BEST sidebar gadgets??

I eventually settled on:

Calculator (quick and simple)
ClipboardHistory (multiple item retention)
NetGadget (network activity and performance)
Multimeter (two cores plus RAM)
Calendar
SphereTimer (multifunction clock, timer, alarm, etc.)

SphereTimere is the one most looked at, since it's now the only
clock on my desktop.

Clipboard History is certainly the most useful, as I do a great
deal of writing and it presents a list of items "clipped" and
permits selection. It saves many minutes each day. I would have
problems writing without it, as this important capability has
changed the way I work. It replaced a non-Vista software package
that once did the job.

Multimeter lets me judge the impact of different applications as
they're loaded, one at a time, which affects speed. For example,
I had the choice of two different in-house utilities for list
management which seemed the same, but one proved to be many
times less efficient than the other (load-wise).


But the grass might be greener... is there more/better?

"notaguru" wrote in message

> Clipboard History is certainly the most useful, as I do a great deal of
> writing and it presents a list of items "clipped" and permits selection.
> It saves many minutes each day. I would have problems writing without it,
> as this important capability has changed the way I work. It replaced a
> non-Vista software package that once did the job.

Thanks for the tip!

I use an old program called "Clipboard Magic", on my desktop box, find it
indispensable, and will check this one out, for sure.

Now, if I can just found something as simple, easy to use, and as versatile
as the long discountinued "Chimp", to store/organize boilerplate language.

Some things are just too good/simple/elegant to survive in the "corporate
greed" era of the internet ...

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/Swingman/ said:

> "notaguru" wrote in message
>
>> Clipboard History is certainly the most useful, as I do a great deal of
>> writing and it presents a list of items "clipped" and permits selection.
>> It saves many minutes each day. I would have problems writing without it,
>> as this important capability has changed the way I work. It replaced a
>> non-Vista software package that once did the job.
>
> Thanks for the tip!
>
> I use an old program called "Clipboard Magic", on my desktop box, find it
> indispensable, and will check this one out, for sure.
>
> Now, if I can just found something as simple, easy to use, and as versatile
> as the long discountinued "Chimp", to store/organize boilerplate language.
>
> Some things are just too good/simple/elegant to survive in the "corporate
> greed" era of the internet ...

ClipPlus 3.6 not only stores the latest dozen or so clips, but
"permanently" retains others, which can be used as boilerplate.

It is an old, non-glitzy, basic tool that hasn't been supported since
the '95 era, yet works fine in both XP and Vista. Invaluable - for
years - and free.

http://www.simtel.net/product.downlo...ors.php?id=436

Do not confuse this with Clip Plus 4.x, another product.

I use "Simple Date" (recently updated, by UCFknight10 and SFkilla)
Time, date, weather, calendar, shortcuts to shutdown, restart, lock,
hibernate, task manager, and customize/skin options.

I like "Shutdown" by Sn1FFeR, too, for a fast little
shutdown/standby/restart utility that works well.

"App Launcher" offers one-click access to my most frequently used programs
and websites, because I use the Sidebar 'on top' and don't need to minimize
anything and double click, or open the Start Menu first. Easy to use, browse
to the file to create, saves your settngs.

(I'm also using MultiMeter, single core version)

KB

"notaguru" wrote in message news:f68ma4$ggk$...
>I eventually settled on:
>
> Calculator (quick and simple)
> ClipboardHistory (multiple item retention)
> NetGadget (network activity and performance)
> Multimeter (two cores plus RAM)
> Calendar
> SphereTimer (multifunction clock, timer, alarm, etc.)
>
> SphereTimere is the one most looked at, since it's now the only clock on
> my desktop.
>
> Clipboard History is certainly the most useful, as I do a great deal of
> writing and it presents a list of items "clipped" and permits selection.
> It saves many minutes each day. I would have problems writing without it,
> as this important capability has changed the way I work. It replaced a
> non-Vista software package that once did the job.
>
> Multimeter lets me judge the impact of different applications as they're
> loaded, one at a time, which affects speed. For example, I had the choice
> of two different in-house utilities for list management which seemed the
> same, but one proved to be many times less efficient than the other
> (load-wise).
>
>
> But the grass might be greener... is there more/better?