If you are using Windows XP and are looking for a sidebar widget similar to Vista or Windows 7 then you can try out Thoosje Sidebar. Thoosje Sidebar for Windows XP and Vista has got gadgets like media players, Google search, yahoo search and many more. It even has vista sidebar gadgets like weather and system uptime and others. The reason why you should use this on Vista is that Thoosje Sidebar uses 50% less RAM and is faster than the original Microsoft Sidebar.

Personally I do not like the Windows 7 sidebar and the Vista sidebar as it makes my Desktop look ugly(?). But many people love to keep frequently used gadgets nad applications on the sidebar. Thoosje Vista Sidebar helps you to organize your gadgets. With sidebar widgets you can easily check the weather, open an application to view your calendar, open a calculator and lots more. You can add different gadgets like Calendar Gadget, Media Player Gadget, RSS Gadget, Search Gadget, Wifi Gadget, Torrent Search Gadget etc.

The latest version of Thoosje Sidebar works for Gmail when you add @gmail.com or @gmail.google.com instead of just your username. There are also couple of updates and changes related to Weather, mail and RSS Widgets in the latest version of Thoosje’s Vista Sidebar 3.0.

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