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What is iGoogle?

iGoogle is a customizable homepage

iGoogle lets you create a personalized homepage that contains a Google search box at the top, and your choice of any number of gadgets below. Gadgets come in lots of different forms and provide access to activities and information from all across the web, without ever having to leave your iGoogle page. Here are some things you can do with gadgets:

  • View your latest Gmail messages
  • Read headlines from Google News and other top news sources
  • Check out weather forecasts, stock quotes, and movie showtimes
  • Store bookmarks for quick access to your favorite sites from any computer
  • Design your own gadget.

iGoogle's layout

Canvas view for gadgets

canvas view

Canvas, or full-page, views are available for some of our most popular gadgets. You can get to the canvas view of a gadget in two ways:

  • Click its title in the left navigation.
  • Click the maximize icon in the top-right corner of the gadget.

Left navigation and chat

You can see a list of your tabs along the left side of your iGoogle page. Below your tabs, you can chat with any friends on the Google Talk network (learn more). Clicking any tab opens that tab; clicking the plus sign next to any tab reveals a full list of the gadgets in that tab.

Viewing your tabs this way allows you to see all of a tab's content without having to go to the tab and to open any gadget from any tab in one click. (Clicking any gadget in the list will open that gadget in canvas view.)

Like to develop gadgets? Check out the iGoogle Developer site.

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