[Osiris]

I don’t like the Windows Vista sidebar that much and think that most applications - also called widgets and gadgets - are pretty much useless. The Windows Vista sidebar styler is a great software for those who use the sidebar and would like to have more options to customize the look and feel of it.
Have you ever asked yourself for instance why it is not possible to resize the Vista sidebar ? Microsoft creates additional layers if you fill the sidebar with to many applications which are only accessible if you click on the arrows that appear in that case. Not very user friendly in my opinion.
The Sidebar Styler lets you resize the sidebar at will, you can increase and decrease the width of it. This disables the page navigation however which means that you won’t be able to see all gadgets if you have a lot of them in the sidebar. Most users however won’t notice this at all.

Since this application is called Vista Sidebar Styler it is able to customize the appearance of the sidebar as well.

Custom styles allow for resizing and customizing the appearance of Windows Sidebar so that it fits other UI elements, such as the Aero Glass colorization or an actual third party theme.

download: Windows Vista Sidebar Styler
source: Cybernet News