This creates a sidebar gadget or a widget for your desktop from just about anything, if you can find and copy the code for it, and enter that into the little program window. It was made for use on Vista and with OS-X, but as we discovered today, it will also work in Windows 7.You can grab your very own ( and it's a freebie! ) right here, Folks, if gadgets really grab you, and you can make all of them that you can park on your monitor. Want YouTube in the sidebar? No problem!
However, as you're filling in the blanks on the program's page, if you're using Windows 7, then down near the bottom, where it mentions "choosing an image", just ignore that part. Leave that little square blank and go on to where it says "Generate" and click that button. Why? That "Image" box is actually meant for an icon or avatar, and if you try to use an ordinary jpeg image in there, it will bring everything to a screeching halt, and you'll have to start over. As you maybe can guess, I wouldn't be telling you all that if I hadn't been there and done that. When it happened this afternoon, I sent an email back to support at Mesa Dynamics, the creators of this program, and I got a very fast reply from Danny, requesting a copy of the details of the error report I'd caused by trying to add that image. After he received that, he tactfully suggested that I should try not adding anything to the "image" box, and as soon as I followed his suggestion, everything finished up very well, and the new gadget joined the others in the collection, and on the desktop. So, if you're running Windows 7, then Danny would like you to know you should not put anything in that "image" box as you're completing the details in the little program window. He is still working on its compatibility with Win 7. But using this work-around, it already works nicely. Check it out....
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