Zolk Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 You heard it here first: Despite having previously announced that it was removing the Sidebar from Windows Vista, Microsoft this week returned the feature to its post-Beta 1 (e.g. 5200-series) builds. It's not on by default, and is surprisingly similar to the Dashboard feature in Mac OS X Tiger, according to my sources. But it's in there. And that's all that counts. Source: Paul Thurrott's Internet Nexus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachacham Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 thanks for the scoope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha2004 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 This makes me really happy. For some unknown reason. :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madnuke Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Well im glad its back, it was an inovation and it was good if you had a high resolution or a big monitor/dual monitors. And to those that are going to go 'omg liek it was teh ghey sux omg use linux' dont post. well done MS :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Well the bar seemed like it would bug me from pictures, but im glad its not on by default, and post beta 1 hey, when is that out? thank god i have a wide screen monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolslacker Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 I don't really care. I can't see myself using this unless they make something amazing that I have never seen bofore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaffra Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 if its just an option that can be enable/dissabled whats the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nX07 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Im happy they have put it back! Great! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwIzTiD_Juggalo Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 what a scary thought. at least it isn't on by default so that's a plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWahbinator Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 I thought most of it was WinFS dependant. But whatever, it's a great feature anyway, even for those without widescreen monitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Yay! Now I just hope they didn't add the memory leak back :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makeshift Hammer Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Happy it's there for others.....happy for me it's off by drefault. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novaoblivion Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Yay I really liked the sidebar :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radsqd Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 well not a fan of sidebar but i see it can useful for dual displays or soemthing like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mx Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Nice :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosidius Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Glad it will be disabled by default. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadkins555 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 I like using the sidebar when I use the MSN Premium software. It has some annoyances though so here's hoping that the Vista sidebar doesn't share the same bugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_I am Reptar Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasker Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 hopefully will be amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted August 2, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2005 i knew they would add it back, i probably wouldnt use it as i dont see any point to it :ermm: :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted August 2, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2005 I liked the sidebar - thanks for the heads up :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protoss_chaos Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Trillian is my sidebar, but i am glad to see it back... Especially if IM clients like trillian end up making sidebar plugins like miranda did... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Excellent news. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highof75 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 This really makes me happy. I thought the sidebar was an excellent revolution that had many, many good uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deron Dantzler Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Sidebar is great even on lower resolutions. I like it. It just doesn't need to waste screen space whenever you maximize a window is all. It should remain "stuck" to the desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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