Desktop Sidebar Beta

The Desktop Tool That Lets You Have It All

Breaking News… Critical Appointments… Personal Photo Gallery… Convenient Toolbars… Favorite Cartoon… Instant Web Searches… Task Tracking… Music Library… Notes to File… Weather in Tokyo… You can have it all and more at your fingertips with Desktop Sidebar!

provides you with instant access to the information you most desire by grabbing data from your PC and the internet. The result is a dynamic visual display you configure and control.

How can you make this possible? Choose from among a wide selection of information conduits (e.g. MS Outlook, toolbars, newsfeeds), called “panels”. Fully customizable, Desktop Sidebar allows you to dock these panels to the edge of the screen, or arrange them anywhere on your desktop as you wish. All panels are configurable with a number of specific options. With hundreds of skins available in our Extras Page and an easy to use Skin Editor, you can freely change the appearance of Desktop Sidebar to suit your tastes.

Installation includes a Desktop Sidebar SDK, and many third party panels are already available in our Extras Page. Popular third party panels available now include a File Browser, IP Information, Application Capture, and Performance Monitor enhancements, with more being created everyday by the Desktop Sidebar Community…

Desktop Sidebar uses minimal system resources, and is compatible with the following versions of Windows: Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista.

Desktop Sidebar is FREEWARE. Feel free to use and distribute!

Download: Desktop Sidebar 1.05 Build 116 Beta | Screenshots

Key Features and Capabilities

This software provides comprehensive functionality for its intended purpose. Features address common user needs and workflows. Regular updates add new features based on user feedback. Advanced features serve power users well.