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Sharing gadgets just got better
April 10, 2008
Posted by Jeff Regan, Engineer
Have you ever wanted to tell a friend about a really great game gadget on
iGoogle
or help someone set up a gadget exactly the way you have it? You can do those things on iGoogle using the Share menu, but what you couldn't do before today was share a gadget and collaborate with your friends on
the same gadget data
. This means you can now view and edit gadgets just like
Google Docs
.
A simple gadget to share is one for
sticky notes
. Enter a grocery list, share it with family members, and everyone can see and edit the same list. If you like crosswords, but like me need plenty of help, just share your
crossword
with a friend and they can work on it with you.
Here's how in three steps:
Step 1: Click the triangle on the gadget you want to share and click "Share this gadget."
Step 2: If you're a Gmail user, just pick the friends you want to share with or type in their email addresses.
Step 3: Decide whether you want to let your friends edit your gadget content or just view it on their iGoogle page and click "Send invites." Your friends will get an email from you and they will be able to see a preview of the gadget in the email and add it to their own iGoogle page.
So go ahead, check out the
full list of gadgets
with this feature and give it a try. We've enabled this feature for some of our more popular gadgets to encourage collaboration, but of course it doesn't make sense for every gadget. For example, you can share a weather or movie listings gadget with a friend, but data sharing is not enabled - your friend gets an independent copy of the gadget, as before.
Developers, check out the
Gadgets API Blog
to learn how to incorporate this feature in your gadget with one line of code.
We would love to know what you think.
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