Technology Nerd » Google Gadgets http://tnerd.com (Technology, as it happens, When it happens!) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:27:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Use Google Gadgets on the Desktop without installing Google Desktop! http://tnerd.com/2006/10/05/how-to-use-google-gadgets-on-the-desktop-without-installing-google-desktop/ http://tnerd.com/2006/10/05/how-to-use-google-gadgets-on-the-desktop-without-installing-google-desktop/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:53:58 +0000 Shoeb http://tnerd.com/2006/10/05/how-to-use-google-gadgets-on-the-desktop-without-installing-google-desktop/ 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 is required. This article will show you how to use Universal Gadgets without having installed on the computer. As Videos is my favorite I will walk you through the steps of installing 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 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 Universal Gadget’s code we created earlier. That’s it! You will see the Gadget on your desktop now.

Mentioned below are detailed steps to install 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.

    • <html>
    <body>
    <script src="http://gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://www..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>

  • 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!

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!

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]]> http://tnerd.com/2006/10/05/how-to-use-google-gadgets-on-the-desktop-without-installing-google-desktop/feed/ 1 Google Gadgets: How to Install Google Gadgets on Your Website http://tnerd.com/2006/10/04/google-gadgets-how-to-install-google-gadgets-on-your-website/ http://tnerd.com/2006/10/04/google-gadgets-how-to-install-google-gadgets-on-your-website/#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:47:50 +0000 Abbas http://tnerd.com/2006/10/04/google-gadgets-how-to-install-google-gadgets-on-your-website/ If you can’t handle or had enough of videos, images, news or blogs posts on your site? Try Gadgets or typically called Gadgets powered by ! formally invited the webmasters and the whole of blogosphere by releasing 100’s or perhaps 1000’s of widgets at their disposal. These Gadgets or Widgets can be used on your blog or a website.  This means that Gadgets can be used in three different ways now, Personalized homepage, Desktop and on your Blog/Website.

Follow the steps below to install Gadgets on your Blog/Website

  • Click here to view the list of Gadgets powered by Google.  It is really easy to install the Gadget on a webpage. 
  • Click on “Add to your webpage” button under the Gadget you want to install on your webpage.
  • Select the colours and try out different settings
  • Click on “Get the code”. The code will immediately appear under “Get the code” button which can be copied and placed on your website.

Isn’t it easy? It is! I have added one of my favorite Gadget below ;)

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