I have tried the gadget thing a time or two since Vista first appeared on the scene and just never developed a “warm, fuzzy feeling” for gadgets and quickly abandoned the concept each time. Microsoft’s abandonment of this feature will be no loss to me personally, but it does continue their negative policy of deciding for the user what features they do or do not want rather than giving the user the choice. Bad Microsoft!
“Of course, when I was in college a computer ate punch cards and filled up a whole room,…” I remember those days – and if one card had one typo, the program simply failed to run. You had to go back through the whole stack of cards to find your error on your own.
i remember the bad old days too. we had an operator who liked to shuffle the cards whenever he thought the workload was too great. then, when he returned the deck you could spent your time reorganizing the JCL…in order to give him another shot at you.
Heather
12 years ago
This is really sad to hear. I just got a new computer at work and was trying to replace my gadgets and ran across this page. We’ve developed a couple gadgets for our company and everyone here loves them. I hope they will be able to be used somehow in Windows 8. Since Microsoft no longer maintains the gadget gallery, I’ll have to start collecting the good ones at work.
Windows 8 will bring the new Metro interface, a completely new Start Screen and an Apps Store. I’m pretty sure there will be an equivalent of today’s desktop gadgets. However, the name will change for sure. 🙂
Kevin
12 years ago
System Monitor is alright, but you can’t beat the gadget called “Computer Status.” It’s sleek and features a lot of good info, and it comes with an Internet radio too and a built-in Recycle Bin manager.
Jeeepers
12 years ago
All hail Rainmeter. Once you figure out how to edit those skin .ini config files you never go back to common widgets or gadgets. Hell my win7 will not even show gadgets anymore. It quit doing so about a year and a half ago. Rainmeter has all the desktop eye candy you could want. Get your skins at Deviant Art or Customize.org.
TheBoxCutter
12 years ago
First thing I want to say is sidebar on vista bites for gadgets but win7 Desktop gadgets can be placed anywhere and looks better,I dont know why microsoft doesn’t promote more coding of these items. Windows 8 looks like its for simpletons….I dont want my pc to look or work like some ipad,win8 is goofy and wont be running in my world. Better get your Barbie lunch box out if you want win8.
I agree with you about Windows 8. Normally I am the type of guy who downloads beta programs and early releases of operating systems, but Windows 8 looks so damned ugly, I’m sticking with Windows 7. I would rather Microsoft release an SP 2 for Windows 7 (with some additional features) than introducing yet another OS. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
You’re 100% right. I think Windows 7 should have an SP upgrade. Windows 8 looks kinda funny. I mean for someone who likes to tinker a lot, Windows 8 looks too “Barbie-ish”.
Hasn’t every new OS from Microsoft since Windows 2000 been much more childish looking and acting like children wrote them? Windows 7 and, from what I’m reading, Windows 8 are no exceptions.
Keith
11 years ago
OK, so I’m lazy, but my fav gadget/widget is battery ’cause I really hate lookin for something when I know where it is. That weather one is nice too, & clock. OH and what’s wrong with windows is that they don’t know where they’re going, just like our gov. lol, guess I’m a lil old school but what are they thinking…
J Krishnan
11 years ago
Had to do list in my windows 7 laptop earlier. Now it is gone. I must have paid atleast something for it from my software price, built into the laptop price. Will microsoft compensate for taking back what was initially paid for ? Now google desktop is there.
It is not a virus. It is just a wrongly marked as a virus by a minority of security products. As an example, only 5 out of 42 security products used by Virus Total to scan files will say it is a suspicious file.
Thomas
11 years ago
One of my favorite gadgets was the 24 clock, the one that the numbers looked like the numbers on the TV series 24 with Keifer Sutherland, if anyone has seen it let me know, I would like to download it.
Well then, I guess you are ahead of the rest of us! 🙂
Jo Dam
11 years ago
HTC Home (clock/weather) installs as a program, which sits in the taskbar when open. Doh!
I wish it was a W7 gadget, bu unfortunately it’s not.
And you have to be sure to untick two seperate pages of toolbar installs, before going ahead.
And Comodo antivirus flags it up, although apparently that is a common issue.
That site certainly makes it appear as though you can use gadgets, but I have no personal experience with it. As with anything of that nature, use it with appropriate caution.
I use Windows 7 and have three glass gadgets that I love – weather, calendar and cpu meter. Here’s a link: http://goo.gl/3CBx
That’s a very nice pack. Thanks for sharing.
I have tried the gadget thing a time or two since Vista first appeared on the scene and just never developed a “warm, fuzzy feeling” for gadgets and quickly abandoned the concept each time. Microsoft’s abandonment of this feature will be no loss to me personally, but it does continue their negative policy of deciding for the user what features they do or do not want rather than giving the user the choice. Bad Microsoft!
“Of course, when I was in college a computer ate punch cards and filled up a whole room,…” I remember those days – and if one card had one typo, the program simply failed to run. You had to go back through the whole stack of cards to find your error on your own.
i remember the bad old days too. we had an operator who liked to shuffle the cards whenever he thought the workload was too great. then, when he returned the deck you could spent your time reorganizing the JCL…in order to give him another shot at you.
This is really sad to hear. I just got a new computer at work and was trying to replace my gadgets and ran across this page. We’ve developed a couple gadgets for our company and everyone here loves them. I hope they will be able to be used somehow in Windows 8. Since Microsoft no longer maintains the gadget gallery, I’ll have to start collecting the good ones at work.
Windows 8 will bring the new Metro interface, a completely new Start Screen and an Apps Store. I’m pretty sure there will be an equivalent of today’s desktop gadgets. However, the name will change for sure. 🙂
System Monitor is alright, but you can’t beat the gadget called “Computer Status.” It’s sleek and features a lot of good info, and it comes with an Internet radio too and a built-in Recycle Bin manager.
All hail Rainmeter. Once you figure out how to edit those skin .ini config files you never go back to common widgets or gadgets. Hell my win7 will not even show gadgets anymore. It quit doing so about a year and a half ago. Rainmeter has all the desktop eye candy you could want. Get your skins at Deviant Art or Customize.org.
First thing I want to say is sidebar on vista bites for gadgets but win7 Desktop gadgets can be placed anywhere and looks better,I dont know why microsoft doesn’t promote more coding of these items. Windows 8 looks like its for simpletons….I dont want my pc to look or work like some ipad,win8 is goofy and wont be running in my world. Better get your Barbie lunch box out if you want win8.
I agree with you about Windows 8. Normally I am the type of guy who downloads beta programs and early releases of operating systems, but Windows 8 looks so damned ugly, I’m sticking with Windows 7. I would rather Microsoft release an SP 2 for Windows 7 (with some additional features) than introducing yet another OS. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
You’re 100% right. I think Windows 7 should have an SP upgrade. Windows 8 looks kinda funny. I mean for someone who likes to tinker a lot, Windows 8 looks too “Barbie-ish”.
Hasn’t every new OS from Microsoft since Windows 2000 been much more childish looking and acting like children wrote them? Windows 7 and, from what I’m reading, Windows 8 are no exceptions.
OK, so I’m lazy, but my fav gadget/widget is battery ’cause I really hate lookin for something when I know where it is. That weather one is nice too, & clock. OH and what’s wrong with windows is that they don’t know where they’re going, just like our gov. lol, guess I’m a lil old school but what are they thinking…
Had to do list in my windows 7 laptop earlier. Now it is gone. I must have paid atleast something for it from my software price, built into the laptop price. Will microsoft compensate for taking back what was initially paid for ? Now google desktop is there.
HTC home is a virus!!!!!!!!!!
DO NOT USE.
It is not a virus. It is just a wrongly marked as a virus by a minority of security products. As an example, only 5 out of 42 security products used by Virus Total to scan files will say it is a suspicious file.
One of my favorite gadgets was the 24 clock, the one that the numbers looked like the numbers on the TV series 24 with Keifer Sutherland, if anyone has seen it let me know, I would like to download it.
Hello Thomas,
I found that gadget you’re talking about!
http://www.thoosje.com/Windows-7-gadgets-clock.html it’s about 2/3rds down that page! 😀
nice but i have already these gadgets
Well then, I guess you are ahead of the rest of us! 🙂
HTC Home (clock/weather) installs as a program, which sits in the taskbar when open. Doh!
I wish it was a W7 gadget, bu unfortunately it’s not.
And you have to be sure to untick two seperate pages of toolbar installs, before going ahead.
And Comodo antivirus flags it up, although apparently that is a common issue.
HTC Home may well have changed since I wrote the review. You can see the screen shot of it from my computer, which shows what it did then.
Unfortunately one of the things programmers love to do these days is add on all those ridiculous toolbars. I guess that’s how they hope to make money.
Сan I use gadgets от Windows 10. It’s true?
http://win10gadgets.com/
That site certainly makes it appear as though you can use gadgets, but I have no personal experience with it. As with anything of that nature, use it with appropriate caution.