Interface Enhancement
Battery Status
users.rcn.com/tmtalpey/BattStat
Windows This app runs in the system tray and takes advantage of smart battery support in XP/Vista to provide loads of info on laptop-power usage.
Google Desktop
desktop.google.com
Windows | MacOS | Linux Let Google index and search your hard drive contents. The sidebar adds graphical widgets to your desktop.
miniMIZE
aquaria.za.net
Windows miniMIZE puts thumbnails of your minimized applications on the desktop for easier access.
Quero Toolbar 4
www.quero.at
Windows Replace the Internet Explorer address bar to integrate ad blocking and make IE7 look more like IE6.
Vista Drive Icon
drvicon.sourceforge.net
Windows Add one of Vista's best features to XP: smart drive icons showing the current capacity of each hard drive.
XYplorer
www.xyplorer.com
Windows Multiple tabs and improved search enhance and replace the boring old Windows Explorer.
Yahoo! Widgets
widgets.yahoo.com
Windows | MacOS Fill your desktop with tiny interfaces for everything from stock picks to RSS feeds to weather forecasts (using Doppler radar!) to Wi-Fi sensors to remote desktops to countdown clocks-to name a few. Pick from over 4,300; some are more useful than others, but almost all are interesting to look at.
Thanks to: PC Magazine.
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