I have updated my XBMC Vista Sidebar gadget to v1.0.
This time I have even included a screenshot. The screenshot shows two instances of the gadget. The top one is pointing to an XBMC playing a song. (Note the tooltip with the song's details). The third gadget down is pointing to an XBMC that is offline.
The new version provides the following functionality:
1. Displays the thumbnail of the currently played media, or if nothing is being played then the XBMC logo, or if XBMC is offline (or some other network error) a greyscale XBMC logo. Note that the thumbnail is only displayed if XBMC has access to the thumbnail (i.e. the gadget does not attempt to find the thumbnail).
2. Displays information on the currently played media as a tooltip on the thumbnail. (Hover the mouse over the thumbnail; the thumbnail may need to be clicked in order for the tooltip is displayed).
3. Double clicking the gadget pauses/plays the currently active media
4. Dragging a media file on to the gadget and, provided XBMC knows how to access the file (see configuration below), XBMC will attempt to play it.
5. Clicking the gadget (to select it) and any keys the user types are sent to XBMC
6. The original XBMC browser interface can be initiated from the gadget’s settings window allowing for fuller control of media playback.