Comments on: Microsoft Vista Sidebar http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/ Todd Ogasawara's Tech Blog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:15:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Gadgets upload http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/#comment-11359 Gadgets upload Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:13:27 +0000 http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/#comment-11359 Hello - We would like to present a new website http://www.gadgetsdownload.com - here you can upload your creations or download other gadgets to your desktop. I thought I would post this here, be cause of your discussion. all the best Webmaster Hello - We would like to present a new website http://www.gadgetsdownload.com - here you can upload your creations or download other gadgets to your desktop. I thought I would post this here, be cause of your discussion.

all the best
Webmaster

]]> By: pauliusaxe http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/#comment-8256 pauliusaxe Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:49:20 +0000 http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/#comment-8256 can anyone tell me how to move sidebar? can anyone tell me how to move sidebar?

]]> By: Seth http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/#comment-3875 Seth Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:42:17 +0000 http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/#comment-3875 Hello, I really like the sidebar, but I am having a situation. I am running Vista as a VM on an XP computer. It has 2 seperate profiles. In one, the sidebar is not visable, just the gadgets. In the other profile, it is a dull gray. Has anyone seen anything like this, or know how to change it? Thanks, Hello,

I really like the sidebar, but I am having a situation. I am running Vista as a VM on an XP computer. It has 2 seperate profiles. In one, the sidebar is not visable, just the gadgets. In the other profile, it is a dull gray. Has anyone seen anything like this, or know how to change it?

Thanks,

]]> By: Stein http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/#comment-1405 Stein Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:20:24 +0000 http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/#comment-1405 I really like the sidebar and gadgets, and keeps the sidebar on top. But I miss an option for changing the opacity of the sidebar, not only the gadgets. This would maybe make it blend in more. I suggest a new windows update ;) I really like the sidebar and gadgets, and keeps the sidebar on top. But I miss an option for changing the opacity of the sidebar, not only the gadgets. This would maybe make it blend in more. I suggest a new windows update ;)

]]> By: TheNetAvenger http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/#comment-960 TheNetAvenger Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:37:25 +0000 http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/#comment-960 Shashwat & Todd: The Vista Gadgets can also be easily dragged from the side bar, I hardly ever leave the bar open, and just drag my important gadgets to my desktop, and you don't have to press F12 to do it, it is automatic. This is nice for weather and clocks, as you can still set their transparency and then blend into the desktop. Then I keep other less important gadgets on the sidebar itself and just open it when I want access to them. The sidebar and desktop act as two separate environments you can leave the gadgets running in. Back in the Windows98 days Windows had a seldom used but fun ability to display any html component or content on the desktop as well, so I have always had my weather and clock and live weather map on my desktop going back to 1998. This concept even started before MS technically, but Windows was doing this with web content before Konfabulator, OSX, or Vista. Which always gives me a laugh when Mac users say MS copied Apple's Dashboard. Shashwat & Todd:

The Vista Gadgets can also be easily dragged from the side bar, I hardly ever leave the bar open, and just drag my important gadgets to my desktop, and you don’t have to press F12 to do it, it is automatic. This is nice for weather and clocks, as you can still set their transparency and then blend into the desktop.

Then I keep other less important gadgets on the sidebar itself and just open it when I want access to them. The sidebar and desktop act as two separate environments you can leave the gadgets running in.

Back in the Windows98 days Windows had a seldom used but fun ability to display any html component or content on the desktop as well, so I have always had my weather and clock and live weather map on my desktop going back to 1998. This concept even started before MS technically, but Windows was doing this with web content before Konfabulator, OSX, or Vista. Which always gives me a laugh when Mac users say MS copied Apple’s Dashboard.

]]> By: todd http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/#comment-62 todd Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:08:39 +0000 http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/#comment-62 Thanks, Shashwat. I didn't know that! But, doesn't that clutter up the desktop if you have, say 10 or so widgets? Thanks, Shashwat. I didn’t know that! But, doesn’t that clutter up the desktop if you have, say 10 or so widgets?

]]> By: Shashwat http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/#comment-61 Shashwat Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:05:53 +0000 http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2007/01/28/microsoft-vista-sidebar/#comment-61 Oh. So you don't know this super cool trick about Dashboard. Widgets in Tiger can actually be untethered from the Dashboard and can as happily run out of that environment. Simply drag a widget out of the widget dock and press F12 before you release it. Et Voila! Your favourite widget right on the desktop. :) Oh. So you don’t know this super cool trick about Dashboard. Widgets in Tiger can actually be untethered from the Dashboard and can as happily run out of that environment. Simply drag a widget out of the widget dock and press F12 before you release it. Et Voila! Your favourite widget right on the desktop. :)

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