Thursday, 12 November 2009

URL/xml Gadgets - How?

I then noticed that some users were adding gadgets that I don't have. For example the really neat Twitter Gadget that actually works perfectly within a Wave.

All I was seeing was ton of xml based URLs like this:

http://www.blahgadget.com/gadget_gmail.xml

It took a bit of searching around to find that in order to actually use these URL gadgets there is quite a simple procedure:

  • Simply open your Wave and edit a Blip.
  • Click the green jigsaw puzzle shaped icon in the Wave edit tool bar:
  • Paste the URL into the box that appears:
  • The gadget will then appear in that Blip / Wavelet.
This same method can be used for any other URL/xml based gadgets.

Be careful not overload your public Waves with gadgets though.

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