Last month, Microsoft decided to discontinue their desktop gadgets gallery and the support for these mini-applications. Where Windows 7 & Windows Vista users can now get access to good gadgets?
This article aims to help and shares two of the remaining sources of gadgets, plus a roundup of great gadgets you might want to try.
If you wanted a sidebar instead of floating gadgets, this tiny download acts like the sidebar available in Vista.
If you don’t know which are the latest must have desktop gadgets for Windows 7, check out this roundup from 7 Tutorials. They’re proposing gadgets which allow you to tweet straight from your desktop, monitor wireless networks, stay in touch with the latest RSS updates, facebook your life away, etc.
This is the first actually useful gadget I’ve seen for the Vista Sidebar, with the possible exception of the Weather gadget… it does the very simple job of putting your Pidgin buddy list into the sidebar.
Hit the link for the full explanation of how to install and use it.
Put Your Pidgin Buddy List into the Windows Vista Sidebar :: the How-To Geek
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