A Cool Firefox Add-in

I was just introduced to a cool new add-in for Firefox, called GooglePedia. This cool little tool splits Google's search results screen into two windows, the left side containing your search results, the right side containing a Wikipedia screen containing your search string.

If you use Firefox, then take a look, very cool! If you don't, what's wrong? Download Firefox now and get on the bandwagon. The inline spell check of web forms (like blog posts) alone is worth it.

Google Search Gadget

After I got my new PC, the first thing I wanted to do was replace some of the functionality of my dynamic desktop. Primarily this meant a useful Google Search box. My search found 3 gadgets already in play, but to my dismay, they all link to adwords sponsored websites.

So, using Darren's example, I found that gadgets are really just little tiny websites. Hmm, I can code websites. Even really tiny ones.

I would like to present, my basic Google Search Gadget. No encoded text, no adwords, no fancy graphics, or crazy cool search technology. It simply provides a form to start searchs.

Future revisions:

  • Adding a Google logo?
  • Search History?
  • Configuration page
  • Better background image = transparent background!
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