Star Do We Need Sidebars? Jim Allchin Thinks so
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 6th Feb 2006 22:03 UTC
Windows "Windows Vista will eventually sport what has been called a 'sidebar' - a kind of taskbar-like user interface element designed to sit on the right or left side of a display and offer 'heads-up' information on a customizable basis. When we last checked in on the Vista Sidebar at CES, we saw a number of widgets (or gadgets) running on the sidebar, including a small picture frame, an RSS list/interface, weather information, and more. The idea, generally speaking, is to give prominent spacing to tasks and information services that are, in theory, so frequently referenced that it makes sense to prominently display them on your desktop, alongside or on top of your other application windows."
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espinafre
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2006-01-15

I have a hard time believing this. Microsoft is the root of all evil and all that, but would they really go as far as downright disallow unsigned device drivers, instead of, say, warning the user that the driver is not signed?

Would they really do this with all those accusations of monopolist practices weighing upon their shoulders? Would they have the balls?

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Chicken Blood Member since:
2005-12-21

I have a hard time believing this. Microsoft is the root of all evil and all that, but would they really go as far as downright disallow unsigned device drivers, instead of, say, warning the user that the driver is not signed?

Would they really do this with all those accusations of monopolist practices weighing upon their shoulders? Would they have the balls?

...and exactly WHAT does this all have to do with sidebars?

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