Talk:Windows Sidebar
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[edit] Desk Accessories
Desk Accessories were in no way a widget engine. Even the most stone-cold Mac fanatics I've ever met have said this. Why is it mentioned here? --69.148.208.172 05:50, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mixing your bars and trays
This article currently states (note the destination of the link):
- Interestingly, Sidebar was originally designed to replace the notifcation area or Quick Launch bar in Windows, but these plans were scrapped after the Longhorn "reset" in mid-2004.
This appears to be muddling no less than 3 different features:
- the taskbar (where the link points), which is the whole bar at the bottom (by default) of the screen
- the "Quick Launch bar" (what the link says), which is an embedded toolbar of program shortcuts (managed as a folder, just like the Start menu) on the left (normally) of the taskbar
- the "notification area" AKA "system tray" (spelt wrong), which is the area next to the clock where running programs put status icons, easy access menus, etc, on the right (normally) of the taskbar
I suspect - but am not 100% sure - that it is the last of these that is actually meant, but for all I know the sidebar was actually going to replace more than that? Is that "or" actually meant as "it was meant to replace one or the other", rather than as "also known as", which is how it currently reads to me? Anyone fancy doing some unmuddling? - IMSoP 23:54, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- The original sidebar had 'gadgets', if you will, for notifications and Quick Launch. While the notification 'gadget' was displayed, the notification area was not visible. These were removed in the reset. The current sidebar is not part of the shell, as the original was, and thus cannot control the display of notifications. -MarkKB 11:40, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Screenshot?
Can someone please upload a screenshot of the sidebar with its original gadgets or at least with less gadgets. it looks messy! iDosh! (talk) 19:23, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
