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After realising this issue a new version with update 2 has been released which is available on Java site. Click here for offline installer (size: 7 MB) or direct download from site
Microsoft has introduced many new features in its latest operating system Windows Vista like 3D flip, Windows Aero, windows dreamscene, Cardspace ,one click search etc. In brief Windows Vista is multimedia rich. So what’s lacking in Windows vista still pictures in Start menu items ?
So its the time to animate these all in style. 3D User Picture is nice freeware utility which animates the start menu pictures. Download the 3D User Picture, Extract the files and 3duserpic.exe and then open the Start menu hover the mouse over the links…..Wow pictures are animating.
Note: 3D user Picture requires a DirectX 9 capable graphic card.
Firfox Gran Paradiso 1.9 Alpha 5 introduces several new features:
Bookmarks portion of Places has been enabled. Places enable let you to manage bookmarks, RSS subscriptions and browser history in your sidebar.
Download Adobe Creative suite 3 beautiful wallpapers, to give a new look to your desktop or laptop and also feel the adobe cs 3 creativity. Download the full size HD wallpaper from here.
To rotate the cube with keyboard:
CTRL+SHIFT+Left/Right = Next/prev desktop
To move a windows to another desktop :
Click on the title bar of the window (not maximized if possible), hold down.
To change the wallpaper of a desktop :
The new Apollo platform is now available, though only for developers.
Apollo is the code name for a cross-operating system application run-time that allows web developers to leverage their existing skills in HTML, JavaScript and Ajax, as well as Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex software, to build and deploy rich internet applications on the desktop.
The alpha version of the Apollo application runtime and the Apollo Software Developer’s Kit can be downloaded for free from www.adobe.com/go/apollo. So if you are a developer, it’s time
to go get it.
With Rocket Dock, freeware utility, Windows users can experience Mac Dock style for launching applications on their Windows system without switching to Mac. Rocket Dock is a smoothly animated, alpha blended application launcher. It provides a nice clean interface to drop shortcuts on for easy access and organization, minimized windows can appear as icons on the dock. This allows for better productivity and accessibility. (watch video)
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
Download Rocket Dock (size: 6.48 MB)
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