HOWTO: Technorati Mini as a desktop application

The blog-monitoring site Technorati has a useful feature they've called Technorati Mini which allows a user to create a small browser window containing search results, which updates itself every minute--an ideal candidate for a Sidewinder desktop application.

To turn this into a desktop application that docks to the left side of your desktop, and saves real estate by autohiding, we would use the following JavaScript:

var oRenderer = new Renderer;

oRenderer.Create(
    {
        Type         : "xhtml",

        Width        : 310,
        Height       : 470,

        Edge         : "left",
        AutoHide     : true,

	Position     : "top",

	Opacity      : 70,

        Style        : 0x20001D40
    }
);

oRenderer.Load("http://www.technorati.com/mini/index.html?s=cheese");
oRenderer.Show();