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Thanks for using the Google Gadgets feature of Google Desktop for Mac. Please review the changes made in the latest version of Google Gadgets. You can also see Google Desktop for Mac release notes.

Google Gadgets Version 1.1.0.517 (5/30/2008)

Feature improvements:

  • Added compatibility for more gadgets.
  • Gadget preferences are no longer saved using .Mac.
  • Added an option that should help resolve issues where the Gadgets List appears blank (hold down the option key when launching the Google Gadgets application).

Bug fixes:

  • Pane numbers are properly displayed in the Google Gadgets application in Asian languages.
  • The 'i' button is now working.
  • "Unrecognized Selector" is no longer logged to the console.
  • Labels without inner text are properly displayed.
  • The alpha channel is now recognized in color specifications.
  • The web page link in the 'About Google Gadgets' box is now correctly displayed.
  • Audio clips now play when loaded from within the gadget zip file.
  • Line feeds are now displayed correctly in label objects.
  • Fixed the unhandled exception that occurred when loading a corrupted image cache in the Google Gadgets application.
  • Fixed the issue where two mouse clicks were required to register a single mouse click on newly added gadgets.

Google Gadgets Version 1.0.1.428 (3/5/2008)

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed a bug that prevented Google Calendar gadget users from entering their Google account information.
  • Fixed a proxy authentication bug affecting gadget users behind a proxy.
  • Fixed a bug that left escaped characters in RSS feed titles.

Google Gadgets Version 1.0.0.291 (11/28/2007)

Known issues:
  • Due to changes in Dashboard and WebKit, some gadgets perform better on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard than on 10.4.
  • In Desktop preferences, the checkbox labeled 'Enable All Personalized Gadgets From Google' may behave incorrectly and should not be checked by default. If you enable it, all of your RSS feeds will be personalized. This may cause some gadgets to appear with no content.
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