Sometimes you just want to open or execute a file in a directory you use a lot. Opening a file manager, browsing to and opening the file and then closing the file manager is a lot of work if you have to do it often enough. The Menu File Browser Applet is an applet for [...]
KDE 4.0 has been released, with a large number of improvements to the KDE desktop. I tried it. Unfortunately, I don’t think it is really ready for everyday use yet as there are lots of (mainly minor, at least from my brief trial) problems and issues. I’m going to stay with Gnome for the time [...]
WinMover enhances the Microsoft Windows desktop environment by giving you more ways to move and position windows on your desktop. For example, if you hold down the Alt-key with WinMover running, you can move or resize a window by pressing the mouse button anywhere in the windows and dragging. This is very handy when a [...]
Sizer is a tiny program that lives in your Windows System Tray and allows you to easily resize windows (including many windows that do not normally allow you to resize them at all) to an exact size. You can resize your current window to a preset size from the Sizer menu in the system tray, [...]
If you use Microsoft Outlook 2000 SR-1 or higher, Outlook on the Desktop will put the Outlook Calendering System on your desktop. It’s not just a picture of the calendar, it’s the Outlook Calendar so you get all of its functionality. You can edit entries, drag and drop files to it, etc. If you live [...]