Windows 7 and Vista Sidebar Gadgets

Here is the list of Web references used in the "Creating Vista Gadget book"

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Chapter 1
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Create Channel Definition Format (CDF)
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa768024.aspx    

Weather Gadget source of information
http://weather.msn.com   

Windows Live Gadgets
http://microsoftgadgets.com/livesdk/index

Yahoo Widgets(Konfabulator)
http://widgets.yahoo.com

Apple Dashboard Widget
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard

Google Desktop Gadget
http://desktop.google.com

DesktopX Widget
http://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx

Samurize Widgets
http://www.samurize.com

KlipFolio Widgets
http://www.klipfolio.com

Apollo Widgets
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air

AveDesk Widgets
http://www.avedesk.org

Opera Widgets
http://widgets.opera.com

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CHAPTER 2
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Tutorial on CSS and HTML
http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/011/firstcss

DOM Level 1 specification
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-DOM-Level-1

Article on reusing MSHTML component
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb508516.aspx

Information on HTML Application
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536496.aspx

Windows Sidebar Object Reference
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965853(VS.85).aspx

addshadow and other gadget protocol methods
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa359356(VS.85).aspx

Widgets 1.0 W3C working draft
http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets

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CHAPTER 3
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Soapbox Video Gadget
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/gadgets/SoapBoxGadget.aspx

Use of Microsoft Copyright content
https://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/permissions/default.mspx

Colors and contrast effects
http://www.colorsontheweb.com

Microsoft design and dimension guidelines
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511443.aspx

HTML and CSS Design Example
http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/011/firstcss

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Chapter 5
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RSS information at the Harvard website
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html

About Atom syndication format
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4287

Visual Studio Express editions Free downloads
http://www.microsoft.com/express/download

JavaScript Object Notation(JSON)
http://www.json.org

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Chapter 8
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Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511258.aspx

Windows Script Host
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/at5ydy31.aspx

Script Debugger for Windows NT 4.0 and Later
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads

Firefox plug-in for debugging
http://www.codejacked.com/debugging-javascript-with-firefox

Microsoft Cabinet Software Development Kit (Tool for creating a vcab file)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310618

VeriSign public timestamp dll
http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll

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Chapter 9
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Sitemeter
http://sitemeter.com

Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads

Child node attributes in HTML document
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537445.aspx

W3C DOM Level 1 specification
http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-DOM-Level-1-20000929/

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Chapter 10
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WMI Tasks for Scripts and Applications
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394585.aspx

WMI Code Creator
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2cc30a64-ea15-4661-8da4-55bbc145c30e

Identifier for Visual Studio project
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hb23x61k(VS.80).aspx

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Chapter 11
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SHOUTcast Internet radio
http://www.shoutcast.com/

Real Player download
http://www.real.com/player

Object Model reference for Scripting
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd563945(VS.85).aspx

YouTube RSS Feeds
http://www.youtube.com/rssls

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Chapter 12
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Download Silverlight Plug-in
http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/downloads.aspx

XAMLPad download link
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742398.aspx

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Chapter 13
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Feeds distribution website
http://feeds.feedburner.com

Information on XMLHTTPRequest object
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535874(VS.85).aspx

Beginner guide on XML DOM
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa468547.aspx

Details on Feed objects visit
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684749(VS.85).aspx

Gadget graphic protocols
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb508512(VS.85).aspx

Free Photo editing software Paint.Net
http://www.getpaint.net

Microsoft Accessibility Developer Center
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/default.aspx

list of DHTML events available to an element
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533051(VS.85).aspx

W3C initiative Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
http://www.w3c.org/TR/WCAG20/

Lighthouse for the Blind, an expert in vision disabilities
http://www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/effective-color-contrast/

Vista Security
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965881.aspx

User Account Control and WMI
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa826699.aspx

Inspect Your Gadget (Security related article)
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb498012.aspx

Simple Gadget Samples for Windows Sidebar
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb735517(VS.85).aspx

JsMin (Online Javascript compressor)
http://fmarcia.info/jsmin/test.html

Gadget using Microsoft Dynamics
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/gadgets/DynamicsCRMGadget.aspx

Trickofmind Gadget
http://www.trickofmind.com

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