Comments on: Google home pages get even more personal

Search engine offers third-party developers tools to help people spice up their Google home pages.

[mysqlrocks]

Easy

Reading the API specs it looks like it is really easy to create these widgets. If you know some basic XML, HTML and JavaScript you can be up and running in no time.

--
Bradley
http://www.gtalkprofile.com/profile/2.html

[BlueLaser]

The widgets are good

I think it must be stressed that these widgets are NOT being forced on anyone's Google page. They are there for people who want them on their personalized home page.

I, for one, like the widgets (especially the big clock and calendar widget).

[J_Day]

Google copies MS

http://microsoftgadgets.com/default.aspx

Thought I'd throw that out there for all the whiners who post the MS copies Google stories..

[swift2--2008]

Interesting placement

Konfabulator, for me, was less than perfect because it demanded a program layer of its own. I hated searching my dock for the icon, or the dopey menu. The latest Yahoo widget engine, though, makes me wonder if I was right. Still, the desktop in OS X is getting pretty tired.

It sure might be better to locate the widgets on your home page. You'd know where to find them, and it's easy to hide them.

[ysrang]

Business Model

Microsoft Gadget, Google Homepage API and Yahoo's Widget are almost same. Btw, I want to ask them what would be the business model of them. Are they going to sell in the future the applications or to add ad on them? Users can enjoy it but I am just curious about BM.

[AlexBest1]

This is cool! Here is a neat word of the day module for Google

I added it to my http://www.google.com/ig page http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/WoD/wod-module.xml. I would like to see more cool modules created.

[look3r]

MyOnlineCenter.com more creative

MS and Google keep providing standard layout and contents. I prefer decide what I want on my personal page and how, and I use MyOnlineCenter.com