Re: Sidebar gadgets

Totally p

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"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> No offense, but that Sidebar is so Windows 95.
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> "Homer J. Simpson" <root@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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>>> What's great, is that they'll be able to support Flash files as well,
>>> also
>>> other bits and bobs that Internet Explorer uses, so this has made me one
>>> happy chappy )
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>> Thing is, you can already do all of this with XP (and 2000, and 2003) by
>> embedding an IE browser in a toolbar docked on the side of the screen.
>> The attached file (I know, no binaries, but it's under 30K) is a
>> screenshot of such a toolbar I've implemented years ago--and still
>> occasionally work on--with nothing more than ASP/DHTML, scripting, spit
>> and bubblegum. :-) You'll notice though that I do suck at making things
>> *pretty*.
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>> I've said it before (and probably in this newsgroup too)--Vista doesn't
>> really bring anything new with Gadgets, except for general awareness.
>> The capability's been there for years.
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