I wish I could add this gadget, but when I enable the Gadgets from any URL thing in Labs, I don't see the form to enter the URL under the Gadgets tab. Apparently several people have this problem (went to the Google Groups to add feedback that it's not working correctly), and no one has offered up any solution. :( Sucks!
- Cheryl Jones
Finally get the idea,it is cool though,but not very practical.
- Steve Chou
The URL tab is added to your settings area, not the Labs area. That was confusing for me.
- Yolanda
That is so cool! For me, the only problem is the width which is not appropriate but it works fine
- Rémi Fayolle
@Yolanda: I know. The description for the Labs item that you enable says that a Gadgets tab will be enabled on the Settings page, but clicking on that Gadgets tab doesn't show the form where you can enter the URL like it's supposed to. Bah.
- Cheryl Jones
@cheryljones I'm having the same problem too. I just get a blank page on the gadgets tab. Let me know if you figure out how to import.
- Al Stevens
@Al: Just for fun I went back to the Gadget tab in my Gmail settings, and the URL form box is there now. Just added the FriendFeed gadget to Gmail, yay!
- Cheryl Jones
Hmmm. The FF gadget is less useful than I thought. First of all, there doesn't seem to be a way to manually refresh it without refreshing Gmail as a whole (perhaps I'm too impatient waiting for updates). Also you can't post an original post through the gadget. And the number of FF updates shown by the gadget is limited. I thought I'd be able to see older posts. Oh well, it might be good for occasional use.
- Cheryl Jones
Nice, but wish the tabs in Gmail had replacing options..
- Reza
I'm buggered on how Safari and Chrome differ, I would have thought the image processing would be part of WebKit. It actually makes sense that IE is better at scaling than Firefox - it's an edge case that requires tons of research to get correct. Seriously, who scales up an image on the web that isn't a single color?
- xero
Images are less important to me than text and Safari on the Mac is the best. Chrome and IE aren't as good and Firefox isn't even close.
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The fonts on macs seem to be really blurry - maybe there is a way to tweak that. I've always preferred the text rendering on Linux - just seems smoother and easier on the eye.
- Rich
i can't stop looking at all of these blurry blue dots. i am under your control. hypnotism:SUCCESS.....*drools on keyboard*
- Morgan Haley
Curiously hypnotizing they are, yessssssss. ;)
- Mona Nomura
@Richard ... You can use a font manager like Extensis Suitcase Fusion and "turn off" the system default fonts and replace them with your own. Some of the default fonts are required when the OS boots so yeah, umm, make sure you don't turn off the important ones.
- Brandon
Yeah, I don't understand how Safari and Chrome differ, except I guess Apple and Google could enable different flags when they build Webkit. OS X font smoothing (which I think Safari on Windows tries to emulate?) has always been a point of contention. You either love it or you hate it.
- Victor Ganata
they soon all look similar if you stare long enough
- sofarsoShawn
So the reviewer used IE 8 Beta 2 and NOT Firefox 3.1 Beta 2? FAIL
- Jared B. Luther
How would Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 render images differently from its current release? And how do you know which version he is using?
- Mona Nomura
Because it is well documented that changes in Firefox 3.1 include changes to the Gecko rendering engine. I would have assumed the reviewer is using current released versions of all the browsers. The fact that IE 7 (the current release of IE) wasn't included and a beta version was, to me, shows bias.
- Jared B. Luther
EDIT: I stand corrected!!! He *IS* using 3.1 b2 from his initial article: http://www.graphicrating.com/2008... Just for sour grapes sake I'll say he should have made that more clear in this most recent article. :-P
- Jared B. Luther
Jared - thank you for the link! :)
- Mona Nomura
from IM
oh ! You just convinced me to go back to IE ! xD
- Rémi Fayolle
My eyes hurt after looking at the blue/green dot thing. Or school. Yeah, we'll go with school.
- Zach Flauaus
sad that FF was the worst, since I've become a solid convert over the past few months. oh well, i'll just invest in glasses.
- YieldBuild-Jason Menayan
"Mais c est justement l absence d un travail de fonds sérieux et équilibré qui est lassant. Est ce comme cela pour tout ce dont parle Envoyé Spécial?"
- Ouriel Ohayon
J'ai pas vu le reportage complet, mais le peu que j'ai vu m'a donné également la même impression générale que toi Ouriel. D'un autre côté, ça ne m'étonne pas du tout des médias du genre TV.
- Rémi Fayolle