I found this image via Flickr, a bookshelf full of Windows Vista sidebar gadget books. It’s in Spanish. It’s been a while since I saw a shelf of books in Vista as most of my readings are in electronic format.

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 …read more

Bill had a keynote speach at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. You should check out the video because there is some really neat stuff he’s talking about. Bill shows how the modern office will look like (big screen with three desktops), touchscreens, the connection with your mobile, real-time news, etc. Windows Vista was shown with all new features like task switching, the Aero Glass interface, the sidebar with gadgets, IE7 (thumbnailed tabs and parental controls).
Engadget also has a great summary of Bill’s keynote at the CES, and be sure to check out this article at yahoo.com (via …read more

As we reported earlier, the Windows Vista Sidebar feature is to be made available at some stage to users of Windows XP.
Tech-Recipes has all the unofficial ingredients for running the Sidebar on XP, including a link for downloading the files. Caution is recommended as all of this software is in early beta.

At last week’s PDC (Professional Developers Conference) in LA, a lot was said about Microsoft “Gadgets”, or mini-applications, particularly in regard to the reinstated Sidebar feature of Windows Vista. The screenshot shows what some of them look like. In Vista they can be moved around the screen and left anywhere that takes your fancy.
Here’s what the new, official blog, Microsoft Gadgets has to say about them :
Microsoft Windows Vista PDC Release (2005)
While removed from public eye during the Longhorn plan change in 2004, a small team was formed to continue to incubate Windows Sidebar as a concept, dating back to …read more