A while ago, I have been searching for Desktop Sidebar. I have since found a few types of desktop sidebar but I am reluctant to try out each one. In addition, some of the sidebar might not have a wide range of widgets selection.

Here's the list.

1. Windows Vista Sidebar
2. Google Desktop
3. Yahoo! Widgets
4. Dashboard Widgets
5. Opera Widgets
6. DesktopX Widgets
7. Klipfolio Widgets
8. AveDesk Widgets
9. Adobe Air Widgets
10. Samurize Widgets

Windows Vista Sidebar was the first one I used because it comes pre-installed. The choices of widgets that can be used as well as the customizations are quite limited. Memory usage is high and increasing over the time. Eventually, I have to prevent it from startup.

Yahoo! Widgets, called Konfabulator previously, is the one that I have on my system now. It started running on the startup but I decided to remove it from there so that my system could start up faster. One thing I notice that unlike Windows Vista Sidebar, each widgets has its own memory usage where Windows Vista Sidebar has only one no matter how many widgets you have with it. Overall, Yahoo! Widgets is stable and offers a wide range of widgets to choose from. However, memory is still a problem.

Today, I have downloaded a portable version of Desktop Sidebar. I like the way it can be customized and the widgets can be docked and undocked as well. I will try it out at home later to see whether it will slow down my system. The best thing is that I don't have to install the program. If I don't like it, I can just delete the folder.

Widgipedia - A site which offers a wide range of widgets for desktop sidebar as well as web widgets.

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