HOW TO: Make a Google+ Desktop App

As Google+ adoption continues to soar, one little annoyance is thwarting Google+ bliss: Dealing with other Google accounts. Google+ requires a Google Profile — and right now, Google Apps users (people who use Google services at their private or work domain) don’t have access to a Google Profile. That will change in the future, but for now it can cause some annoyances for users who have Google Apps accounts. Google does allow users to switch between accounts, but this process isn’t foolproof.

                 There is a solution: Create a Google+ desktop app. Using Firefox extension, WebRunner, you can create a separate, buttonless web browser dedicated solely to Google+. This browser can then be launched just like any other app. The steps for making a Google+ app are much the same, using WebRunner in place of the now-discontinued Mozilla Prism.

With Firefox 5 (Mac, Windows, Linux)

step 1: In Firefox 5, go to the WebRunner project page and install the extension. Restart Firefox.
 
step 2: Navigate to Google+ in your web browser. Under the Tools menu in the application bar, select “Create WebRunner App” and fill out the box as follows.

step 2: We used a desktop icon created by developer David Walsh, but you can use whatever you want.
 

Now you can launch and use Google+ from your applications folder or dock.

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SUSHEEL SINGH