Microsoft has revealed that it will no longer support Gadgets in Windows 8.
The software maker revealed the change in a message on the company’s Windows downloads site. Microsoft is retiring its Windows Live Gallery site that typically provides access to desktop gadgets that were originally introduced with the Windows Vista operating system. Microsoft supported desktop gadgets in Windows Vista’s sidebar and removed the sidebar in Windows 7 but kept the gadgets support.
“Microsoft is no longer supporting development or uploading of new Gadgets,” said a statement
on Microsoft’s Windows Live Gallery site.