lifehacker.com — Windows Vista's Sidebar gets no respect - and that's a shame. With the right gadgets, the Sidebar can help you get things done, especially if you have enough screen estate to keep it running in the foreground (like on a widescreen monitor). Let's take a look at the cream of the crop.
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triscuitbiscuitApr 10, 2007
Anyone with Vista- get Callwave now- it is absolutely amazing. Much better voicemail management for anyone who uses a computer.Even if you don't have Vista, its non-Vista features are still neat.
insovietrussiaApr 10, 2007
This is the worst piece of spam on Digg I have ever seen. What's with all the commenters above saying "Wow! get callwave it's awesome"?Go f**k off and die somewhere you maggots. And get a job.
chingchang3Apr 10, 2007
callwave gadget is NOTHING compared to the "Panda Gadget v1.00" <a class="user" href="http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=365818ce-1e1d-4c68-a0f3-815217e3fae3&l=1">http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=365818ce-1e1d-4c68-a0f3-815217e3fae3&l=1</a>It is by far the greatest gadget ever created. If you haven't yet found a reason to install Vista, this is it.
dukrousApr 10, 2007
My personal favorite was the Twitter gadget...very useful, if you're a fan. :)
azaz09Apr 10, 2007
Stop reading my mind
ai3dApr 10, 2007
This story is cursed with negatives.
jameltApr 10, 2007
The sidebar can use a lot of work. It has to potential to out shine Konfabulator, but it doesn't.It doesn't have a one button access to hide all other work and view widgets. If I want to see my Gadgets--the Weather--I have to look for some super tiny system tray icon--frustrating.You would look at all the gadgets that come with windows and say these look nice, I wonder what other cool gadgets their are? You click get more gadgets online. What are you presented? You reach a web site saturated with insanely sub-pare, low quality excuses for widgets. And you're like forget it.I think someone needs to tame the madness on the widgets on the live site.
Closed AccountApr 10, 2007
Yikes. Am I in a grave yard? Cuz everyone is buried.
brivixApr 11, 2007
I want a good sports one, an ESPN one would be nice..
Closed AccountMay 3, 2007
Interesting list, got a few gadgets on there that are pretty useful.Search gadgets also seem to be pretty popular as well, though admittedly, many aren't very much more than glorified bookmarks. I'm currently working on an ultimate search gadget that if it works out the right way, would be very useful for searching a lot of major sites.