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Widgets on the desktop have a long history in currently mainstream OSes. I remember Windows 95 Active Desktop [1] which worked in combination with Internet Expl
by pmontra 3y ago
Widgets on the desktop have a long history in currently mainstream OSes. I remember Windows 95 Active Desktop [1] which worked in combination with Internet Explorer 4. HTML widgets rendered on Windows' desktop.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Desktop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Desktop
- _glass 3y agoI remember xeyes on my Unix desktop
- pmontra 3y agoWasn't that running in its own window [1]? However I'm pretty sure that somebody made it render directly on the screen below all the other windows, or in front of them. I remember cockroaches scrambling to hide below windows [2] or snow accumulating above windows titles [3]. [1] https://cyber.dabamos.de/unix/x11/#xeyes https://cyber.dabamos.de/unix/x11/#xeyes [2] https://cyber.dabamos.de/unix/x11/#xroach https://cyber.dabamos.de/unix/x11/#xroach [3] https://cyber.dabamos.de/unix/x11/#xsnow https://cyber.dabamos.de/unix/x11/#xsnow