I tried a third-party sidebar program that looks (almost) exactly like that one....frankly, I wasn't impressed at all. It takes up a lot of real estate with info that can be accessed in other ways. Who needs a huge analog (or digital) clock on their screen? You've got a clock down there in the lower right corner. Constant weather data? Can be had with just a click of a mouse. Shortcuts? Put them on the desktop...just the ones you access all the time (not one for every obscure program you have on the system). Scrolling stock market ticker? There are other less obtrusive programs for that. A 2" Recycle Bin icon? Funky Expando-matic icons that jiggle when you click on them? Please. Thanks, but no thanks, Microsoft. 
Edit: You can even make them semi-transparent. Like THAT does a lot of good...now you can view part of the desktop wallpaper as if it is in a fog bank and have to squint in order to read the sidebar. If Microsoft wants to impress me, then get all the security bugs out of the OS before releasing it....THAT will impress me.
Last edited by bistro; February 6th, 2006 at 08:00 AM.
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