Comments on: Open Google Talk Gadget in Browser Sidebar

By: Adnan

Adnan — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:56:20 +0000

Hey Jessica,

Just bookmark this URL, http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/popout#
Once bookmarked, right click the bookmark and check loads in to sidebar option
You’re now done, click the button and it would be load in the left sidebar.

Hope this works for you, in a much easy to follow way.

Takes Care!
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By: Gadget Mania

Gadget Mania — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:02:43 +0000

Thanks for the post!I am a big fan of google talk and now to have it on my side bar would be doubly great.

I tried it and it is working fine and I think is the best thing that happened to me today!

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By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:21:01 +0000

Hey there—-I know I’m a little late to the game, but I just stumbled onto this post and tried the bookmarklet… For some reason, it’s failing to open properly in the sidebar. It’s just opening an empty sidebar with a google talk heading and no more.

Any ideas on how i can fix that? if i double click it, it opens it’s own little separate window, like windows live/aol/yahoo messengers…

By: K

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:56:28 +0000

Great question, Nirmal! I am sure it’s probably the same login in both utilizing the Google talk gadget.

By: Nirmal

Nirmal — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:55:32 +0000

Well it looks similar in approach, is the code same for both the add-on and bookmarklet?

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By: K

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:07:52 +0000

Sumesh, Firefox doesn’t come bloated for download. We make it bloated with extensions and I play a major part in it for my readers with my weekly Firefox extension picks.

By: Sumesh

Sumesh — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:11:31 +0000

I too get tired of sites that do not utilize wide screen monitors properly (I’m on 19″). But for godsake, Firefox is already blotted, I can’t see how this will help it any

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By: K

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:53:48 +0000

Troy.. thanks for some more post ideas. I am not sure if I’d want to keep GReader in a sidebar as I have around 200 feeds in my reader but it could work great to just watch out for updates as you said.

I’ll have to see if this could be made to work in IE. I tried in IE 7 but it just opens a new window (a slim one).

By: Troy

Troy — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:56:32 +0000

You’re leaving out the 2 most important google tools that could be sidebarred, Google Reader and Google Bookmarks. Ever since I got tired of all those live bookmarks, I moved everything into reader and never looked back… it’s a great tool for blog enthusiasts like myself and lets me know when you’ve written new post.

EDIT:

Forgot to add that if you don’t have a wide monitor (I don’t ) using a compact theme can really free up more browsing space.
I just wish I could test this trick, right now I’m on a machine with IE only .