Tag: SIDEBAR

Ah, the marriage of two of my favorite programs, uTorrent and Firefox. Over at TorrentFreak they've got an add-on for Firefox that integrates the two, putting uTorrent's WebUI (which you must download separately) in Firefox's sidebar and reporting you download and upload speeds in the status bar. You can also start downloading torrents simply by dragging the .torrent link onto the sidebar. Not ...

You wouldn't think that dragging and dropping some Google code into your site would be so difficult, but obviously in WordPress, things aren't that easy. This is mostly because Google gadgets are pretty much fixed width at 320px wide, and the sidebar in default theme as well as many created themes for WordPress are not quite as wide. ranging from 140 - 170px wide. Lorelle's blog has a nice article ...

This idea seems a little obvious in hindsight, but I didn't think of it, Google field technician Erica Joy did: Rather than keeping Google Personalized Home (a.k.a. Google IG) open in a tab, change the layout of your Gadgets so they're all in the left column, then configure Firefox to open it in the sidebar. That way you can always have quick access to your Personalized Home without switching away ...

Last week, to not very much fanfare, Google released Google Desktop Gadget Designer, a full-fledged Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Google Desktop sidebar widgets. Er, gadgets. Gadget Designer features a drag-and-drop interface design tool, integrated debugging, project management, and most of the other basic features you expect in and IDE. Google also released of Google Desktop 4 ...

The exclamation in the title isn't so much out of excitement, but surprise. It's rare that we see anything out of the Googleplex graduate from Beta, and this is Google Desktop 3's big week. The new version includes a new feature that lets you lock the search box when you're away from the computer and a new Quick Search Box that can be summoned by tapping Ctrl twice. Google Desktop is still ...