To me, the sidebar was an odd feature of Vista. It reminded of the old Office toolbar(which I never used), yet as time passes it is starting to grow on me mainly to the useful gadgets people build for it. One such useful gadget is the Control System gadget...
When the Vista sidebar was released, I was a bit skeptical. It reminded me of the old Office toolbar(ok,but not a big hit-at least not with me). Lately I have started to view it in a different light-you can actually have quite a useful gadget attached...