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(1) A Windows Vista desktop panel that holds mini applications (gadgets) such as a calendar, calculator, stock ticker and Vonage phone dialer. It is the Windows counterpart to the Dashboard in...

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Definition: Sidebar

(1) A Windows Vista desktop panel that holds mini applications (gadgets) such as a calendar, calculator, stock ticker and Vonage phone dialer. It is the Windows counterpart to the Dashboard in the Mac. In Windows 7, the Sidebar was eliminated and gadgets can be placed anywhere on the desktop. See Windows Vista and gadget.

(2) A feature in the Firefox Web browser that displays history, bookmarks or any bookmarked page in a scrolling window. IE has similar capabilities in its Favorites Center, but does not refer to the window as a sidebar.

(3) A Windows 3.1 shell that replaced Program and File Manager and streamlined the desktop. Originally developed by Mike McCue of Paper Software, it was later acquired by Quarterdeck.

(4) A generic term for an auxiliary window on screen that is displayed alongside the main window.



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    When I first began using Windows Vista, I dismissed the Sidebar as a gimmick. It didn’t help that the default gadgets Microsoft offered were of limited utility and that some early gadgets...

    Blog posts | November 6, 2008 5:38pm PST

  • Google Video now more usable

    Google Video has gone through many transformations through the years. Even the concept behind the service has gone through several transformations as they try and find their own spot on the web...

    Blog posts | April 18, 2008 12:45pm PDT

  • Images: Vista Sidebar

    Sidebar's "gadgets" are similar in concept to Apple's widget idea in the Dashboard feature of Mac OS X and in the Yahoo Widget Engine.

    Image galleries | July 20, 2006 3:59pm PDT

  • Images: Vista Sidebar

    Sidebar's "gadgets" are similar in concept to Apple's widget idea in the Dashboard feature of Mac OS X and in the Yahoo Widget Engine.

    Image galleries | July 20, 2006 2:49pm PDT

  • Google's new desktop search

    Google users can now drag Sidebar modules anywhere on their screen. CNET News.com's Elinor Mills describes that and other new features of Google Desktop 3.

    Videos | February 9, 2006 10:44pm PST

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    When I first began using Windows Vista, I dismissed the Sidebar as a gimmick. It didn’t help that the default gadgets Microsoft offered were of limited utility and that some early gadgets...

    Blog posts | November 6, 2008 5:38pm PST

  • Google Video now more usable

    Google Video has gone through many transformations through the years. Even the concept behind the service has gone through several transformations as they try and find their own spot on the web...

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  • Photo: Google Sidebar

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    Image galleries | July 20, 2006 4:00pm PDT

  • Images: Vista Sidebar

    Sidebar's "gadgets" are similar in concept to Apple's widget idea in the Dashboard feature of Mac OS X and in the Yahoo Widget Engine.

    Image galleries | July 20, 2006 3:59pm PDT

  • Images: Vista Sidebar

    Sidebar's "gadgets" are similar in concept to Apple's widget idea in the Dashboard feature of Mac OS X and in the Yahoo Widget Engine.

    Image galleries | July 20, 2006 2:49pm PDT

  • Photo: Google Sidebar

    Google creates floating tool palette with personalized news and other information based on a person's habits.

    Image galleries | July 19, 2006 11:48am PDT

  • Google's new desktop search

    Google users can now drag Sidebar modules anywhere on their screen. CNET News.com's Elinor Mills describes that and other new features of Google Desktop 3.

    Videos | February 9, 2006 10:44pm PST

  • Sidebar on display in next Vista preview

    February's preview version of Windows update to include a panel housing mini applications. Images: Dashboards and widgets

    News items | February 2, 2006 8:55pm PST

  • Move over, Google Sidebar

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    News items | September 23, 2005 4:00am PDT

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