http://www.cheezhead.com/2006/12/05/job-boards-google-gadgets/ Insight and opinion from the world of employment. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:01:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.cheezhead.com/2006/12/05/job-boards-google-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-3984 alohandra Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:53:22 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2006/12/05/job-boards-google-gadgets/#comment-3984 Wow, google is really breaking new ground with this "custom portal design" homepage for users. I think excite, lycos and yahoo were doing this in 1998 or was it 1999? Very innovative. The gadgets seem like a stupid idea though. Does google not know that when vista launches to the general public that there is a "gadget" application that sits on your desktop? Basically you can see a calendar, weather, rss feeds, news highlights, etc... And apple has widgets/gadgets built in to OS-X and has for some years now. All of this without having to open a web browser and go to google? I'm not sure where the "innovation" is here. Looks like 1999 all over again. I'm a developer and would be far more inclined to develop a widget/gadget for a REAL desktop (OS) than one for google. Wow, google is really breaking new ground with this “custom portal design” homepage for users. I think excite, lycos and yahoo were doing this in 1998 or was it 1999? Very innovative. The gadgets seem like a stupid idea though. Does google not know that when vista launches to the general public that there is a “gadget” application that sits on your desktop? Basically you can see a calendar, weather, rss feeds, news highlights, etc… And apple has widgets/gadgets built in to OS-X and has for some years now. All of this without having to open a web browser and go to google? I’m not sure where the “innovation” is here. Looks like 1999 all over again. I’m a developer and would be far more inclined to develop a widget/gadget for a REAL desktop (OS) than one for google.

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