Web Browser Wednesday

I’ve been addicted to sidebars ever since I bought my first widescreen monitor. Sidebars have the ability to provide a lot of information inside a very small space, and it wasn’t until recently that I fully started to utilize them. It all started when I put the Tab-Bar on the side in both my Firefox and Opera installations (video on customizing Opera),

Launchy is becoming a well-known application among PC power users. When the latest version launched back in April it included a plugin called Runny which added a whole new aspect to the application. I love that plugin because you can create customized commands for Launchy, such as one for composing an email.

There are some other great plugins

Google has just added another element of customization to Google Calendars with their directory for public calendars with calendars that can be integrated into your own personal calendar. The directory includes a variety of different calendars divided into categories, so searching and browsing is easy. Categories include:

• Top Picks
• TV Shows
• Events
• Sports
• Entertainment
• Miscellaneous
• Holidays
• Calendars by Google

Under the TV Shows category, you can enter in your zip code so that the calendar you select (e.g.,

Google Calendar fans have yet another way to put their calendar to good use! Now the calendar is available for mobile devices so that you’re able to keep track of your schedule from both the computer and your phone.For those who have multiple calendars, you’re even able to select which calendar that you want to view.

The announcement on the Official Google Blog explains that all you have

If you’re a user of Google Calendar, now you’re able to create multiple reminders for your event. This is a feature that’s been requested by many users who aren’t always at their computer for that email reminder when they need it.

Once you enter in an event, you can select to receive one reminder via email, another via SMS, and another as a pop-up reminder, or as many as you’d like.  This will help ensure that you don’t

I have seen several sites reporting that the Google Calendar is going to be down nearly all day tomorrow. This is actually a misconception that came from an email Google sent out to Google Apps subscribers:

We wanted to inform you that we are planning to conduct routine maintenance to Google Calendar between 8AM and 9PM on Thursday, April 26th, 2007 .  During this time, this service may be unavailable

While Google Calendar is a great way to keep organized, people have found another use for it. Using Google Calendar and the new “Search Public Events” feature, people are able to scoop up “private” corporate data that’s probably meant to be private, but is set for the public to view.

Google Calendar allows users to select whether they want the content of their calendar private or public.  If it’s made public, the data within those calendars can be returned