Tuesday, November 6, 2007

New iGoogle Themes
By Tony Ruscoe

Laurenty mentions in the forum that Google has added some new official themes for the iGoogle homepage. I’m not seeing these yet, but after a bit of digging around I was able to find the necessary XML files. So, if you want to enable any of the new themes before they’re made available to you, simply follow these instructions:

1. Visit www.google.com/ig.

2. Enter the following in your browser’s address bar:
   
   javascript:_dlsetp('preview_skin=skins/jr.xml');
   
   Where jr.xml can be the XML filename from any one of following new themes:
   • Aja Tiger: tiger.xml
   • Autumn: autumn.xml
   • Hong Kong: hongkong.xml
   • JR: jr.xml
   • Solar System: planets.xml

3. Click the Save button.

And if you want to see the Easter eggs for these themes, you can use the same technique I posted about earlier this year.

Could this be a sign that the iGoogle Themes Directory is getting closer to launch?

Screenshots

Aja Tiger

Autumn

Hong Kong

JR

Solar System

[Thanks Laurenty!]

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