on the desktop!
Here is an overview of what we are about to do.
First we will create a .html page with one of the Google Universal Gadget’s code in it and save it somewhere on the computer. Next we will go to Display properties and Desktop and browse to the location and select the .html file with Google Universal Gadget’s code we created earlier. That’s it! You will see the Google Gadget on your desktop now.
Mentioned below are detailed steps to install Google Gadgets on the desktop.
- Open Notepad
- Now copy the below mentioned code and paste it in notepad or Click here to download the .HTML file.
- In notepad click on File > Save As > and the "File Name" should be something.html ".html" is important, file can be named anything but the extension should always be ".html"
- Right click on the Desktop > Properties > Desktop > Browse > Change the "File Type" to "HTML Documents" and browse to the location you have saved the newly created .html file and doubleclick on it.
- Click OK!
<html>
<body>
<script src="http://gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://www.google.com/ig/modules/g ooglevideo.xml&synd=open&w=320&h=280&title=__MSG_title__&.lang=all&.co untry=ALL&border=http%3A%2F%2Fgmodules.com%2Fig%2Fimages%2F&output=js" ></script> </body>
</html>
NOTE: If you see "Formatting" error after completign the steps make sure there are no SPACE’s starting from <script src= ………> and ending with </script>. Make sure there are no spaces in that line of code or just download the .HTML file
Here is what my desktop looks like after performing the steps mentioend above: I just have one Icon on my Desktop! The fun part is every time you refresh your desktop you will see a new video. Just click on play button and it will start playing on the desktop, refresh the desktop and watch a new video. Click here to browse through 100′s of Google Gadgets. Click here to see How to Get the Google Gadget’s Code
This was the basic implementation; however you can use webpage editing software to properly align the Gadget on the desktop. This can also be done using Windows Active Desktop in Windows XP (But I like this method better!)
Couple of things to keep in mind:
- The steps above are performed on Windows XP they might or might not work on other O/S.
- Some of the Gadgets might or might not work, I haven’t tested with many
EnJoY!
