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sidebar Size

Submitted by jahanbin on June 4, 2008 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

Windows sidebar is not resizable. With high resolution it is barely usable.

Either make the size totally adjustable or have 2-3 options for size (Width of the sidebar).

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Not fixed

Discussion (3 comments)

AlexK wrote on June 6, 2008, 7:20pm

It will be headache for developers of gadgets. You need the gadgets resizable also. I thankful that they didn't do adjustable sidebar. But it will be good if vista have multi columns sidebar.

Max Schmeling wrote on June 12, 2008, 1:45pm

It would be a headache, yes. But I think it is a needed feature. We don't complain because users are allowed to resize the windows we develop...

adondai wrote on June 17, 2008, 5:10am

Google sidebar does it... but yes i stopped using vista sidebar as it was too wide for my screen, if it could be smaller i would.

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