Steam Gadget (For Vista Sidebar or XP)

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Alright, this is a very cool tool that I wanted to share with you guys. I didn't make it, although I wish I did :P.

It works easily on the Vista Sidebar, and you can get it working on Windows XP with a little bit of installing and stuff. Website: http://steam.demon-xxi.net/

What this does: It goes on your Windows Vista (or XP) sidebar. It will sync with your "Favorite Servers" list, and display how many players are on, what map, the hostname (obviously), and if the game is on the Source Engine it can show the names of the players.

Here is a picture of it in action (on the right side of screen, ignore the rest lol. Spoiler'd for size)
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Download it here: http://steam.demon-xxi.net/Download.aspx Also, as you can see on the tool, it has shortcuts for the steamfriend list and the steamservers list.

Enjoy!
Note: This gadget only works for Source Engine games, or HL1 Engine games.
 
I think he put every game he owns on his desktop to show it off.

Who is this guy by the way? Why does he think he's worthy of HL2.net's appraisal all of a sudden?
 
I don't see why everyone is SO mean to him, he hasn't done anything dreadfully wrong.

Also, cool gadget. I might get.
 
I didn't have time to crop the image, and it might have been a little confusing if all you saw was the sidebar.

@Shamrock I like customizing my desktop with all my favorite games and using custom icons, because I just like my desktop to be neat, organized, and to look good :D
All of my games are not on there, I have like 20 missing from it. And I don't wanna take the time to go to the steamgames list , I would rather just double-click something on the "Main Screen" and go directly to it.

Example: GTA doesn't work if I do the shortcut from steam, so I just put it on the desktop.
 
I think he put every game he owns on his desktop to show it off.

Who is this guy by the way? Why does he think he's worthy of HL2.net's appraisal all of a sudden?

Yea I don't see the big deal, I keep all my games on the desktop, it's way easier.

I don't use steam other then for running Valve games, so won't get but nice idea.
 
Possibly the oldest gadget I've ever seen. Had it installed like 2 years ago :/
 
Yea I don't see the big deal, I keep all my games on the desktop, it's way easier.

I don't use steam other then for running Valve games, so won't get but nice idea.

I hate the clutter, and it just seems extremely, extremely messy. I have maybe.. 10 icons on my desktop. I have about 30 games installed, but I'm not going to put them on my desktop. That's what adding them to Steam is for! :D

Anyway, I don't like this guy.
 
^Well, I have a large monitor, therefore I can fit a lot of icons into that space.
 
Looks decent, might give it a try. Like your desktop BG btw.
 
I hate the clutter, and it just seems extremely, extremely messy. I have maybe.. 10 icons on my desktop. I have about 30 games installed, but I'm not going to put them on my desktop. That's what adding them to Steam is for! :D

Anyway, I don't like this guy.

I actually just cleaned my desktop like 5 days ago, I uninstalled alot of my games, but there were alot more then this.

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Doesn't look messy.
 
^Well, I have a large monitor, therefore I can fit a lot of icons into that space.

So do I, but that still looks like an epic mess.

I actually just cleaned my desktop like 5 days ago, I uninstalled alot of my games, but there were alot more then this.

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Doesn't look messy.

See, that's fine to me. He just has EVERYTHING just bunched together as one. It just.... Scares me. D:
 
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That's mine! In a hasty fashion, I threw all my icons in a random place, but normally, I have them set up as a regular Windows arrangement. :D

EDIT: Completely unrelated, but do you see the box around Google Chrome? How do I remove it? I know there's a way, but I don't feel like Googling it at the moment. Someone link me to a letmegooglethatforyou.com thing. Hahahaha
 
Damn, what resolution is that?

PS cool background :E
 
Looks like a nifty gadget. I don't use that, as it just slows my start up down, but if I DID use it, this would be a primary choice.

Never seen it either, nice!
 
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