I wrote my first fully-functional Google Gadget yesterday.  This isn’t my first time experimenting with embeddable Google applications -I have made plenty of Google Custom Search Engines- but it is my first crack at using the Legacy Gadgets API.  

The gadget is a simple search box that connects to Yahoo! Finance.  Users can access information on individual companies, and they can see what the DOW is doing using a real-time stock chart.  I built the thing using the Legacy Gadgets API on-screen editor.  All I did was go to Yahoo Finance, view the source, and copy out the form section.  I pasted that in the editor and then added some styling and a logo. 

Here it is:

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