1819 Google Desktop for the Mac now also includes support for Google Gadgets, mini applications with dynamic content. Mac users can now run Google Gadgets side by side with Apple Widgets in Dashboard and have the same gadgets on their Mac, iGoogle page and Google Desktop Sidebar. These gadgets come in handy at work (to-do list, currency converter, calendar), at school (calculator, Wikipedia, translation tool), or just passing time (news, blogs, games).

Here are some examples of cross-platform Gadgets:

YouTube - Search and watch YouTube videos from Dashboard

Virtual Flower Pot - Water it and watch the flowers bloom

Weather Globe - Displays weather conditions inside a 3D glass sphere

For users, this means they can install hundreds of Google Gadgets
with just one click and run them in Dashboard. They can also use Gadgets to enhance their personal websites by copying and-pasting the HTML into the page's source code.

From a gadget developer's perspective, the Google Gadgets API allows them to create one set of gadgets that will work on both PC and Mac platforms eliminating the need to create gadgets for both platforms.

For more information, visit:
http://desktop.google.com/mac/

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