December 15th, 2005
Google local chat
As soon as Google decided to let us make widgets for their personalized homepage, I have been busy making one of my own. As they promised, it’s as easy as walking the dog, and I have managed to make something fun that would have great potential with some work (and a lot more bandwidth).
It’s called "Local Chat". When you go to your Google Personalized Homepage, you will be greeted with your regular content, and a chat window, using AJAX, for your city — or any other city you choose to "visit".
This is just an example of what can be done with widgets. Google has a directory of widgets and other people have already made their own, like Niall Kennedy’s "Technorati Mini" or this one by Philipp Lenssen which shows you Google’s page count.
Garett Rogers is employed as a programmer for iQmetrix, which specializes in retail management software for the wireless industry.
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