Comments on: Three Active Desktop Replacements for Windows

By: Nyheter og værmelding rett på skrivebordet « Leif Dalands blogg

Nyheter og værmelding rett på skrivebordet « Leif Dalands blogg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:04:57 +0000

[...] rett. Den er nemlig sterkest på opplysning. Enten det er nyheter, kalender eller annet. Det finnes andre alternativer (som også passer for Vista og 7), men ingen som er så integrert med operativsystemet og dermed i [...]

By: Nyheter og værmelding rett på skrivebordet « BetaGeek.no

Nyheter og værmelding rett på skrivebordet « BetaGeek.no — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:37 +0000

By: February Roundup : Make Use Of Authors | MakeUseOf.com

February Roundup : Make Use Of Authors | MakeUseOf.com — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:46:37 +0000

[...] Three Active Desktop Replacements for Windows 5 Ways To Access Your Google Tasks Setup A Fake IRC Server With phpFreeChat [...]

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:34:16 +0000

EXCELLENT FINDS!!! VERY NICE ARTICLE!

By: SGT E. V. McKay

SGT E. V. McKay — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:12:15 +0000

Absolutely.
Also I can not be held responsible if the software in question will work as more than an active Desktop, but it is part and parcel to an active desktop, and then some.

By: Jason K

Jason K — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:44:25 +0000

Looks like a promising piece of software - although its scope is broader than that of the article. Here's MakeUseOf's review of 360 Desktop.

By: SGT E. V. McKay

SGT E. V. McKay — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:54:51 +0000

I think that any one looking for this kind of functionality, plus adding your own HTML as well should actively look into 360 Desktop.
The options are great and easy to use, plus with a WYSIWYG editor, you can attached HTML’s of your own making, with customized URL’s and shortcuts to the web and your system. Plus you can cut a page and add it in order to monitor that page. Not to mention the expanded real estate as a bonus.
I use it on my laptop as a replacement for 3 monitors at my desktop

By: WrapUp: Kindle 2 Coming Feb. 24th, Microsoft MyPhone, and More

WrapUp: Kindle 2 Coming Feb. 24th, Microsoft MyPhone, and More — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:06:42 +0000

[...] Active Desktop Replacements Microsoft removed the Active Desktop functionality from Vista, which meant users couldn’t display dynamic online content on their desktop wallpaper. This article outlines three different applications that will help get back that functionality. [...]