Vista Sidebar Gadget Ideas

[schmosef]

I'm going to be acting as a proctor at EnergizeIT for the Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget programming track.

Part of the track includes a contest to develop the best Vista Sidebar Gadget.

Gadgets are being judged on:
-Creativity
-Usefulness
-Canadian themed

Does anybody have any suggestions for suitable gadgets that we can suggest to the teams to build?

[lowlifecat]

something bouncy

something that meows at you..

can't think of anything else at the moment

[VJ]

A front-end for Altiris SVS (like the trinket which resides in the system tray)?
A list of removable hardware (with "safe remove" options?
List of connected bluetooth hardware?
Wifi information (list all networks with details)?
Display the graphical network map (or changes to it)?


Jörg

[ND66]

Canadian, huh?

Live score updates from the Hockey league.


I'm with VJ on:

A list of removable hardware (with "safe remove" options?

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[Helevitia]

I also like the removeable hardware list with the "safely remove" option.

[Helevitia]

Actually, there is one that desperately needs to be written. A really good task list with lots of options. If you search the gadgets, there are a few but they all horribly suck.

[schmosef]

Actually, there is one that desperately needs to be written. A really good task list with lots of options. If you search the gadgets, there are a few but they all horribly suck.

can you elaborate on this? what do you mean by lots of options?

[Helevitia]

I guess I'd like to see one that numbers each task, allows you to click a check box and crosses out the task, maybe allow you to setup reminders, etc...If I think of more things, I'll let you know.

[az]

New Mail subject lines
What's playing in Winamp (with controls)
Connected Bluetooth Devices
Combined Buddy list (Skype, ICQ, MSN, AIM) and online status with quick connect/disconnect/change status button (one button for all your IMs)
Command prompt
Last.fm
screen loupe/color picker (displays color value of pixel under cursor)
clipboard view
alarm clock
stopwatch
irc chat client

[schmosef]

All these are interesting but they don't have a "Canadian" angle.

For the contest I need a Canadian connection.

[Mehen]

Something Don Cherry/Coach's Corner themed. You can play off his crazy suits too.

Just rip something off of google desktop gadgets for the function.