Under the slogan "It's time to build gadgets for Live.com and Window Vista" Microsoft has announced that it will slowly transition the content from MicrosoftGadgets.com to other locations. Currently , the website has been stripped of gadget upload/download and forum.

"It is a very exciting time for gadgets, and MicrosoftGadgets.com is changing to better meet the needs of the growing gadget community. The most significant changes are gadget uploads/downloads and forum comments on MicrosoftGadgets have moved to new locations. Upload and download of gadgets is now at the Windows Live Gallery and the forums can now be found at the Windows Live forums on MSDN," explained Adam Kinney, UX Developer in Redmond.

But additional content from MicrosoftGadgets.com will follow. Microsoft also updated the Build page on MicrosoftGadgets.com to point to an increased number of gadget developer resources. "For the next few months, the information contained in the gadget and forum posts will be left here in read-only mode for reference. In early 2007, we will transition the existing forum information and at that time MicrosoftGadgets will only link to other gadget resources and sites," added Kinney.

The Redmond Company instructed all the developers that have uploaded a gadget to MicrosoftGadgets.com to submit it again to the Windows Live Gallery in order to ensure that the gadget can be downloaded.

"The Windows Live Gallery is the site for uploading and downloading Web and Windows Sidebar gadgets. In addition, the Gallery contains other exciting ways to personalize your online experience including Toolbar Custom buttons, Search Macros, Messenger Activity Windows, and more. The Gadget Forums have been moved to MSDN. This change allows us to offer more features and better support," concluded Kinney.