Windows Vista Sidebar and Gadgets video

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Windows Vista Sidebar and Gadgets video

by Jordan Running Oct 25th 2005

It's hard to talk about the new Sidebar in Windows Vista without talking about OS X's Dashboard and Konfabulator, but you've heard it all before so I'll skip it. Anyway, Microsoft's Channel 9 has posted a very long video that shows you everything there is to know about "gadgets," a.k.a. Sidebar widgets. It's 42 minutes long, so not for the faint of heart, but they go over everything from creating gadgets with XAML to the web gadgets that can be integrated into Start.com. The geek factor is off the charts, but I must admit, it looks pretty cool. Also, check out the new(ish) Microsoft Gadgets blog.

Via he Unofficial Microsoft Blog.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

pedro guaita said 10:42AM on 11-18-2005

no comments,

jefferson said 12:11PM on 11-23-2005

nada que quiero ver como es el producto ya que soy uno de los mas addmiradores de microsoft windows y quiro ser uno de los primero en evaluar el producto

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