Portable Avedesk

AveDesk is a tool that enables desklets (small apps similar to widgets) on your desktop. A desklet can be anything, a small sticky note, a weather foresight, a calculator, etc. It all depends on the imagination of the desklet creator.

Here are some key features of "Portable Avedesk":

￭ Desklets are skinnable. Instead of recreating endless piles of the same desklet with different looks, there are a couple basic desklets that can be skinned. 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. ￭ Scalability. Each desklets can be scaled to whatever size the user prefers. ￭ AveDesk provides a Control Panel in where all running desklets are listed and can be modified. ￭ Desklets are installed, rather than run; allowing for tight control over which desklets can be running. ￭ Effectlets allow to apply all kind of extra effects to desklets, such as glow on mouse-over. ￭ Easy interface for options. Each desklet has the same interface for dealing with options. ￭ 3D accelerated effects. AveDesk provides special hardware accelerated 3D effects, such as 'flipping a desklet' or special remove animations. ￭ Built-in library of UI-controls. 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. ￭ ShowCase. With ShowCase desklets can be hidden until needed. Just press the ShowCase button to reveal the hidden desklets. ￭ Extensibility. AveDesk is extensible with modules, effectlets and new scripting desklets (e.g. AveScripter, SysStats, MultiMeter). ￭ Themes. With themes, users can save their favorite configuration and quickly switch between different configurations.