More Webapps on the Desktop

As a follow-up to embedding Remember the Milk on the desktop, we’ve compiled a list of some more web apps you can embed.

Google Calendar

Keep track of events by adding a calendar to your desktop. Add http://www.google.com/calendar/render as your Active Desktop item.

iGoogle

Get all your iGoogle gadgets in your desktop. Add http://www.google.com/ig?hl=en for Active Desktop.

iGoogle (Skinny)

iGoogle’s iPhone interface is also a more compact way of adding iGoogle to the desktop. Add http://www.google.com/ig/i?source=gp2 to Active Desktop.

Google Reader

Catch up on your latest feeds. Might be a little bulky, so there’s an alternate “skinny” interface below. For the full version, put http://www.google.com/reader/view/ into Active Desktop.

Google Reader (Skinny)

For a more slim interface, you can use Google Reader’s iPhone interface: http://www.google.com/reader/i/

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Your Remember the Milk To-Do List on the Desktop | Third Error said on July 1st, 2008 at 8:31 pm

[...] (For Windows 98-XP only) Using Windows’ Active Desktop feature, this tutorial will show you how to embed your Remember the Milk to-do list on the Windows desktop. You’ll need a Remember the Milk account, Windows, and the ability to use Internet Explorer for short periods of time without exploding. Update: We’ve covered some more webapps in this post. [...]

anon said on July 9th, 2008 at 12:46 am

This works without installing IE. Just use IE tab extension in Firefox to login. Then use the following registry hacks.

First set the IE homepage to the URL of whatever webapp.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
“Start Page”=”http://www.google.com/calendar/render/”

Then restore the “web” tab to the desktop properties view (which disappears when IE isnt installed)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Look in the right pane for values called NoActiveDesktop and
NoActiveDesktopChanges. If found, they should be set to 0. If not, then double click each entry and set it to 0. If they don’t exist, right click in the right pane, select New, DWord value and name them as above. Leave
them at 0.

Tada, enjoy the desktop webapp goodness without having to bloat your pc with IE.

Jan said on August 4th, 2008 at 2:11 am

These also go nicely with the Sidebar in Firefox, regardless of your OS. Huzzah!

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