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November 14, 2007

Keep Your Favorite URLs Handy on the Desktop

Use this app to display your most frequently used Web links in one compact window
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If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer's (IE's) Favorites feature, you might be interested in a mini-app called HotLinks. You can use this miniature HTML Application (HTA) to display all your favorite Internet links in a compact, organized window on your desktop so that you can quickly get to any of your favorite places. HotLinks runs on Windows Vista, Windows XP, and other Windows OSs. You can also easily convert HotLinks to a Vista Sidebar gadget.

I have to admit, I really like my mini-apps. Their compact size lets me keep several of my favorite applications open and always available—yet out of the way—on my desktop. Although the effect isn’t quite the same as what you get with the new Vista Sidebar feature, I can mimic the sidebar effect, even on a Windows XP machine. So, you ask, what exactly is a mini-app? . . .


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