Live.com to Support Google Universal Gadgets

re: Live.com to Support Google Universal Gadgets

chrisabraham — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:22:34 GMT

I was so excited when I read that google gadgets render in MSN properties; unfortunately, I jumped the gun here. When do you think that this might become implemented. Strangely enough, making a very simple, integrated, inline HTML gadget from what I learned in the Web Gadget SDK isn't so easy.

Where are they now? Windows Live Sidebar and Live.com TV Gadget

Main — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:17:28 GMT

At the beginning of year one of the most interesting gadgets talked about was that of the “What’s on

Les gadgets de Google dans Windows Live ? C'est pour bientôt ?

Christophe Lauer, Blog Edition — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:49:53 GMT

Pour bientôt, oui, sans doute, si on en croit ce billet étonnant trouvé sur le site LiveSide , toujours

re: Live.com to Support Google Universal Gadgets

toddos — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:26:32 GMT

Phunky, the Gallery team is aware of the gadget spam problem (I'd hope so, as I've brought it to their attention enough times) and is actively working on a solution that's fair to all gadget authors.

I'm of mixed opinion about this. On the one hand, getting 2000 gadgets for "free" is a huge win, but I can't help wonder, "Is it worth it?" Those "free" gadgets have look & feel that was designed explicitly for the Google page and may look completely out of place on live.com or Spaces. As well, by using Google's gadget manifest, Microsoft is completely at the mercy of Google. If they change, Microsoft will have to scramble to change with them or risk broken gadgets. Being reactionary is never a good position.

So long as the Atlas framework-based gadget interface is around, that's what I'll be using. Aside from being more powerful, it's just plain more interesting. Since I write gadgets to entertain myself, I'll use whatever framework is the most fun to work with.

re: Live.com to Support Google Universal Gadgets

bf1977 — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:18:04 GMT

Very good It takes that when the Sight to arrive can also use gadget of other sites. This demonstrates that the Microsoft so is not interested in closing the doors for compatibility with other companies of software and services.

re: Live.com to Support Google Universal Gadgets

Khristopher — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:43:16 GMT

ya i love gadgets but i'm so unimpressed with what MS is offering right now. not to mention i have the rss feed for gadgets in my reader and it's constantly bombarded with utter CRAP. some italian crap constantly! real annoying.

but if this happens it could be very cool!