Sidebar+wastes+too+much+space


 * Sidebar wastes too much space**

There is no way to make the sidebar shorter, but there is a solution to the problem.

It might not be readily obvious, but you can have your gadgets without running the sidebar at all. Just drag them off the sidebar onto any area of the desktop.

Then right click an empty part of the sidebar and select Close Sidebar.

The gadgets can be placed wherever you want them on your desktop, and you have no empty sidebar space taking up valuable screen real estate.