Google Desktop 1.4.0 comes in the business of software that extends the collection of Mac OS X’s Dashboard element to consist of Google gadgets as well as local widgets.
Hundreds of Gadgets before now exist, and “the greater part of gadgets just effort if they’re on paper correctly,” according to Google software engineer Mike Pinkerton.
Detailed issues consist of gadgets that were on paper in JScript rather than JavaScript, that use Windows-specific APIs, or that also rely on outstanding visible and active or need access to the file system.
Google is cheering developers to make sure their gadgets work on both platforms. If there is some elementary explanation why a gadget can only run on one platform (eg, file system access is important to its purpose), it can be tagged to specify which version of Google Desktop is compulsory.
The Mac put together include an application for browsing Google’s index of gadgets and install any that take your believe. The number of gadgets carry out useful function that isn’t previously provided by widgets is controversial, but Google’s efforts to get better cross-platform shared aims should be highly praised.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
9:03 PM
savcenko
