Desktop Sidebar (Longhorn-Feeling)

Können Sie nur schwer auf Windows Longhorn warten? Dann wird dieses Programm eben diese Wartephase ein wenig verkürzen. Mit dem Programm "Desktop Sidebar" bringt man ein bisschen Longhorn-feeling auf den eigenen PC. Laut www.winfuture.de sind folgende die verfügbaren Panels:

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• Clock panel – This is a very simple panel, just an ordinary clock… but when you rest your mouse on it, it will display a calendar in a details window.
• 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. This panel includes rules engine, simple junk filter and it displays alerts about new messages.
• Notes Panel – This panel displays your Notes folder from Microsoft Outlook. As in the case of other “Outlook” panels, you can add or remove notes to Outlook by the context menu in this panel.
• Messenger Panel – This panel displays your contacts from Windows Messenger.
• Newsroom Panel – This panel is an RSS aggregator. Newsroom panel integrates with Microsoft Internet Explorer so you can subscribe to newsfeeds from page displayed in Internet Explorer with one button click.
• 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 from Sidebar and information about playing media even with visualization are displayed in this panel.
• WinAmp Panel - This panel allows you to control WinAmp from Sidebar
• Toolbar panel – You can move Quick Launch toolbar from Windows Taskbar to this panel. This will allow you to save precious space on their taskbar.
• Weather Panel - This panel displays a weather forecast.
• Search Bar Panel – Instant (Win+Q) access to Google and other search engines with built-in Calculator and Command Line launcher.
• 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. This panel includes rules engine, simple junk filter and will display alerts about new messages.


Auch Skins können heruntergeladen werden, für diejenigen, welche gerne das Aussehen ihres Desktops verändern.
Weitere Infos und einen Link zum Download kann auf der Website, www.desktopsidebar.com, gefunden werden.

News by Luca Rocchi and Marc Büchel - German Translation by Paul Görnhardt - Italian Translation by Francesco Daghini


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