erica's joys :)

Awwww yay! Two of my flavorite Google products have been updated recently. I do believe that calls for a post, don't you?

So you may have noticed that there is a new tabbing feature on your Personalized Homepage. You may have also noticed that there are some new features in Notebook. If you haven't I'll give you a quick run down:

• Sharing - Additional sharing options. Now, you can share your Google Notebook with a few friends and let them edit it alongside you.
• Improved drag and drop - Easily rearrange your notes by dragging and dropping them from one section to another (or even from one notebook to another).
• Trash and undo - Never lose your work. Now, when you delete a note, section or notebook, you can undo your action right away. You can also retrieve deletions from your Trash.
• Google Notebook on your Google homepage - Access your notebooks on your Google homepage by adding the Google Notebook gadget.

Can you guess the newest feature most interesting to me?

If you guessed Notebook on the homepage you win the prize (not a real one yet, that's later on in the post). How I adore being able to access my notebooks from my sidebar. Mind you, I have 8 notebooks right now and many of them have information I use fairly regularly. Extra bonus with the tabs as now I can have a bit of organization to what I want to see in my sidebar. It's very nice to be able to put away my personal calendar and e-mail when I'm sharing my screen with someone.

I love that the Personalized Homepage and the sidebar are becoming more and more useful. With the Gadget awards going on, I'm looking forward to seeing some great new and useful Gadgets. The particular gadget I'm waiting on is one that will allow me to post to Blogger. I'll send a brand new Google shirt (black, long -sleeved) to whomever creates it. Seriously.

So what new Gadgets would you like to see? Which ones are the most useful to you now?