Hi,
Can anyone please list out the major differences between Gadgets in the sidebar and any Desktop applications.
Regards,
Santosh Kalkeri
Difference between Gadgets and Desktop applications
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Difference between Gadgets and Desktop applications
barkingdog
Desktop applications are likely to be far richer because you are not constrained by the size of the application (as opposed to the limited gadget size) and the technologies at your disposal are far greater (as opposed to browser-based technologies of a gadget). However, the flexibility of a gadget to dock to the side of a screen, automatically load at runtime, be non-intrusive, etc. all make gadgets really appropriate for several functions. For example, you could never build the richness of Office or iTunes in a gadget. On the other hand, I don't need an entire application for the weather, but it's nice to have a persistent small gadget to let me know it's 53 degrees and cloudy in Redmond (actually, it's like that everyday, so I don't need a gadget for that
).
SANDY