tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17816401.post-54742604146738879412008-04-29T10:41:00.000-07:002008-04-29T10:49:02.434-07:00<span class="byline-author">Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer</span><br /><br />If you've ever thought about creating your own Google Desktop gadget, try the latest version of Gadget Designer, a Windows application that's part of the Google Desktop SDK. You can find instructions for downloading and using this app in a new tutorial, <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/desktop/docs/Tutorials/GadgetDesigner/index.html">Using Gadget Designer</a>.<br /><br />Here's what people have to say about latest version of Gadget Designer:<br /><br /><em>With the designer I have my whole development process in one place and one window: javascript coding, xml editing and buttons arranging. A preview is just an F5 push away and I get the whole thing packed up with F7. It doesn't get any easier than that... errr, okay, it will probably directly parse human thoughts in the future.</em><br />- Yannick Stucki<br /><br /><em>Apart from [an issue in creating packages], I must say that this version of the designer is a perfect tool to develop gadgets, with everything you need in the same window (API reference, preview, sources, debugger, etc.)</em><br />- Luca Ongaro<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eeoi-8Kj-hI/SBdem1cNATI/AAAAAAAAAKs/NodnUqRjEVc/s1600-h/designer-for-post.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eeoi-8Kj-hI/SBdem1cNATI/AAAAAAAAAKs/NodnUqRjEVc/s400/designer-for-post.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194724716468568370" border="0" /></a>Kathy Walrath [GD Team]http://www.blogger.com/profile/07294353425227507519noreply@blogger.com