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As shown by <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/474419/Using_Google_Gadgets_as_Free_Lotus_Notes_Plug_ins" target="_blank">Duffbert</a>, it is easy to convert a Google Gadget into a Notes sidebar widget.<br>Since I already developed several OpenNTF Gadgets last year, I updated them so they would be available for the Notes sidebar.<br>

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<br>So here they are, OpenNTF 'Facts' with the category's: <br><ul><li>Recent releases</li><li>Most downloaded projects</li><li>Most active projects</li></ul><br><br>The real OpenNTF enthousiasts however, will go for the Project Management Plugin, configurable for the project(s) and categories you are interested in:<br><img src="http://blog.vinceschuurman.com/home/ndt4.nsf/%28lublogcontent%29/200901090934/$file/projectgadget.jpg" alt=""><br><br>To add the widgets to your Notes 8 sidebar follow these steps:<br><br> 1. Open your sidebar in Notes 8<br> 2. If Widgets aren't enabled then enable them via File &gt; Preferences<br> 3. In the Widgets panel select 'Configure a Component from...' and then 'A Google Gadget'<br> 4. In the next dialg click the 'Add a Google Gadget by URL' radio button and paste the URL http://www.openntf.org/widget.xml for the 'facts' or http://www.openntf.org/widgetproject.xml for the project widget.<br> 5. Configure the gadget, make sure to enter a meaningful title, since the title calculation used by Google Gadgets does not work in the sidebar.<br> 6. You will probably get a null-pointer exception, haven't found the cause yet, but it should work regardless<br> 7. Double click the widget or rightclick 'open in'.<br><br><img src="http://blog.vinceschuurman.com/home/ndt4.nsf/%28lublogcontent%29/200901090934/$file/widgetproject.jpg" alt="">