The aim of Desktop Sidebar is provide you with instant access to some of your most important daily information.Desktop Sidebar displays e-mails,
appointments, task, notes, Messenger contacts, stock quotes, weather forecasts and constantly updated news from blogs, RSS newsfeeds and web pages.
You can control Windows Media Player or WinAmp from Sidebar, and Google is only one key click (Win+Q) from you. Desktop Sidebar is fully customizable.
With skin support, you can change the appearance of sidebar and can freely arrange panels by adding, removing, moving and grouping them together. All panels can be configured with a number of specific options.
Following panels are available:
- Clock panel - This is a very simple panel, just an ordinary clock
- Calendar Panel - This panel displays your appointments from Microsoft Outlook
- Tasks Panel - This panel displays your tasks from Microsoft Outlook
- Inbox Panel - This panel shows the contents of your Inbox and other Outlook folders
- Notes Panel - This panel displays your Notes folder from Microsoft Outlook
- Messenger Panel - This panel displays your contacts from Windows Messenger
- Newsroom Panel - This panel is an RSS aggregator
- Performance Panel - This panel displays information about the workload of your computer
- Disk Monitor - This panel displays the amount of free space on hard drives
- Media Player - This panel allows you to control Windows Media Player- WinAmp Panel - This panel allows you to control WinAmp
- Toolbar panel - You can move Quick Launch toolbar from Windows Taskbar to this panel
- Weather Panel - This panel displays a weather forecast
- Search Bar Panel - Instant access to Google and other search engines
- Stock Panel - This panel displays stock quotes directly on the sidebar
- Internet Mail Checker - This panel allows users who don't use Microsoft Outlook to see their (POP3) e-mail on directly on sidebar |
