Calendar

Developed in Java, Calendar is a simplistic application that enables you to consult a calendar in a large frame, as well as to customize the background images. It doesn't contain any configuration settings and can be easily handled by users looking for a straightforward calendar, even those with little or no experience in such OS enhancement tools.

The whole setup operation doesn't take long. However, the application offers to download and install additional utilities made by other developers, which it doesn't actually need to work properly. Provided that you don't rush through the setup steps and carefully study the options you have at your disposal, it's possible to decline these offers to make a clean installation.

As far as the interface is concerned, the tool adopts a large, normal-looking window that reveals the current date, month and year in the calendar. The current day stands out from the rest, thanks the fact that it's yellow.

You can use two buttons to go to the previous or next months, as well as hover the mouse cursor over a date to trigger a subtle animation, where the date's size is slightly increased to highlight it.

If you're interested in swapping the built-in wallpapers with custom ones, it's necessary to visit the app's installed directory and replace the 12 images corresponding to the 12 months of the calendar.

However, several rules must be followed in this regard. To be more specific, the new files must have the JPEG format and 800x500px size, along with the 0, 1.. 11 filenames.

Unsurprisingly, it left a small footprint on system resources in our tests. No error dialogs popped up in our tests and it didn't hang or crash.

Unfortunately, Calendar doesn't make room for customization via its interface. Nevertheless, it offers a simple calendar to place on your desktop.