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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
- Date added: August 27, 2008
- Total Downloads: 58,355
- Downloads last week: 285
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 25 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on September 02, 2009
Some people's work on the PC immerses them in one or more applications. Other users prefer to think of the desktop as their center of operations. For the latter, this desktop sidebar offers plenty of gadgets to simplify their accessing the tools and info they want.
Thoosje Vista Sidebar installs an unobtrusive icon in the system task bar and a vertical pane along the right side of the monitor. Moving the bar to another spot is simply a matter of dragging it, and changing its skin to suit your fancy is a snap by clicking a button at its top.
This free sidebar performed well during our tests. Although the number of gadgets from which to choose wasn't huge, and the type of gadgets were rather basic, a novice or intermediate user will find them acceptable and appropriate for getting accustomed to the world of desktop gadgets. Many users will probably appreciate the sticky note gadget, which is handy for pasting reminders to the desktop. The clock styles from which to choose varied widely, but the other gadgets had only a single appearance. Again, novices will appreciate this tool far more than experienced users, who will demand more bells and whistles from a competing product, and those novices will probably outgrow this simple sidebar after a few weeks or months.
Publisher's description
From Thoosje :Our Vista sidebar for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista has gadgets like media players, Sticky's, calculators, google search, yahoo search, and lots of more search engines. It has also vista sidebar gadgets like weather and system uptime and lots of more useful gadgets. The sidebar uses 50% less RAM and is faster than the original Microsoft Sidebar with more extras and works on Microsoft Windows Vista and XP. Version 2.5 has new gadgets, enhanced script, new skins, better performance, and bugs fixed.
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Version 2.5 has new gadgets, enhanced script, new skins, better performance, and bugs fixed.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 2.6 stars out of 25 votes
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Version: Thoosje Vista Sidebar 2.5
Pros: Okay for upgrading old OS.
Cons: needed to get Firefox in order to apply it (wouldn't work with Opera 10.0).
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Version: Thoosje Vista Sidebar 2.5
Pros: This program makes it look just like vista with out installing vista. or as i like to call it the YUGO of operating systems. There is no viruses or spyware according to Norton 360 and Spybot Search And Destroy.
Cons: i cant think of any
Summary: This is a must have program for anyone wanting the gadgets from vista but not the pain of installing vista It does take a little of your system to run it just because it is updating the time but so did the one in vista. It is well worth it.
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Version: Thoosje Vista Sidebar 2.5
"Great Looking Sidebar! Extremely limited Functionality!"
Pros: This sidebar is great looking. I had no problems with XP sp3 compatability. Skinnable. Easy to setup.
Cons: Extremely limited amount of gadgets. Does not support Vista gadgets.
Summary: I would really like to see this updated with support for vista gadgets and not just the internalized gadgets prepacked with the program. That would make this sidebar an excellent program. Unfortunately with its limited functionality at this time, I ... read more >>
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Version: Thoosje Vista Sidebar 2.5
"Looks good,but has less widgets."
Pros: Floating docklets and slick interface make it attractive.
Cons: There are few options for skin and widgets,and choice of widgets are very limited.
Summary: An attractive add-on,but number of widgets and options are very limited.
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Version: Thoosje Vista Sidebar 2.5
Pros: Good for widows xp service 2
Cons: Not all useful for windows xp Service 3
Summary: I dislike this product because this product does not support windows xp service 3. very bad
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