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I know. I am commenting on this from Gmail! - Steve Rubel

I don't know if a could deal with that tiny width, but it's cool nonetheless. ;) - Brandon

Cool - how did you do that? - Nick Reynolds

http://friendfeed.com/embed... - Steve Rubel

Thanks - Nick Reynolds

Lovely! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

should the url: http://friendfeed.com/embed... :) - Hobbes

I have successfully added - Hobbes

uh oh, perhaps disturbing is a better description - jerobins

I can't find the page,it shows nothing when I open it up. - Steve Chou

But..how use this xml? - enrico

The links are not working anymore - just gives me a blank page? - Oyvind Solstad

How do I do this? - David Cook

Is there a real-time gadget? - Rolf Schewe

You need to go to Gmail | Settings | Labs | Add any gadget by URL | Enable - Carlos Granier-Phelps

i'm using it from months. It's really useful - Daniele Di Gregorio

Added! Thanks - Micah Wittman from twhirl

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

It's not enough wide for me. - Smeerch

I don't get it. - Mathew™ one of a kind

Oh wait, now I get it. - Mathew™ one of a kind

Mathew LOL - Mona Nomura from IM

firefox got 1½ stars? IE got 4? wtf? dang - Alfredo

Firefox is better - Saman

Don't shoot the messenger! - Mona Nomura

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

Yay for Chrome :P - Brandon

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. - ·[▪_▪]·

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

dammit now all i can see are blue dots - andy brudtkuhl

@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

THERE. ARE. FOUR. LIGHTS. - Steven Perez

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

Jason - LOL!! - Mona Nomura

Chrome FTW! - Jim Addz No Value

Webkit FTW! - Mona Nomura

Typhoid Steven +1 - Deborah Fitchett

Very interesting article. Good find. - Keith - @tsudo

Outstanding. - John Craft

Todd, that's the point. Santa is not who you expect him to be. :p - vijay

a step in the right direction though maybe? - Zee.

i think the biggest problem with new interfaces for personal computers is the requirement of a keyboard with tactile feedback. It would be interesting if the gestures could be done as you hover your hands a cm or 2 over the keyboard but with your palms on the desk. - Aaron D'Amico

One of the big problems with these new input technologies is that they require a lot of movement: a keyboard and mouse, though not perfect, are pretty efficient in terms of minimizing hand movements. Imagine swinging your hands around all day to write code: you'd be exhausted! - Ryan Twomey

Ryan - would you really be exhausted, or would you be getting a nice, healthy amount of exercise? Depends how large the movements need to be. If they can be natural and ergonomic, it might actually alleviate carpal tunnel risk while benefiting the body (DISCLAIMER - I didn't read the article yet!). - Laura Norvig

it was cool when i saw it in the bond movie,it kinda reminded me of minority report too - Anthony Farrior

It's Johnny Mnemonic with smaller gloves. But do I have to do tai-chi in the middle of the office? How big offices will we need if you replace the mouse with it? I think it needs a few more years. But I can't help thinking: Wii. - Roland Hesz