It seems that in the neverending fight to win users over to use their services, companies like Google are offering up tools that they gave only to priveleged users of their services before. Case in point is the Google Gadgets. Yes, you could use them on your desktop just like the Yahoo Widgets, but to use them online, you could only use them on websites hosted by Google. Well, I guess they’re feeling the pressure from Microsoft who has their Live Gallery of widgets for you to use with their Microsoft Live Writer blogging software. I think this is all good – but do they have to paste the Google logo everywhere on their gadgets? Shucks! I guess they do need some credit and some kickback for their generousity. Not sure which gadgets I would use, from either Microsoft or Google, but they look cool! Take a boo below, which shows one Google Gadget and one Microsoft Gadget: all I had to do was paste some code from the Google Gadgets page (to search the Wikipedia);and insert the appropriate gadget from within the Microsoft Live Writer (to show an Event).
Google Gadget to Search the Wikipedia
…and a Microsoft Live Writer Gadget to show an Event
| What: | Diwali Festival |
| When: | Saturday, October 18, 2008 (all day) |
| Where: | Greater Vancouver Area
Vancouver, BC Canada
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