November 2006 - Posts

• Using the slideshow gadget with Search folders

  Ben Betz has a pretty cool post about building some advanced queries in the UI ( http://shellrevealed.com/blogs/shellblog/archive/2006/10/31/Query-Composition_3A00_-Building-a-search-upon-another-search.aspx ). Did you know that you can direct the slideshow Read More... Posted Monday, November 27, 2006 2:29 PM by sbblog@microsoft.com | 1 Comments Filed under: gadgets, vista, sidebar

• Building the Feed headlines gadget using the Windows Feeds Platform

  The final RSS gadget, “Feed Headlines” is done and available with Windows Vista! This gadget is featured on the Vista Sidebar by default and allows users to see new headlines peripherally. We built the gadget using the Windows Feeds Platform, which greatly Read More... Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:22 AM by sbblog@microsoft.com | 3 Comments Filed under: gadgets

• Roaming gadgets on a USB key

  DISCLAIMER: This post is relevant for the Vista v1 version of Sidebar, but isn’t guaranteed to work on future versions. Hopefully we’ll be able to devise a more streamlined method of roaming gadgets and settings in the future. Sidebar by default will Read More... Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 3:57 PM by sbblog@microsoft.com | 4 Comments Filed under: gadgets, vista, sidebar