So what's the big deal with the iGoogle directory. It's been down for a month. I can't fetch its content should I be on FF2, FF3 or Safari? Anybody knows what's going on there?

Are you talking about this directory: http://www.google.com/ig/directory?type=gadgets ?

Yeh it's been down for a ong time. clicking on news, Tols or Communication does not fetch anything. Same thing for the Theme section...what gives?

Works for us, GuillaumeB.

Mmm that's really werid, cause that would probably mean that Google does not want mac users to access the directory...
see for yourself:

http://img356.imageshack.us/my.php?image=igooglexo5.png

GuillaumeB, I'm a mac user and I've never had problems accessing the directory. Are you getting blocked by a firewall or issues with a proxy server?