

Default gadgets included with Vista inclulde the weather, a clock, a calendar, a slide show of pictures, a CPU meter, contacts, picture puzzles, notes, a currency converter, news headlines, and a stock monitor. Vista's Sidebar is a way to access information quickly on the desktop by using customizable programs called gadgets. There are also more graphics in every aspect of the desktop such as visual thumbnails that provide a preview of the application for a taskbar button when the mouse pointer is over it, improved Details and Preview Panes in Explorer to see what is in files, a new feature called Flip which shows a view of every available window, and the Flip 3D feature which shows a rotating 3D view of every available window. All of the graphics of the desktop and the features windows have sharper and clearer graphics than any previous versions of Windows operating systems. Windows Aero, Vista's graphical user interface, includes a new transparency effect called Aero Glass. These aspects can be personalized by reconfiguring the desktop to fit a user's needs.

The new visual aspects of Windows Aero such as Windows Glass transparency, increased visual controls, and more visual previews is infused in every aspect and feature of Vista's desktop and remains a staple in Windows 7. Vista's Desktop is no exception and has been improved by adding new visual features and improved functionality with Windows Aero, a Sidebar with gadgets feature, an improved Control Panel, an Instant Search feature, along with a reconfigured Taskbar and Start menu. Each subsequent operating system released by Microsoft has improved upon the desktop by either adding more features or by improving features that already existed. Windows 95 was an exciting evolution for operating systems in a large part because of its exciting new Graphical User Interface (GUI) environment called the desktop.
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2.4 Windows 7 and Vista Vista and Windows 7 Basics
