The Google Gadgets directory contains thousands
of gadgets you can use on various google.com sites. In October 2006, we released Google
Gadgets For Your Page, allowing you to embed your favorite gadgets in your blogs, websites,
and other webpages. Now you can take Google Gadgets and convert them to run in your Windows
Vista Sidebar or Mac OS X Dashboard. With the use of third-party utility applications, this is
trivial to do.
Mesa Dynamics offers a free widget converter application
called Amnesty Generator which converts Google Gadgets to Mac OS X Dashboard Widgets. On February 2nd, they announced a public
beta release that's capable of converting Google Gadgets to Windows Vista Sidebar Gadgets as well. This increases distribution of
Google Gadgets further and gives gadget authors access to an even wider audience. In addition
to Amnesty Generator, Widgetops Universal Google Gadget
Widget is a Mac OS X Dashboard Widget that converts Google Gadgets to run on the
dashboard.
Viewing Google Gadgets on different sites or platforms does
not require any changes. The answer to the question "Why should I write a Google Gadget?" is
hopefully becoming more and more clear as rendering platforms become increasingly available,
which now includes:
