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Monday, November 6, 2006
4:57:00 PM EST
The desktop widget panel started off with a (slightly technically challenged, our Internet access here is still sketchy) presentation of a presentation of Widgets in Vista. In case you haven't seen Vista, they look pretty similar to Konfabulator (aka Yahoo! Widgets), and appear to function in much of the same way, although it's pretty safe to assume that they'll take advantage of their availability to the operating system.
Next up was Google Desktop. The first thing that Kan Liu said was "this is about the users," which made me happy. Because yes, it is. Developers can do what they want, but if nobody uses it, it's a waste of time. I've run Google Desktop since it's initial launch (at the time, it was the only way to log AIM), so I've been very interested in this presentation. Google Desktop, as you may know, scans your entire hard drive. it does it for indexing, but it also will customize the widgets to better suit you via a "personalizations profile." It will recommend specific gadgets to you depending on what you use. It's recommended the DiggGadget, the Calendar Gadget, and a multiplayer game to me. Yeah, I think it's pegged me pretty well.
Then the Chief Architect for Y! Widgets spoke, calling for a universal standard for Widgets. Wonderful, and thank you Yahoo! I think it's safe to say that a good number of the people in this room are hoping for just that - let's walk out of here with a standard, or if not an actual standard, at least the first few steps towards making one.
One interesting thing that came out during the q and a - I've always been a little leary of the way Google seems to track me with all of its personalization stuff. It's not necessarily a "hey it's private data" thing (I have no problem with allowing TiVo track what I watch for research), it's just been a "let me decide if I want it to be done," thing. The way Google handles the personalization with the widgets is all client-side, meaning, entirely on your computer. Google desktop downloads a list of ALL widgets, and then your computer decides what is good for you. Nothing happens on their servers. Thank you for that, Google.
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4:57:00 PM EST
Widgets Live! - Desktop Widgets
Next up was Google Desktop. The first thing that Kan Liu said was "this is about the users," which made me happy. Because yes, it is. Developers can do what they want, but if nobody uses it, it's a waste of time. I've run Google Desktop since it's initial launch (at the time, it was the only way to log AIM), so I've been very interested in this presentation. Google Desktop, as you may know, scans your entire hard drive. it does it for indexing, but it also will customize the widgets to better suit you via a "personalizations profile." It will recommend specific gadgets to you depending on what you use. It's recommended the DiggGadget, the Calendar Gadget, and a multiplayer game to me. Yeah, I think it's pegged me pretty well.
Then the Chief Architect for Y! Widgets spoke, calling for a universal standard for Widgets. Wonderful, and thank you Yahoo! I think it's safe to say that a good number of the people in this room are hoping for just that - let's walk out of here with a standard, or if not an actual standard, at least the first few steps towards making one.
One interesting thing that came out during the q and a - I've always been a little leary of the way Google seems to track me with all of its personalization stuff. It's not necessarily a "hey it's private data" thing (I have no problem with allowing TiVo track what I watch for research), it's just been a "let me decide if I want it to be done," thing. The way Google handles the personalization with the widgets is all client-side, meaning, entirely on your computer. Google desktop downloads a list of ALL widgets, and then your computer decides what is good for you. Nothing happens on their servers. Thank you for that, Google.
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