The Microsoft Windows SideShow technology is a new feature developed for Microsoft Windows Vista that
enables developers to create new and extend existing applications specifically for devices with small displays
and limited interaction models. Applications designed to work with the platform are referred to as gadgets. The
devices supported by the platform include, but are not limited to, displays attached to a laptop, front panel
computer displays, displays embedded in keyboards, cell phones, digital picture frames, remote controls and other
display devices...View More
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A gadget for Windows SideShow is a mini-application or a piece of code running on the PC that sends data to devices
using the Windows SideShow platform. The gadget retrieves data from a data source such as an application or web service,
and sends this data to the Windows SideShow platform, which sends it to the appropriate devices. Windows Sideshow gadgets
are acting as mini client-server applications that are hosted on Microsoft Windows Vista computers, and communicate to a
client side on a SideShow device. Together the Client and Server side are a SideShow gadget...View More
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