(Autor: Lee Chantrey - UK : http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol) DD: May 2009 - 197 KB - Englisch/Sprachneutral - One Step Installer (.zip) - Freeware Donationware OS: Window XP HP: http://lee-soft.com PP: http://www.lee-soft.com/viglance DL: http://www.lee-soft.com/viglance/builds/ViGlance%20OneStep.zip SS: http://www.chrisnsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/pictures/site/viglance_processgrouping.jpg FLV: http://www.lee-soft.com/viglance/videos/7effect.flv VIDEOS: http://www.lee-soft.com/viglance/#video CL: http://lee-soft.com/viglance/builds/changelog-en.txt FORUM: http://lee-soft.com/forums/index.php?PHPSESSID=31bddedaa4ed44ea0d8ed1ed8fe1d2f8&topic=518.0 Windows 7 Superbar - semitransparente Start-Taskleiste für XP vom Autor der XP Styling Tools ... ViStart http://www.lee-soft.com/vistart ViOrb http://www.lee-soft.com/viorb ViSplore http://www.lee-soft.com/visplore/index.html Beim ersten Aufruf entpackt sich ViGlance ohne Rückfrage unter x:|Programme|ViGlance Übrigens - die Button-Skins im Unterordner "Resources" lassen sich austauschen bzw. individuell anpassen. ViGlance A utility to simulate the Windows 7 Superbar for Windows XPViGlance has been updated to Build 1054. This build just fixes a few bugs reported. Check changelog-en for more information. http://lee-soft.com/viglance/builds/changelog-en.txt Features include in this release (Build 1024); - True 48x48 Vista Icon Support - Dynamic Process Grouping - Fading Start Orb - Glide transitional effects - Resource PNG skin support - Native Right-Click support - Dynamic taskbar transparency - x64 and x86 Windows XP Support I plan on adding support for pinned items, support for Vista and recently used files list associated with the process in the near future. This build has been tested thorougly and deemed stable.
(Entwickler: Christian Salmon - FRANCE http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marly-le-Roi) DD: May 2009 - 3,9 MB - Englisch - Portable Standalone (.zip) - Freeware & Donationware OS: Windows XP VISTA Se7en HP: http://www.chrisnsoft.com PP: http://www.chrisnsoft.com/standalonestack DL: http://www.chrisnsoft.com/download/langswitch_lang/en/#standalonestack SS: http://www.chrisnsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/pictures/standalonestack/screenshot2.jpg CL: http://www.chrisnsoft.com/2009/05/31/standalone-stack-2-released/#comment-360 Vertikales Docklet bzw. Programmstarter - kombinierbar und portable. 8) StandaloneStack If you have ObjectDock or RocketDock, you certainly know the stack docklet from Matonga. Now, if you don’t want any dock and simply use your taskbar, you can have stack view too. Just get StandaloneStack 2, create a shortcut and voilà, run it to show the stack. StandaloneStack 2 use the Matonga stack library, so you can thank him for making it…- Base on new stack library from Matonga - Better customization dialog. - Special folder ( for now, no control panel for windows XP, sorry ) - Video preview with “animation” (.AVI ) - Folder navigation in stack ( hold CTRL key to enter in folder - but no go back) - Image loading in background
(Entwickler: Marvin Sanchez - PHILIPPINES http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebu) DD: May 2009 - ca. 10,2 MB - Englisch - Inno Installer - Freeware OS: Windows HP: http://www.kludgets.com PP: http://code.google.com/p/kludgets DP: http://code.google.com/p/kludgets/downloads/list DL: http://code.google.com/p/kludgets/updates/list CL: http://code.google.com/p/kludgets/wiki/Changes BETA: http://kludgets.com/category/features SS: http://kludgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/kludgets-preview.jpg RSS: http://kludgets.com/feed INFO: http://www.opendesktop.org/?xcontentmode=4230 Kludgets ist eine neue universelle Widgetengine, die es ermöglicht, Widgets der verschiedensten Systeme & Anwendungen laufen zu lassen, ohne dass diese vorhanden sein müssen. Windows-User haben z.B. die Möglichkeit Apple Dashboard-Widgets zu nutzen bspw. hier zu finden: http://www.widgetworld.nl . Einige Widgets bringt das Programm mit. Kludgets A widget engine. dashboard compatible, opensource, webkit based, QT Nokia based. There are thousands of widgets, gadgets, applets, screenlets on the internet developed by thousands of developers. A lot of them are pretty cool and useful. But a majority are klumsily made, lame, ugly in design, dumb and inefficient, but still good enough because they function. The Kludget Engine allows developers to continue to kludge away HTML, Flash, Javascript, XML to create desktop widgets or gadgets. But it will be the widget engine to rule them all, copying the best features from Dashboard, Yahoo Widgets, Microsoft Gadget, Google Desktop, Opera Widgets. It’s primary goals are efficiency, speed, ease of development, aesthetics. ____________________________________________________________________________ The Kludget Engine is created by Marvin Sanchez. If you want to contribute to the project. Please contact me through the contact page.
(Entwickler: Vladimir Likhonos - RU) DD: May 2009 - 4,1 MB - Englisch - Installer - Freeware "Beer" Donationware ^^ OS: Windows XP Vista Windows 7 HP: http://xwdock.aqua-soft.org DL: http://xwdock.aqua-soft.org/release/XWindowsDockInstaller5.6.zip SS: http://xwdock.aqua-soft.org/images/monitor.png XWindows Dock XWindows Dock - or XWD for short - is the newest free Windows Vista and XP program of the class Application Launcher and Desktop Organizer. But it's not just another one: it's the result of years of use and observation of the many dock programs on the market, plus all functions you only dreamed that your dock would offer! Sure some of the other ones are good, but none has all the functionalities XWindows Dock has for turning your user experience more productive and fun! Besides, XWD is in active development so that new functionalities are added at each new release. Cusomize dock Neither application launcher not allowed to configure dock so detailed. User can configurate: - Opacity and blur of reflections. - Panel opacity, hiding and showind time - Space between panel and screen border. In addition, XWindows Dock allows: - Use or create your own skins for 2D or 3D dock. - Shows indicators of running applications. - New skin format, now a skin can be created even without specifying some PNG files.
(Entwickler: Eric Wong - USA) DD: Oct 2008 - 12 MB - Multilingual - NET Standalone (.zip) - Donation & Open Source GNU OS: XP MCE 2005 VISTA + ab .Net Framework 2.0 http://circledock.wikidot.com/requirements HP: http://circledock.wikidot.com DL: http://circledock.wikidot.com/download-circle-dock SS: http://circledock.wdfiles.com/local--files/start/AngleWingsScreenshot.jpg VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ko36ebOg9U FORUM: http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/index.php?board=240.0 Circle Dock ist ein Programmstarter ähnlich Magic Formation, benötigt allerdings die NET Frameworks. Per Mausrad kann man "am Rad drehen" oder ein Programm direkt anklicken und starten. Clou: Circle Dock kann so eingestellt werden, dass es bei Aktivierung direkt am Mauszeiger erscheint. Circle Dock The Open Source Circular and Spiral Dock for Windows What Circle Dock 0.9.2 Alpha 8 Allows You to Do: - Launch your programs from a circular dock. - Drag and drop your files, folders, and shortcuts onto a circular dock that you can resize. - Rotate the dock with either your mouse wheel or the keyboard arrow keys. - Change the image shown for the icons and change the skins (compatible with icons and skins for Rocket Dock, Object Dock, etc.) - The dock appears where your mouse is by pressing a hotkey (default is F1) or your middle mouse button. - Tested on computers with multiple monitors, Windows XP/Vista, 32-bit & 64-bit, and requires only .Net Framework 2.0. - Automatically works on all Windows Vista computers and most Windows XP computers. - A new settings panel that allows you to customize many options. It updates your dock as you make changes. See it change in real time! No need to press an OK button. - Multi-language capable. Just translate the English.ini file to the language of your choice. - Change the image used for the dock icons with the easiest method out there: Just set the program to "Icon Replacement Mode" in the right-click menu of the centre icon and you can change all the icon images by just dragging and dropping new PNG images onto them! Huge time saver when you are customizing your dock! - You can now toggle the visibility of the dock by moving your mouse to any edge of your screen. By default, the left and right edges are used for toggling. No need to press a button! - Rotate the dock with your mouse wheel or arrow keys (customizable). - Click sensitivity adjustment for tablet users. - Reorder the dock items by draging and dropping them over each other. - Organize the dock items using dock folders. - By default, clicking on the centre button does not open the start menu. You can enable this in the settings panel. - Uses the default high resolution icons in Windows Vista. - New easy method of upgrading from older versions. - New Kiosk Version of the Circle Dock exe file. - Many bug fixes and some new features have been added for Alpha 8. See the Change Log - Added the ability to run multiple docks at the same time by allowing multiple Circle Dock instances to run from separate folders. - Has the ability to run from a USB key on computers with the .Net Framework 2.0 or above. - Includes French, English, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, Dutch, Hungarian, Indonesian, Serbian, Croatian, Chinese, Spanish, German, and Danish language files. (Note: Alpha 8.2 is released and now has an up to date language file for each of the languages.) - More animation and smoother performance are being looked at for Alpha 9. - Ability to run docklets, live synchronization of the dock icons, and more will be added later on. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
(Autoren: K. Higashino & Y. Shinohara - JAPAN) DD: Oct 2007 - 313 KB - Englisch - Standalone (.zip) - Freeware OS: Windows XP 2003 MCE 2005 HP: http://www.tokyodownstairs.com DL: http://www.tokyodownstairs.com/binary/mform_0981e.zip SS: http://www.tokyodownstairs.com/magicformation.png Freischwebender Programmlauncher der besonderen Art für Desktop & Systray. Kann per Mouse Gestures und/oder Hotkeys aufgerufen und wieder zum verschwinden gebracht werden. Die Oberfläche ist ähnlich aufgebaut wie die nachfolgenden MAC Docklets, mit dem Unterschied, dass die Icons von den diversen Programmen, entweder im Kreis, in einer Reihe oder beliebig angezeigt werden. Zudem genügt eine Kreisbewegung mit der Maus um den Launcher an beliebiger Stelle auftauchen zu lassen. Programme und Dateiverknüpfungen können einfach durch Drag&Drop auf den Mittelpunkt hinzugefügt werden. Magic Formation ist spielerisch und funktionell zugleich - ein tolles Werkzeug! :D ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Magic Formation
(Entwickler: RaduKing - CANADA) Empfehlung als Ergänzung zu MagicFormation! 8) DD: Mar 2007 - Englisch - 926 KB - Standalone (.zip) - Freeware OS: Windows ab 2000 HP: http://www.osx-e.com/downloads/docks/rk_launcher.html PP: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Launchers-Shutdown-Tools/RK-Launcher.shtml SS: http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/RK-Launcher-Screenshot-29780.html DOCKLETS: http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?libid=29&sort=dlall RK Launcher RK Launcher is an application that will allow the user to have a visually pleasing bar at the side of the screen that is used to quickly launch shortcuts. With support for themes, PNG’s and ICO’s and with smooth amazing animations, RK Launcher is a versatile and great taskbar replacement.
DD: Dec 2007 - Multilingual - 6.2 MB - Installer (.exe) - Freeware OS: Windows 2000 XP 2003 MCE 2005 HP: http://www.punksoftware.com/rocketdock DL: http://www.punksoftware.com/download/?project=RocketDock SS: http://www.punksoftware.com/assets/images/projects/RocketDock-Right.png SS: http://one.revver.com/watch/160224/affiliate/65364 DOCKLETS: http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?libid=29&sort=dlall RocketDock RocketDock arbeitet auch auf weniger schnellen PCs sehr flink und lässt sich in der Darstellung fast beliebig anpassen. Sie können zwischen 30 verschiedenen Designs auswählen und auch Skins und Symbole aus anderen Dock-Programmen wie ObjectDock und RK Launcher übernehmen oder eigene Grafiken als Symbole verwenden. Die Position und Grösse des Docks lässt sich exakt definieren. Sie bestimmen ausserdem Schriftart und Transparenzgrad, wie schnell die Vergrösserung animiert werden soll und ob das Dock im Vordergrund bleibt oder automatisch verschwindet. http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/33301.asp ________________________________________________________________________________________________Features: - Minimize windows to the dock - Real-time window previews in Vista - Running application indicators - Simple drag-n-drop interface - Multi-monitor support - Supports alpha-blended PNG and ICO icons - Icons zoom and transition smoothly - Auto-hide and Popup on mouse over - Positioning and layering options - Fully customizable - Completely Portable - ObjectDock Docklet support - Compatible with MobyDock, ObjectDock, RK Launcher, and Y'z Dock skins - Runs great on slower computers - Unicode compliant - Supports many languages and can easily be translated - A friendly user base :) - And best of all... its FREE
HP: http://www.stardock.com PP: http://www.osx-e.com/downloads/docks/objectdock.html Object Dock ObjectDock acts both as a task manager and a program launcher. Users can customize the look of each item on the dock and set various animation options for when the mouse rolls over an item on the dock. The program is very easy to configure. Version 1.3 supports reserving screen space for itself and countless other new features
HP: http://www.osx-e.com/downloads/applications/macgadger.html MAC GADGER for WindowsMAC Gadger is an application that emulates the look and feel of the Mac OS X volume bezel and CD/DVD Tray. It also provides a tray icon from which you can Change the Settings and When you Click on that it will show Volume Control that displays the current volume level and you can set the Volume from there in an OS X style controller.
(Installer) PP: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4176.html PP: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Aqua-Dock.shtml SS: http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/Aqua-Dock-Screenshot-10851.html Aqua Dock Is a free program that allows you to have an “OS X” style, nice animated launchbar / taskbar on your screen Aqua Dock
(Standalone) PP: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Yz-Dock.shtml SS: http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/Yz-Dock-Screenshot-14880.html Fast identisch mit AquaDock - ohne Installer 8) Y'z Dock
PP: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/MobyDock.shtml MobyDock DX is a fully customizable freeware launchbar / taskbar program that allows you to control your applications and folders while displaying some cool mouse-over animations. MobyDock
(Entwickler: BOBAH13 - UKRAINE) DD: Jan 2009 - 3,8 MB - Multilingual - Installer (.zip) - Donation Freeware OS: Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 MCE 2005 HP: http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=51155 DL: http://nemecsx.narod.ru/Theme/XWindowsDockInstaller.zip FORUM: http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=51155 SS: http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/wp-content/uploads/20081021-160352.jpg XWindows Dock ist ein Launcher im Mac OS Dock Style und Vertikal Stack Option. Im Aqua-Soft Forum gibts eine deutsche Sprachdatei - die ist allerdings nur mit Anmeldung zugänglich. XWindows Dock 5.4http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/2008/10/21/xwindows-dock-dock-wie-bei-mac-os-inklusive-stack Eben im Aqua-Soft-Forum gefunden: XWindows Dock – eine weitere Dock für Windows. Bietet eigentlich die üblichen Features die man von einer Dock erwartet – wie zum Beispiel das minimieren der Fenster, Ändern der Icons, direktes Hereinziehen von Dateien und Ordnern und so weiter. Neu ist, dass gleich ein Stack mit eingebaut ist – wie bei der echten Dock unter Mac OS X Leopard. http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/2009/01/24/xwindows-dock-mittlerweile-in-version-54/ Mittlerweile ist diese in Version 5.4 zu haben – und meines Erachtens die beste Dock, die man als Freeware für Windows Betriebssysteme findet.Release Thread here (Download on this page) http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=51155 Thank BOBAH13 here http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=50660 Find general tips & help here http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=50975 (v5.4) Find Skins & Support Files here http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=51164 (v5.4) Additional language files may be found here http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=51163 (v5.4) Find docklets here http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=51162 To find other general info on this dock, visit the dock's sub-forum section. Report bugs here http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=50659 Additionally, Matonga has released a skin editor to assist in making your own customized skins (v5.4 compatible) http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=51079 And atreiu has released for v5.4, a profile manager here http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=51165 I'm sure some additional new threads will appear specific to v5.4. So check back to find links for skins, language files and docklets.
(Entwickler: Andreas "Ave" Verhoeven - NETHERLANDS) HP: http://avedesk.aqua-soft.org/info.html HP: http://www.avedesk.org/desklets/engines PP: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Other-Desktop-Enhancements/Avedesk.shtml DL: http://www.avedesk.org/download.php?id=1 (Version 1.4) WARNING: THIS IS A BETA, THERE ARE STILL A LOT AND A LOT OF BUGS HP: http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=37378 DL: http://mpj.tomaatnet.nl/AveDesk2preview.rar (Version 2.0 Beta) http://mpj.tomaatnet.nl/Translator.rar http://mpj.tomaatnet.nl/PidlShortcut.rar http://mpj.tomaatnet.nl/WidgetDock.rar AveDesk Here's a small example of things maybe to come: http://mpj.tomaatnet.nl/NewLayers.zip 1) Extract 2) run NewLayers.exe 3) right click for options 4) watch cpu usage ps. graphics are all ripped from a MS widget.SS: http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/Avedesk-Screenshot-15013.html(Moritz Zielenkewitz) Widgets im Aero-Look konfigurieren und mehr Windows Vista glänzt in vielerlei Hinsicht, da bleibt die Sidebar mit ihren funkelnden Widgets im Glaslook nicht außen vor. Doch mit AveDesk bekommen Sie auch unter XP solche Desktop-Elemente hin - die sogar umfangreich angepasst werden können. http://www.netzwelt.de/news/75646-tutorial-vistadesktop-unter-xp-mit.html Tutorial: Vista-Desktop unter XP mit AveDesk AveDesk is a tool that enables desklets on your desktop: desklets are small graphically pleasing mini-applications that are useful and fun to use. 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. A desktop enhancer Each icon is in fact a desklet, a little plug-in that can virtually do anything. A desklet can be just a regular shortcut, a mail checker, a calendar, a clock, etc. It depends on the imagination of the desklets programmer. Also, the user can set a large amount of properties for each desklet: alpha level, drop shadow, grayscaling, label style, etc. Currently, AveDesk is totally compatible with Object Dock dockets. This means that you can use docklets that were made for Object Dock as your icons. Here are some key features of "Avedesk": · Better support for mini-applications / widgets / desklet · Several feature-rich new desklets · Hardware accelerated flip and closing effects · New user-interface · Big architecture changes · Unique library of skinned, alpha-blended controls · New scriptable desklet: AveScripter · MultiMonitor Support In recent years desklets —or widgets, as they are also called— have been rising up. Many different applications were born after AveDesk that also host widgets. However, AveDesk has a unique set of features that make it distinct from any other widget application out there: 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.
AveScripter (Add-On für AveDesk) HP: http://avedesk.philc.ca/modules/PDdownloads/viewcat.php?orderby=dateA&cid=5 DL: http://avedesk.philc.ca/desklets/avescripter.zip DL: http://avedesk.philc.ca/desklets/avescripter_update.aveinst (UPDATE 1.0.7.5)Description: First release of AveScripter v1.0. This is a bundle package that includes the following Skins: Battery Meter Calculator Calendar Clock ITunes News Ticker Picture Viewer RSS Feed Weather Also is the XML SDK which was reviewed by NightCrawler Special Thanks to Andreas (aka Ave) for all your help to get this done. NightCrawler for document. KOL for all the artwork done in the skins And a few others that my mind has gone blank right now You need AveDesk 1.3+ for this to work. Features: XML VBScript JScript Skinnable
MorphDock (Add-On für AveDesk) HP: http://avedesk.philc.ca/modules/PDdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=9&lid=92 DL: http://avedesk.philc.ca/desklets/morphdock.aveinst SS: http://avedesk.philc.ca/modules/PDdownloads/images/screenshots/preview_small.jpg TabbedDock is dead, long lives MorphDock... any form & design and more than launching shortcuts...
SysStats DD: Apr 2006 - 1,34 MB - Englisch - Standalone HP: http://sysstats.jools.net PP: http://www.osx-e.com/downloads/misc/sysstats.html# DL: http://dockex.com/items/38 SS: http://www.osx-e.com/screenshots/SysStats.gifSysStats provides advanced widgetry for ObjectDock, RKLauncher and AveDesk. There are many pre-defined widgets you can download and its easy to modify these or even create your own from scratch to match your own themes and requirements. SysStats completely exposes its own internal objects usng COM and provides extra COM objects to access other COM objects and windows APIs. For those who want to go even further there is even an SDK you can use to create COM objects that integrate seemlessly with the SysStats framework. Here are some things you can do with SysStats - Display the time, memory usage, disk usage, CPU usage, network traffic, the weather, CPU temperatures and fan speeds, battery status, number of emails and anything that comes as XML. - Launch applications, control media players. - Add animations, scrolling, drawers, change cursors, input values. - Display values as text, images, graphs and meters. - Change hues, add transparency, add masks. - Use any input to modify any of these things to produce complex and original effects. http://sysstats.jools.net/downloads.php
(Moritz Zielenkewitz) Funktionen und Look des neuen Betriebssystems schon jetzt nutzen http://www.netzwelt.de/news/74076-tutorial-optik-von-windows-vista.html ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tutorial: Optik von Windows Vista in XP einbauen (Moritz Zielenkewitz) Von Transparenzleisten und Funktionsmonstern http://www.netzwelt.de/news/75246_2-tutorial-sidebars-fuer-windows-xp.html#a2 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tutorial: Sidebars für Windows XP im Vista-Stil
http://www.wincustomize.com/gallery.aspx http://osx-e.com/downloads/docks http://dockex.com http://www.dockex.com/index.php?pageId=docklets http://www.dockzone.de ________________________________________________________________________________________________