

Although you could move them outside the sidebar to other parts of the screen, the bar itself would never really go away. In Vista, though, those gadgets were more constrained to the sidebar. Gadgets, which were introduced in Vista are mini applications built using XML, DHTML, and JavaScript. Several gadgets have been created that can track CPU, memory, hard drive and network usage. Many of the available gadgets are useful as system utilities that keep track of Windows 7 or Windows Vista resources. Gadgets in Windows 7 and Windows Vista can do more than just show the weather and news.
