14 DAY TRIAL // Blogger is continuing to add new gadgets for anyone that uses dynamic view themes. Gadgets were one of the biggest things people missed when they made the switch to the new high-tech templates.
Blogger added support for gadgets along with several of the most popular gadgets a few months back. Now, it's adding some more.
The first and probably the most interesting is a translate gadget which, you guessed it, enables readers to translate blogs into their languages, via Google Translate of course.
It's rather straightforward to translate any blog with Google Translate, just grab the URL and paste it in the translation box. But that means having to open a new tab, visiting Google Translate, copy-pasting the URL and so on.
So the ability to translate a blog with a single click may mean the difference between someone reading your posts or leaving the site.
"Today, we’ve made it easier to bring content from your blog to everyone, with the release of a new Google Translate gadget," Google announced.
"With the Google Translate gadget, visitors to your blog can select their preferred language from the drop-down menu, and using Google’s free translation service, it will display your posts in any of the 50+ languages Google Translate supports," it explained.
That's not all, some blogger favorites are making a comeback as well. Users will be able to add lists to their blogs, finally, be them blog lists with their favorite reads, link lists for any site they like, or simply text lists. The blog list and the simple list gadgets are new additions.
One nice thing about the new gadgets is that they really feel like gadgets all added to the right panel. This keeps the blogs clean and simple, but also enables users to add more functionality, as they see fit.