Vista Sidebar in next Preview

The Windows Vista Sidebar, which we saw here, is a small panel at the side of the monitor that can be used to view photo slide shows, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds and other small programs. News.com has an article about the Sidebar and reports we will see the Sidebar on display in the next Vista preview.

Sidebar was part of the original Longhorn vision as first outlined by Microsoft at a developer conference in October 2003. However, the feature was absent from many test builds, leading to speculation that it had been scrapped. Recently though, it has been featured prominently in discussions of Vista features, including Chairman Bill Gates’ keynote speech at last month’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.