IGoogle Gadgets
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iGoogle Gadget is a Google
Web API
which allows users to create widgets
(web plugin, portlet
, webpart) to run in a user iGoogle
page or other web page quickly and easily. Users have the ability to add a gadget to their iGoogle portal, or have it coded into their own website
, by specifying a URL (this may be done indirectly via the gadget registry. Users will appear in the registry if the gadget has been submitted to iGoogle).
The gadget is rendered as an iframe
. Security constraints will be present, preventing users from damaging the portal and other gadgets. Users communicate with other gadgets via a remote call to a common third party server.
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
Web API
Web api
A web API is typically a defined set of HTTP request messages along with a definition of the structure of response messages, typically expressed in JSON or XML...
which allows users to create widgets
Widget (computing)
In computer programming, a widget is an element of a graphical user interface that displays an information arrangement changeable by the user, such as a window or a text box. The defining characteristic of a widget is to provide a single interaction point for the direct manipulation of a given...
(web plugin, portlet
Portlet
Portlets are pluggable user interface software components that are managed and displayed in a web portal. Portlets produce fragments of markup code that are aggregated into a portal. Typically, following the desktop metaphor, a portal page is displayed as a collection of non-overlapping portlet...
, webpart) to run in a user iGoogle
IGoogle
iGoogle , a service of Google, is a customizable Ajax-based startpage or personal web portal . Google originally launched the service in May 2005...
page or other web page quickly and easily. Users have the ability to add a gadget to their iGoogle portal, or have it coded into their own website
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
, by specifying a URL (this may be done indirectly via the gadget registry. Users will appear in the registry if the gadget has been submitted to iGoogle).
The gadget is rendered as an iframe
IFrame
iFrame can be:* I-frames, in video compression; see video compression picture types* iFrame * The HTML iframe element....
. Security constraints will be present, preventing users from damaging the portal and other gadgets. Users communicate with other gadgets via a remote call to a common third party server.