We all love Google and its very famous web mail service, Gmail. I think that Gmail is the best email client as compared to others. Even I had tried lots of other services too but I always came back to Gmail. And after Google enabled the sidebar gadget service in last October, I proudly become the loyal user of Gmail. The best part is these gadgets really worked well on my Gmail sidebar and they don’t even clutter the interface.
Everyday lots of applications are made by Google and third-parties to add tons of functionality to Gmail and to make it a one platform for all.
In this article, I’ll be covering different types of gadget you can use in your Gmail account including Social Networking Gadgets for Gmail.
Step By Step Guide to Integrate Gadgets in your Gmail Sidebar
Activate the Custom Gadgets in Labs
To start using this amazing feature, you have to first enable the service. To do that, go to Settings –> Labs and enable “Add any gadget by URL” which you will find in the bottom of Gmail window and click “save changes”.
How to add Gadgets
Click on Gadgets tab, and enter the gadgets URL into “Add a gadget by its URL” and click “Add” button.
List of some cool Gadgets for your Gmail Inbox
FaceBook Gadget URL
http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/104971404861070329537/facebook.xml
Twitter Gadget URL
https://twittergadget.appspot.com/gadget-gmail.xml
MySpace Gadget URL
http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/100080069921643878012/myspace.xml
Digg Gadget URL
http://digg.com/goog/ig.xml
Orkut Scrapbook Gadget URL
http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/105297062528314471242/doomer_orkut_scrapbook.xml
Yahoo Mail Gadget URL
http://karthik.gadgets.xmlgadgets.com/ymail.xml
Hotmail Gadget URL
http://karthik.gadgets.xmlgadgets.com/hot-mail.xml
FriendFeed Gadget URL
http://friendfeed.com/embed/googlegadget/spec
Del.icio.us Gadget URL
http://www.labpixies.com/campaigns/delicious/delicious.xml
After adding all these cool gadgets on Gmail sidebar, I don’t have to toggle between different sites to check out all of my profiles. Now I can check my friends latest updates right from my power-packed Gmail.
February 15, 2010 at 5:22 pm
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February 15, 2010 at 6:52 pm
thanks a lot for this
will definitely try this
February 16, 2010 at 11:10 am
You are welcome. Do sure your views after using them
August 12, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Thanks you, Yogesh. This is precisely what I was looking for! Can’t wait for my Twitterfeed to show up in Gmail. Have you ever tried out http://www.rapportive.com by the way? It automatically shows a picture, Twitter and LinkedIn profile of the person you’re currently mailing with. It’s really nice. Worth checking out!
February 15, 2010 at 7:25 pm
GMail has loads of great features stuffed into it.
I’ve got all my email accounts running through my GMail account, so I can read them all in one place. Even accounts with different providers.
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February 16, 2010 at 11:12 am
Wow, that’s a cool information. I don’t know that, please share with us about that trick. Will be useful for our readers. Thanks
February 15, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Thanks. These will come handy.
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February 16, 2010 at 11:13 am
You are welcome dude
February 15, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Does the yahoo gadget expand to the main window like Facebook?
February 16, 2010 at 11:19 am
Nope not now, but they are working on the same thing. Might be they are able to solve this in a month or two.
February 16, 2010 at 10:28 am
Great and now it take 20min to load up my Gmail
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February 16, 2010 at 11:19 am
lol, sure it does coz it become heavy
February 16, 2010 at 11:01 am
That’s really interesting and good to know about the integration of all the important sites in to a single gmail.
February 16, 2010 at 11:47 am
Yup, and time saving too.Don’t have to juggle into hundred of sites to check the updates
February 16, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Thanks for the tips. Integration is a big thing when, today, all applications are all over the Internet.
Regards
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February 17, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Ya you are right. Its always annoying for me to open several social sites to check the updates.
February 16, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Really Nice Information. Thanks for sharring.
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February 17, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Thanks for the heads up!!
February 17, 2010 at 10:40 pm
With the Twitter gadget, it looks like it opens within gmail and not as a separate window. How do you get it to do that?? Mine opens in a new window.
February 17, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Hey trying using this script, might be useful for you as you want
https://twittergadget.appspot.com/gadget-gmail.xml
February 17, 2010 at 11:00 pm
I just prefer the http://www.twittergadget.com/gadget.xml lauout over the https://twittergadget.appspot.com/gadget-gmail.xml layout. Looks like that is what you used above initially.
February 17, 2010 at 11:02 pm
Nope I am still using the same which I told in the post and it works fine for me. Just restart your browser and then try, might be it work for you.
February 17, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Odd-
the pic you posted above is for this gadget which I like but opens in a separate window:
http://www.twittergadget.com/gadget.xml
The gadget you gave me:
https://twittergadget.appspot.com/gadget-gmail.xml
is different but still very good.
February 18, 2010 at 7:48 pm
useful tips iam a user to gmail and this helped me more.
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February 21, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Thanks for liking, surely these tips make your Gmail more power-packed.
February 21, 2010 at 10:19 pm
i manage my account both of twitter and facebook with tweetdeck. i think everyone should to try this
February 22, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Great gadgets, especially facebook & Twitter. You missed bit.ly url shortner gadget
February 23, 2010 at 8:54 am
These are real handy. A lot of people use Gmail and those are popular networking sites.
February 23, 2010 at 2:18 pm
@Arya : Even I was using Tweetdeck but now its very handy for me as I don’t have to login in other application for checking the status.
@Navapavan : I already know about bit.ly shortner, but thought to give google shortner but missed that too in the last, lol
@clickonportal @ Click On Portal : So true, it seems everyone in on social networking sites these days and these gadgets will save their loads of time.
February 23, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Thanks for such a nice post…I juz came to about gadgets by this post
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February 23, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Thanks for the heads up bro. Glad you find it useful
February 23, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Cool bro! never knew i can do such things on gmail! now with google buzz… i think gmail will become social media like facebook!
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February 26, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Well I think that Google Buzz will become Facebook killer for sure. Let give some time and Buzz will become a game changer.
Btw, Thanks for the heads up, glad you like it.
February 24, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Thanks, I will try some of these out tonight. The Digg and Delicious gadgets could save me a lot of time and hassle.
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February 26, 2010 at 5:28 pm
Glad you find the post useful and thanks for commenting
February 26, 2010 at 12:12 am
Really a brilliant article bro. Helpful. Thnx a lottt for sharing
February 26, 2010 at 5:29 pm
It’s my pleasure mate
Thanks for the heads up.
February 27, 2010 at 11:22 am
I’m finding Gmail more user=friendly because of this post. It’s amazing how can I install these gadgets. Thank you so much for sharing this.
February 27, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Thanks for the heads up and dropping by such a wonderful comment.
March 4, 2010 at 6:24 am
I think it’s good to be able to integrate all these popular sites.
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March 5, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Yes you are right mate, no need to open dozens of websites to keep updated. Just check Gmail.
June 30, 2010 at 10:10 pm
I didn’t even know you could do this! I’m going to try it right now, thanks! There’s so many features on Gmail that I’m still learning how to use. Thanks for the tutorial!
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August 17, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Yogesh, nice write up! this made things so much easier for me cause now I dont need to have like 4 windows open! Thanks!!
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August 26, 2010 at 11:14 pm
you are osm..thx