Um… Why?
Posted on 30. Nov, 2007 by dwight in Uncategorized
Google just announced Google Gadgets for Mac. I don’t understand. The standard way to get dashboard widgets is to download them from wherever (direct from apple or just direct from the developer) and install them.
Google’s way is to install software that I don’t need (google desktop) in order to browse their library of widgets.
This has happened a lot recently. One of the big reasons I went back to apple’s Mail.app was because google notifier required some crappy Google install program.
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BMG
Dec 10th, 2007
I have installed Google Notifier without the use of any other program, (no offense meant) but you are wrong on that account. I do have Google Updater, because it is a handy program to have
BMG
Dec 10th, 2007
(Sorry got cut off for some reason)
…if you are using Google Earth, Google Video Player, or another Google program.
So you know, I found this site through the “Official Google Mac Blog.”
dwight
Dec 10th, 2007
I remember when you could just download the notifier app and install it like any well-behaved OS X application. Now when you go to The Google Notifier Download Page you get a .dmg that contains the “google notifier installer” which is just google installer.
Emma Kane
Dec 12th, 2007
I agree. I do not want google to be able to search my computer in return for downloading a widget! Sheesh.