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LongBar Is A Slick, Open-Source Sidebar For Windows

By The How-To Geek on October 30, 2009 at 7:00 AM

Windows only: Desktop sidebar LongBar hosts mini-applications as “tiles”, giving you application launchers, system stats, Facebook updates, sticky notes and more on the side of your screen.

Once you’ve installed and launched LongBar, you can use the tiny arrow at the top of the bar to access the settings menu, where you can move the sidebar to the right-hand side of the screen, and change between a couple of available skins. Unlike most sidebars, this one doesn’t come bundled with any widgets — you’ll have to choose between the 30+ widgets on their website, drag them over to the sidebar to install them, and then configure them with the context menu. LongBar is free and open source, the latest version works on Windows 7 or Vista only, requires the .NET framework 3.0.

LongBar [CodePlex via BlogsDNA]

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