The engine is more closely integrated with AveDesk, and is able to take advantage of the internal features that come with the new version, such as visual effects included with AveDesk and a special library of graphical user interface controls intended for AveDesk desklets, called AveControls.ĪveDesk is mainly used by Windows users emulating the look and feel of Mac OS X. Some of the more commonly used ones include: This can be seen in the default set of desklets included in the program. A "PidlShortcut" desklet (the most popular among the default set of desklets in AveDesk), a skinnable shortcut desklet that can point to a computer file or folder, but with customisable looks and functions and the ability to use a high-resolution PNG image as an icon for the shortcut (instead of the usual low-resolution Windows icon), as well as to provide additional information, such as the number of files in the folder or the size of the disk drive.A skinnable "iTunesDesklet" desklet (also known as "AveTunes"), which is an iTunes remote control, similar in functionality to its Mac OS X's Dashboard counterpart, but can have its appearance changed through skins, and.A "StickyNotes" desklet, which can hold simple notes and is very similar to the Stickies widget in Mac OS X's Dashboard.This desklet is an updated replacement for the "Notes" desklet found in earlier versions of AveDesk. A "Translator" desklet, which uses an online language translator to translate text from one language to another, and is similar to its Mac OS X's Dashboard's counterpart, but can have its appearance changed through skins.
Among the languages supported are the more commonly spoken languages in Europe (such as English, French and German), as well as Chinese, Korean and Japanese. In addition to the "Translator" and "StickyNotes" desklets (which were added in version 1.3) described above, two other desklets worth mentioning are: Version 1.3 of AveDesk adds several new internal features as mentioned earlier, and a few new desklets were made to take advantage of them. Essentially a simple electronic drawing pad, a user can use a mouse to write or draw on the pad. The user can choose between five drawing colours and three pen sizes. A "WordSearcher" desklet, which allows a user to search either an online dictionary or thesaurus.With themes, users can save their favorite configuration and quickly switch between different configurations.Note that this is not an exhaustive list of all the desklets included with AveDesk.Īmong the features of AveDesk not usually found in other widget engines are: The desklet's colour changes to green if an entry is found, and red if it is unable to find the entry. AveDesk is extensible with modules, effectlets and new scriptingĭesklets (e.g. Just press the ShowCase button to reveal the hidden desklets. With ShowCase desklets can be hidden until needed. Instead of having each desklet create their own set of controls which feel and work differently, AveDesk has a built-in library of skinnable, alpha-blended controls. AveDesk provides special hardware accelerated 3D effects, such as 'flipping a desklet' or special remove animations. Each desklet has the same interface for dealing with options. Effectlets allow to apply all kind of extra effects to desklets, such as glow on mouse-over.Desklets are installed, rather than run allowing for tight control over which desklets can be running.AveDesk provides a Control Panel in where all running desklets are listed and can be modified.Each desklets can be scaled to whatever size the user prefers.
This makes it much easier for skinners and customizers to change the look of a desklet, since they don't have to hassle with code. Instead of recreating endless piles of the same desklet with different looks, there are a couple basic desklets that can be skinned. However, AveDesk has a unique set of features that make it distinct from any other widget application out there: Many different applications were born after AveDesk that also host widgets. In recent years desklets -or widgets, as they are also called- have been rising up. It all depends on the imagination of the desklet creator. A desklet can be anything, a small sticky note, a weather foresight, a calculator, etc. AveDesk is a tool that enables desklets on your desktop: desklets are small graphically pleasing mini-applications that are useful and fun to use.
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