Sean Alexander (and others) - Windows Vista Sidebar and Gadgets | scobleizer

Togora

Mmm, is the introduction of Sidebars and the likes not following Apple? My son, who runs a imac, seems to think so and he is 15 years old. Could Microsoft not have tried to take a leap into the dark and come up with a more inventive concept? The introduction of gadgets is starting to produce a fresher desktop but it has been done before. Is it not time to move on? I suspect that now Microsoft has taken them up Apple will move on and introduce something new. Sheep and Bah seem to spring to mind right now. And no I am NOT Welsh! Smiley

AndyC

You realise, of course, that the sidebar and gadgets were seen in the Longhorn pre-beta long before Apple's Dashboard was even a glint in Steve Jobs eye...

Number9
Rawr!

Hey David,

I was at that presentation at PDC Smiley

You had that laptop at the "sidebar" table in the big room...

BenZila

I know MS did the sidebar before apple(IIRC there was a program before both of them) But calling it gadgets? C'mon guys, just opening yourselfs up.

Widget
Gadget

j0217995

Was looking forward to this interview. When I was in Seattle, the wonderful Mr. Scoble showed my wife and I around MS a bit. If I recall correctly while we were there, they were discussing when this video was going to be up and how they just got it approved for Channel9.

jsrfc58

AndyC wrote:
You realise, of course, that the sidebar and gadgets were seen in the Longhorn pre-beta long before Apple's Dashboard was even a glint in Steve Jobs eye...

http://www.konfabulator.com/cartoon/partFour.html

Don't you mean Konfabulator was a glint in Steve Jobs eye? That "widget" project was released in February 2003. When did the Longhorn pre-beta come out?

MisterDonut
The Disco Godfather

Togora wrote:
Mmm, is the introduction of Sidebars and the likes not following Apple? My son, who runs a imac, seems to think so and he is 15 years old. Could Microsoft not have tried to take a leap into the dark and come up with a more inventive concept? The introduction of gadgets is starting to produce a fresher desktop but it has been done before. Is it not time to move on? I suspect that now Microsoft has taken them up Apple will move on and introduce something new. Sheep and Bah seem to spring to mind right now. And no I am NOT Welsh!

Remember, Apple and co. are focused on the end users. They're not focused on developers.. I would imagine the difference between Widgets and Gadgets is not in "what can you do", but "How easy can you build this?" After all, it's this reason you can go into a best buy and find thousands of PC programs. and a dozen Apple apps. (I know, more than that.. Gimme a break.. Smiley

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Anyone agree? (on my first point, not my cheap jab at Apple)

AndyC

jsrfc58 wrote:

Don't you mean Konfabulator was a glint in Steve Jobs eye? That "widget" project was released in February 2003. When did the Longhorn pre-beta come out?

Well, Paul Thurrott had screenshots of the sidebar as far back as November 2002. Make of that what you will...