The gadgets will only be useful if they:
a) arent too big... they load at start and so that can get really annoying!
b) can take up less space than they do right now... on 1280x1024 they take up around a 10th of the desktop!
I hate the fact that the 'default' gadgets for the beta are probably the least useful... clock is shown in start bar... people dont need to see a slideshow of their photos all the time... RSS reader is a great idea but RSS feeds need more detail and formatting them in my opinion.
All we have to think at the moment is... is there anything I would like to see.. if so it has to be a useful feature!!
crabby