slick, in it's own sorta way.

doesn't beat the java-based q3-in-a-web-page tho.

I got it to work, and its pretty cool. Only lets you click stuff once per time, though.

Not as cool as my sweet Metroid interactive desktop.

i have a 2405fpw so im in luck and am trying it now

Peaceboy: Jebus, people, my 19-inch screen's a struggle for me even at 1024x, with my aging eyesight. Are y'all sitting in front of 50-inch plasmas? And get off my lawn.

That's exactly what I thought.

I think I just came.

METROID? show me donutmaker!

Donutmaker

Not as cool as my sweet Metroid interactive desktop.


Shadowspawn

slick, in it's own sorta way.

doesn't beat the java-based q3-in-a-web-page tho.

Links please?

So this is new to me....moving desktops. Are there more out there? Does anyone have links?

SteinAuf
I got it to work, and its pretty cool. Only lets you click stuff once per time, though.

Hit F5

Why is this cool? Just curious. Looks like a system-hogging toy to me. Not that there's anything wrong with that, if you like that sort of thing. I just wonder if it 'does' anything useful.

Can I make the color behind my icons transparent?
Not that I'm aware of, you can however set it to be the same background color:

I thought it was possible to make the color behind the icons transparent. I just can't seem to remember how..

I agree with somemoron. Besides I don't think this would work for me anyway; the first thing I do when I install Windows is run gpedit.msc and set "allow only bitmapped wallpaper".

somemoron

Get off of Peaceboy's lawn.

Why is this cool? Just curious. Looks like a system-hogging toy to me. Not that there's anything wrong with that, if you like that sort of thing. I just wonder if it 'does' anything useful.

Maybe some people find it fun and don't look at their computer as some monolithic tool that can only be used to recompile the latest Linux kernel and measure stats to wave e-penises with other geek friends.

OH NOES!!! My computer's using 5% of the system resources instead of the normal 1% I use by surfing the 'net with Lynx so I have geek cred!!! System hogging!!! What a waste!!!

Alyna_jf, you need a program like WinRAR or PowerArchiver to extract it. WinZip might extract them too but I haven't used it in years (and don't recommend it).

Alyna_jf: how do I 'extract the rar'???


you need a program called winrar, does the icon that you downloaded look like a set of books?

www.rarlabs.com

It's very cool. I'm going to try to do the same with the javascrip version of astroids...

Glad you guys are enjoying it :D

Noticed a big spike in my webserver traffic just now and discovered this in the referral log ;)

I think Ultra Hal has some anger management issues he needs to work out...

It's cute. I'd like to see a God of War one.

Why is this cool? Just curious. Looks like a system-hogging toy to me. Not that there's anything wrong with that, if you like that sort of thing. I just wonder if it 'does' anything useful.

You remind me of my old boss who use to deride me for moving my mouse pointer around out of boredom when a program was loading because it "wastes CPU cycles".

*puke*

Ultra Hal

What exactly happens when the javascript running behind that whole thing starts leaking memory? I think thats what he's hinting at. The less eye candy, the better. Cute for a little webpage toy though.

Paulson: You remind me of my old boss who use to deride me for moving my mouse pointer around out of boredom when a program was loading because it "wastes CPU cycles".

LOL - I had the same kind of boss!

Alyna_jf

There's this really cool site that some of us nerds use to find answers to things, such as what to do with unknown file extensions...you may have heard of it...

It's called GOOGLE.

Jscript leaks?

Alyna_jf

You need WinRAR. Its the 733+ way to zip files. Beyond RAR files there are also PAR files. PAR files cure computer cancer. No one knows how PAR files work including the people who invented them.

Alyna_jf: Download it again, I've changed the format to a .zip file.

Alyna_jf

go here
http://www.download.com/3000-2250-10007677.html

Ultra Hal: Maybe some people find it fun and don't look at their computer as some monolithic tool that can only be used to recompile the latest Linux kernel and measure stats to wave e-penises with other geek friends.


trust me, a working mario active desktop makes you the Ron Jeremy of e-penises

paulson

yeah, arent viruses and spyware fun?? i mean, trusted sites are lame!

BXRWXR

I have to imagine you've never had a jscript crash IE before. Or ever see this screen:

Linky

Been using it for about twenty minutes now, and explorer.exe isn't using any more cpu or mem than usual.

ccmods: I have to imagine you've never had a jscript crash IE before. Or ever see this screen:

I must write pretty simple scripts and I have seen that screen before, but it was mostly due to something else leaking - IE.

Ultra-Hal - Defensive much? I said it was my understanding it was a toy, nothing more, and I asked if it did anything aside from taking up system resources. I believe I said that there wasn't anything wrong with that, if you like it. Also, I don't use Linux - why you think I do is a mystery. From now on, start taking caffiene via the MOUTH. It is't supposed to go in the other end.

Paulson - I've heard better. I read the BOFH stuff. Much better boss stories in there. I have a slightly better grasp of technology issues than your boss. Now excuse me while I pour your puke into your computers cup holder.

Lehk - Snicker. Well put.

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ANYWAY, let me ask again: is it a toy, or does it provide alternate functionality (or both)? I don't use Active Desktop, so I never paid any attention to it and it's supposed benefits.

All that is needed is to convert mario.gif to mari.ani and use him as your cursor.

somemoron

Its a toy.

Anyone remember Dremples? It was a cool active desktop that would distort .jpgs ala-mushroom trip style. It was constantly moving in the background, very cool

DrZaiusDrZaius: somemoron

Its a toy.

Thanks! :)

See Ultra-Hal, Paulson? It's just that easy!

BXRWXR

Eh, I wouldn't trust active desktop anymore than IE. I would have to imagine it's just IE behind the scenes anyhow. Still fun though.

somemoron

Active Desktop basically lets you embed a browser window into your desktop, so you can have HTML/flash/etc. on your desktop. It's basically eyecandy; I haven't found a real productive use of it.

Desmo

Dremples was amazing. Only problem was that app leaked like crazy. I imagine it'd be possible to emulate the same kinda functionality using javascript or flash without the overhead of a seperate exe nowadays.

Peaceboy

Jebus, people, my 19-inch screen's a struggle for me even at 1024x, with my aging eyesight. Are y'all sitting in front of 50-inch plasmas? And get off my lawn.

1680x1050 here. Won't someone think of the widescreen monitors?

Shadow Blasko

I got curious again -- this explanation is the best I have yet read:


PAR explanation

stephen02tb

Check this out

http://www.geisswerks.com/drempels/