Desktop widgets

[Snorii]

Cool, I'll have to go check this out when I get home. 

[Fleeting Whisper]

As for Vista, I've actually got a Vista image installed in Virtual PC at work now, I just have to figure out how to make widgets for its sidebar. 

I worked on a Vista server monitor a while ago.
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Originally, Kitsune on the official forums made it. But it was ugly, and didn't work 100%. I made some changes to it, and made it prettier, though I stopped working on it before I fixed everything. To my knowledge, the only problem with the current version is that if you lose your internet connection, the gadget is unable to re-establish the connection.

After installing, you should have a new folder:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\CoXServerMonitor.gadget\

gadget.xml: Gadget specification
Monitor.html: Gadget display (specified in gadget.xml, in the <base> tag)
ServerMonitor.js: JavaScript to pull information

You can use System.Gadget in the JavaScript for additional functionality, such as options settings (System.Gadget.settingsUI), or flyout windows (System.Gadget.Flyout.file)

[xDCx]

This might sound dumb. But im new to the whole widget's thing. What exactly are these widget's used for? And when i try to download it, I cant get it to install. It save's the file, but does not let me run the setup or even get it into my yahoo widget's. Please if anyone has any idea's let me know.