This i 't just some little Google search widget that takes you to your default browser for the results - the Goggle Browser (note: Goggle, not Google) is the Google Dashboard widget to end all Google Dashboard widgets. Along its left side is a list of more Google services than I knew existed, and they all load right i ide the widget, using what I a ume is A le's WebKit (the open source web rendering engine that powers the likes of Safari, OmniWeb and others).
While it's an impre ive setup, the widget i 't without its shortcomings. First, it's 1000 x 750 pixels, and I can't find any way of changing its size. This mea that on my 13-inch MacBook, the Google Browser widget go les up nearly my entire Dashboard. My other big beef is the lack of visual feedback - the sidebar butto don't act 'pre ed' when I click them, and when pages/services are loading, there i 't even so much as a i ing circle to let me know I should be patient. Still, this is an impre ive 1.0 offering that should keep even the most o e ed of Google's fa who just gotta have everything at the pre of F12 satisfied.
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