When Microsoft Windows Vista was released, many users were blown away by the ease-of-use features that were included, such as the upgraded start menu and graphics. One of the most popular features of Vista, though, was the sidebar applet. Using the sidebar made accessing commonly-used programs and documents easy for most users without cluttering up the desktop with a junk pile of icons. Unfortunately, the sidebar included in Vista was unavailable to users of Windows XP, until now with the release of Vista Sidebar XP.

Until the advent of the sidebar, frequently-used programs had to either take up task-bar space as quick-launch icons, or they were relegated to desktop-shortcut land, a vast sea of confusing icons just waiting to get lost in the lines and colors of background images. Desktop clutter is one of the most frustrating parts of the Windows experience, as users stare blank-faced for up to ten minutes at a time, trying to locate the icon they need to click to get their work done. Vista Sidebar XP addresses this issue by reproducing the Vista sidebar on a Windows XP desktop, so users can access their programs through the sidebar instead of having to use desktop shortcuts.

There's no longer any need to create extraneous shortcuts and folders on one's desktop or even new entries in one's start menu or start folder. Now, using Vista Sidebar XP, users can have their frequently-used objects available instantly on the side of the screen, via a nicely-animated series of bubble icons that come to life when hovered over by the mouse pointer. Vista Sidebar XP takes what might be the most useful and productivity-enhancing feature available with Vista and brings it to the masses of folks who still use Windows XP. Try it out today!