On Jul 17, 8:18 am, String <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 16, 6:31 pm, "Matt (Guru)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Did another round of gadget-killings go through? Did mine get the axe? > Yep, my Theme Manager gadget just got the chop as well. Here we go > with a bunch of angry iGoogle users again.
Yeah, I'm getting emails from people who are upset and frustrated too. Ex: | It’s been a fun ride, and I’m sorry to see you throw in the towel | (according to your developer post) on your absolutely-best-thing- that- | ever-happened-to-iGoogle gadget, your RSS feed customizer. I certainly | don’t blame you since I’m familiar with Google’s sudden dropping of | support for well-loved gadgets that use features they decide to remove | without warning, but I’m still reeling with the shock of seeing my | home page mutilated from its former beauty. > I wonder if there are any inline gadgets still alive now? Apart from > Google's that is... nothing like a good double standard in an API. Exactly. But that's the game they choose to play, apparently. I don't think they care much about iGoogle, actually. Which is their choice. Gadgets now live in many of their "products" like Gmail, calendar, etc, and embedded on web sites. I think iGoogle is just an after-thought, and doesn't play into the gadget strategy like the other outlets. > > Hey, thanks for the warning, Google! > I guess they warned us when they deprecated inlining. :^/ I feel manipulated, like someone in an abusive relationship. Google keeps randomly breaking things, then sometimes apologizing and putting them partially back, then breaking them again. They disable inline gadgets a little at a time without ever telling developers when theirs will get the axe or even what the criteria is. I was under the assumption that inline gadgets that still worked would continue to work forever. So we hold on a little bit longer at their mercy, and suddenly it's our turn to get shut down. Blah. I've lost all desire to develop gadgets anymore. But I'm still an iGoogle user (I prefer all my feeds in that interface with my gadget rather than the clunky Google Reader) so I would like to continue benefiting from that experience as I have all this time. I think I may finally look at creating a greasemonkey script to accomplish the same task. It's not a perfect solution (and leaves most of my gadget users with no option) but at least it may make my life easier. Matt Kruse --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
