On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Bernie Cosell wrote:
Is that kind of the idea: that you can do a "fancier" and
more highly customized desktop than just "tiling" or
"stretching" a background?
This is the Active Desktop definition from Wikipedia:
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Desktop>
"Active Desktop is a feature of Microsoft Internet Explorer
4.0's optional Windows Desktop Update that allows the user to
add HTML content to the desktop, along with some other
features. It is also included in Windows 98 and higher
operating systems.
Users can add HTML both in place of the regular wallpaper and
as independent resizable desktop items. Items available on-line
can be regularly updated and synchronized so users can stay
updated without visiting the website in their browser.
Active Desktop works much like desktop widget technology in
that it allows users to place customized information on their
desktop.
Turning Active Desktop off saves a bit of memory and improves
the performance of low-memory PCs. There is a checkbox in
Window's Display Properties dialog box to do this. Two TweakUI
settings can disable Active Desktop completely or disallow
changes to it."
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The last paragraph refers to the Win9x Display Properties
dialog box.
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