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MSDN Video Vista Sidebar Gadget

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I created a Vista Gadget with the help of my Lead Jon Gallant. This gadget helps you find Videos on MSDN. You can select from existing categories or you can search for videos. It shows the Video links at the bottom. When you hover over the video links it shows a tooltip with a thumbnail and a title of the video.

You can download and try it here - https://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=f33020fe-65af-4abc-9d29-6c9b643e9cb3&l=1

Try some searches like - "Scott Guthrie", "AJAX", "Silverlight"

You can even look at my (or any other Gadget) source code, once you have downloaded it, open the folder for the Gadget under "C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets"

If you have any feedback please leave a comment.

Here is a screenshot of what the Gadget looks like. 

MSDN Video Gadget

 

UPDATE 05/02/2007 - As per comments below, modified the Gadget to open the Video in Media player in the "Flyout" window. Also added auto refresh on the content every 5 minutes.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    April 18, 2007
    It would be nice if the video would keep playing even if I click somewhere (e.g. to do some webbrowsing). Mark

  • Anonymous
    April 18, 2007
    Unfortunately, that's by design of Vista Sidebar Gadgets. The video is hosted on a "Flyout" and that closes as soon as the Gadget looses focus. I hope the Sidebar team takes this into consideration on the next version.

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    But maybe it is possible to have a clickable caption, that when clicked opens mediaplayer with the file, or goes to the webpage. That way, I can easily "sample" new video's, and if I am interested in one, I click this link. The Feeds gadget that is in Vista can do it: it shows the blog entry in a fly out, and clicking on the caption opens the blog in in Internet Explorer. As an aside, I started vista without an internet connection; after connecting the cable, i had to remove the gadget and re-add it to get it show video feeds.

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    Stay tuned Mark. I have something in the works. I will post when it's ready. Thanks for giving the ideas.

  • Anonymous
    December 31, 2007
    If you make an update maybe you can make it resize when not docked. Due to my screen size I can only see one story and I really like this gadget. How about posting the source? I'd love to tweak it myself. Where do the videos get searched from I don't see similar searches on any of the msdn sites with video? Still thanks for a great gadget.

  • Anonymous
    December 31, 2007
    Thanks Matthew. As with all Gadgets you can change the code at the gadget location - C:Users[YourLogin]AppDataLocalMicrosoftWindows SidebarGadgetsMSDNVideo.Gadget Once you are done you can zip that folder (remove the .zip extension) and you got a gadget of your own. Regarding the Search URL its in the code (loadVideo.js)

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2008
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2008
    Paul, I apologize for the videos not showing up on the Gadget. You are correct the Feed from which the videos are loaded seems to be down. I am checking internally as to why it is down and I am trying to find an alternate feed location. I will keep this Blog updated. Sorry for the incovenience. Thank You.

  • Anonymous
    March 26, 2008
    Is there any update on getting the Feed working?  I am still unable to use it. Thanks.

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2008
    Is there an update available for this gadget yet? . Thanks!