[backstage] Google homepage module

[Mario Menti]

Google have yesterday released their homepage API which lets users create widgets for the Google personalised homepage (google.com/ig). This works very similarly to the way gadgets work on live.com, so last night (with minimal effort) I have ported my existing "what's on now/next" live.com gadget to become a Google homepage module.

If Google accept it, it should eventually appear in their directory (http://www.google.com/ig/directory), in the meantime if you're interested you can install it by adding the developer module from the google.com/ig page (click Add Content > Create a Section and enter "developer.xml" in the text field), then add my module from the url http://backstage.menti.name/google/nownext.xml

This is a direct port, so functionality-wise it does exactly the same as the live.com gadget (auto-refreshes every 10 minutes, manual refresh button, hover over program title to see synopsis).

Comments and feedback welcome as always, cheers,
Mario.