[quadraspeed]

It would be AWESOME if someone is smart enough to create a Windows Vista Sidebar gadget for XBMC to control it

[El Piranna]

It would be AWESOME if someone is smart enough to create a Windows Vista Sidebar gadget for XBMC to control it

Or adapt the MacOS X Widget... :p

[quadraspeed]

I am a total noob when it comes to coding. As far as I understand the widget tutorial a sidebar gadget is "basically only" DHTML and HTML ?!

[nad]

See http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=31660

[jonnypajamas]

I use xbmc on my work machine just for listening to music cause it's folder structure is much better than any winblows media player. I run in windowed mode and keep it in the background, I would love to be able to minimize it and still be able to have a taskbar control.

Having a little window pop up when clicked that would allow shuttle control as well a scrollable listing of folders/albums/artists so I could change them without having to maximize it would rock my socks off.

[spiff]

uhrr. add it yourself, communicate using the event server or the http api. no reason to have this in the core

[Gamester17]

Use (or modify) existing third-party apps for it like:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=38120
or
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=31660