Lottery Post announces Lottery Results Gadget for Windows Vista

Todd 

i just currious with the sidebar work on vista

Does the third party sidebar similar with anytool bar eg google, etc.., i have download it and installed but it need another desktop enhancement program also my laptop friends but some XP updater block the installation it need to remove first then install the program.

Does the third party sidebar similar with anytool bar eg google, etc.., i have download it and installed but it need another desktop enhancement program also my laptop friends but some XP updater block the installation it need to remove first then install the program.

well i guess "so it is enitrely up to you if you want to give it a try" to gain new LP advantages.

Can it be written backwards compatible to XP? 

sysp,

The instructions are pretty clear about that, I think. LP does not support XP, because XP does not have the Sidebar.

I'd suggest upgrading to Vista if you want to use the gadget, but it's your computer-- if you want to try using an add-on product to simulate the Sidebar on XP that's up to you.

Lottery Post does not provide support for other companies' products. You need to contact the other company about their product.

XP does not have a similar technology.

Todd

it seem the Transformation succesfully, only look like vista. unfortunately for LP sidebar it doesn't work on XP because it's not a RTM program like LP software.

well to work on XP we may suggest sidebar author to create LP sidebar on XP

Why is it only for Vista? Everyone I ever talked to who had Vista (some of them are very experienced) tell me it's horrible. I have an experimental program now that can "fetch" the data from the nj Lottery site. Also, Vista is so expensive that I need to WIN the Lottery first.

Vista is NOT horrible, it's awesome.  It's fashionable (but not justifiable) to dog-pile on Microsoft.  It's got to be one of the stupidest concepts ever.  Everyone hated XP too, but now those same people can't stand to let it go. 

Vista has low-cost versions available.  You could probably get a great discount if you looked. 

You guys complaining about Vista should read this.

This is what it's like on Vista, not the ever-complaining comments from people who hate Microsoft.

I have been running Vista since January.  I would never dream of going back to XP.  The only reason I ever use XP now is just to test my site to make sure it works on it, and then I immediately close it down.

Edit:

I'll add a little more about Vista.

One of the great things about Vista is that it's so much easier to find something on your PC.  The search function is integrated into every aspect of the computer. 

So if you type the word "lottery" in any of the search entry spaces, it automatically finds documents with the word "lottery" in the file name, "lottery" in the contents of the file, internet bookmarks with the word "lottery", sites you visited with "lottery" in the name, programs on the start menu with "lottery" in the name, e-mail contacts with "lottery" in them, etc.

It happens almost instantly too.  And it really helps when you have a computer with lots of programs installed.

Have you ever opened up the start menu and tried to hunt down a program you know is on there, but is hidden in a labyrinth of menus?

With Vista you can do that if you want to (click through menus to find what you're looking for), but there is a much easier way. 

You click the start button and then instead clicking into menus you just start typing the name of the program.  As you type, all the possible matches start appearing in the start menu, and then you pick the right one.

So for example if you want to open Notepad, click the start button, and start typing ...N...O ... that's all you need to type.  Notepad is listed at the top, just click it.

There are tons of other features like that -- just a lot easier to use than XP.  They have come a long way.

I mentioned the search capability because that's one area I think Vista helps every single person.

Snapfiles has just reviewed the gadget and gave it a rating of "Very Good".

You can see it here:

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/lotteryresults-gadget.html

Also, they posted screen captures here:

http://www.snapfiles.com/screenshots/lotteryresults-gadget.htm

(Shows the gadget in the Sidebar and with Settings window open.)

Now don't laugh too hard when I tell you this, but I never even upgraded to XP.  I din't like the fact that it was taking away my ability to find things easily.  The things you mentioned above I already do on my ME. Except the typing to search like you would in an index.  I thought it was just part of it.  I'm glad you posted that, because I was considering just upgrading to XP (reluctantly).  But I have a question:  My kids use all kinds of media gagets (mp3' mp4's, flash drives, etc.)  Is Vista set up to work with that and winmx?  If it can handle what I need it to do---easily---then I would benefit more going straight to vista.  Xp didn't have a feel or functionality that I wanted, so I never fooled with it.  When my brother upgraded to XP as soon as it was available, he said " on this one you can give a password to every person using your computer."  When I told him I already did that on mine (at the time it was Win98,)  he just looked at me in disbelief.  Then I let him on my computer to do something and he was shocked to see how mine was set up.