Google desktop update

Yesterday I remembered I have google desktop installed and that its sidebar plugins can read RSSs and display googleCalendar. Because I needed those functions (I finally decided to read blogs through RSS and to manage deadlines better by using a calendar), I brought it back to light.
Since some of the plugins stated that I need the 5.0 version in order for them to work, though I'm not an 'update fan' and I had some unhappy experiences with updates, I decided to do it:
Well, WHOA!




Notice, from top to bottom: wikipedia search, googleCalendar (expanded), the default webClips, todo list, scratchPad and photos (collapsed) and the search box.

A year ago I was using gDesktop simplicity to make a point in my project for the CHI (computer human interaction) course. It seems it was not a principle, but a 'mistake'.
Now it looks very 'vista', and all the fades and decorations (notice the frame around scratch pad) get it pretty close to yahoo Widgets from the GUI design point of view. Despite all this, and the fact that it doesn't match my classic windows theme, it's pretty cool. I also noticed a few changes in the gadgets so that they fit better in the small space designed for the sidebar (for which I am eternally grateful).

Long story made short, I decided to offer 100 pixels of my widescreen to google desktop's sidebar, again.

Updating

There is a line in American Beauty which I love: "In life never trust anyone but yourself" - this is a piece of wisdom passed by Carolyn Burnham to her daughter Jane after Carolyn and Lester argue at dinner (that scene when he throws the asparagus plate at the wall).
I would put it another way: "In software industry never trust any code but your own!". A few days ago I installed the new and fabulous update of Firebug. It's a great extension, indeed "Web development evolved", but the 1.0 version, though is cooler than you ever thought you'll see, it crashes my browser! 1.0.1 is now available too (and I thought: "oh, goodie, bug fix"), but it does the same. Whhhhyyyy? :(( Not to mention that it lacks functionality that the previous version had: console options that allowed me to see my messages (not only errors and warnings) sent from the javascript code inside an extension using Mozilla's console service.
But, until writing my own firebug (:D), I'm still thinking if I should stop using it (as a protest) or just "Restore previous session" again and again and again...


P.S. this post should have been written last night but there was a power failure hence no internet. This seems buggy as well...