A system tool developed by Microsoft Corporation
Used by 2791 people for 965 hours, 11 minutes and 42 seconds
The Windows Sidebar is a panel for Desktop Gadgets that is anchored to the side of the Windows Vista desktop.
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| Website: | microsoft.com/windows/... |
| Version: | 6.0.5219.0 |
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Not too bad as sidebars go. Once you get down to the gadgets you actually use daily, it can be a huge help to have there.
However, it uses a large amount of resources to do very little. That won't stop me from using it, though--it isn't THAT bad.
Couldn't they just promote the development of the Gadgets a bit more. The default ones are really nice and useful, but there are only a handful of user developed ones which are wort downloading. Get Yahoo Widgets if you want more apps. For me this will suffice.
i find the clock, calendar, app launcher, weatherbug and CPU/Network usage gadgets/widgets teh most useful aye
Bit of a resource hog, but the sidebar paradigm is a good one.
it could be more dynamic
Good, but uses a little bit more than it should.
Very nifty component. If you have a widescreen monitor you can set it to always show, so maximized windows won't go behind or cover the sidebar, so it's always visible.
It's cool and a smart feature is that when you right click on it you can hide it and still have your gatgets on the deskto :D
It's nice that you can un-dock the gadgets to the desktop, so the layout is not constrained. (I do the same with Google's sidebar.) Whenever you want to see your gadgets, just click on the Windows Sidebar icon in the notification area.
Not very useful, but has better performance than google sidebar, but works for see the wheater.
Performance and memory usage could be better.
Not a useful software. The idea have a lot of potential that microsoft didn't accomplished.
It makes my desktop look pretty, that's it. The fact that it doesn't slide out like the Google Sidebar (or heck, ANY other deskbar for that matter) is a serious flaw. I either have to permanently give up a portion of my horizontal real estate for it, or I have to go to the desktop to see it. Also, I have yet to find any gadgets for it that were especially useful...suddenly wondering why I don't just turn it off...
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I always have the Windows Sidebar running with my RSS feeds, local weather and CPU usage.