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I have heard of Live, Sidebar and Sideshow Gadgets. Whats the difference between them?

April 26, 2017difference gadgets heard live sidebar Sideshow

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I have heard of Live, Sidebar and Sideshow Gadgets. Whats the difference between them?

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A Gadget in general refer to a high-level component that provides some complete functionality – both visual functionality and application logic. Currently, you can build three types of Gadgets: • Windows Live Gadgets that run on Live.com • Sidebar Gadgets that run on Windows Vista Sidebar • Sideshow Gadget that run on the auxiliary display on some Windows Vista notebook computers These are currently 3 separate types of Gadgets and they are not interoperable. We are currently working on a more unified story. Stay tuned.