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4 stars
Version: Desktop Sidebar 1.1.3
"Nice Features that are otherwise unavailable normally"
Pros: This is all about having information at your fingertips, which it conveys quite nicely if configured to your needs. Most of the panels for it that I find useful have to be downloaded from their site, but allow me to do things like manage the windows clipboard and cut and paste 3 or 4 DIFFERENT things in a bitmap image(or any program) in only a few seconds. Or, you can see a live display of the weather from the Weather Channel, among other things. It also can support a feature that allows you to pick one of four designated desktop backgrounds on the fly, and even has a slideshow panel! All the panels can be collapsed to save space, and there are many "themes" or visual styles to choose from.
Cons: This program is just a -little- unstable. Some of the panels designed for it don't work right/at all, and the "New Panel" manager feature doesn't always show all the available panels. It is also annoying when I go to scroll down on a web page with my mouse on the right side of the screen and I accidentally activate the calendar or weather summary "auto-show" windows, which block whatever I'm doing until it fades off by itself in about 2 seconds. Don't try to install it without the .Net framework, either--most of the panels run off of it.
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