Microsoft Gadgets are lightweight single-purpose applications, or software widgets, that can sit on a Microsoft Windows user's computer desktop, or are hosted on a web page.
Web gadgets run on Web sites such as Live.com and Windows Live Spaces Live.com lets users add RSS feeds in order to view news at a glance.
A panel, or sidebar, is found on either the right side (default) or the left side of the Windows desktop in the Windows Vista operating system.
In Windows 7, the sidebar is removed, although gadgets can somewhat similarly be aligned on any side of the screen.
Gadgets are toggled between the two sizes via a button in Windows 7. Windows SideShow is a new technology that lets Windows Vista drive auxiliary, small displays of various form-factors where ready-access to bite-size bits of information could be represented.
Sideshow is coupled to the Windows Vista Sidebar capability – that is, Sidebar Gadgets are easily ported to be compatible with Sideshow secondary display applications.
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