pictured: Visual Tooltip freeware desktop enhancement.
I have always loved enhancing my Windows desktop, from changing settings and themes to using custom icons
(get some great ones here!). Now that I have learned some basic programming (I made a factorializing Java app for my Science Fair), I would like to try my hand at making my own desktop enhancement app (with the help of my master-programmer father, of course!) Here are my ideas for this forthcoming program:
PROGRAM TYPE:
Desktop Enhancement
(beautifying the Windows Desktop and adding functionality)
PROGRAM NAME AND DESCRIPTION:
hyperTaskbar
This program will add the following two functionalities to the Windows Taskbar:
- For Windows XP, this will add the "taskbar previews" feature featured in Vista's taskbar (see screenshot on top for a different app that provides this functionality on XP).
- For all Windows OSes, hyperTaskbar will provide an enhanced Quick Launch Menu, providing:
- skinnability
- ability to move to places other than Windows taskbar
- Web widgets (e-mail checker, RSS headline reader, etc.)
PROGRAM'S CRITICAL DETAILS:
- Supports Windows XP and Vista
- Built on Microsoft .NET Framework
- Could integrate this into a suite of other desktop enhancement applications by me: hyperPolyGlot.
- Note: hyperPolyGlot is just an ambitious idea by me to create the desktop enhancement killer app suite, composed of hyperTaskbar (taskbar enhancements), hyperNotify (a notification app), hyperIconToy (icon customization), and the hyperPolyGlot launcher. As of yet, I am still thinking about building hyperTaskbar (Even that may never come!)
- Free and open-source.
Like my idea/s? Have any changes/suggestions before I start making hyperTaskbar? Sound off in the comments to this post!
Sorry for not posting earlier. Here's my top 6 future cars I am impatiently waiting for (listed in order of importance).
1. BMW M3
This speedster, now outfitted with a long-awaited V8, will retail for about $53,000. Sticker shock?
Drive the M3 virtually here.
2. Lexus IS-F
With 400+ horsepower emanating from its V8, the IS-F is the fastest Lexus ever! (It's also my favorite Lexus, second to the LS 600hL) With an aggressive body kit and sleek pearlescent blue-purple paint, this ferocious IS could be coming to my father as a courtesy rental car next time he brings his RX 300 for service...
3. Nissan GT-R
The new iteration of the famous Skyline, this car has been captured by many spy car photographers alongside a 2006 Porsche 911 Turbo, considered to be a benchmark car. This automobile already has been booked to appear in Need For Speed: ProStreet and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.
4. Subaru Impreza WRX STI
This hotly expected version of the 2008 Impreza will only be available in the ugly hatchback style
, though is is still aggressive to the power of 10. Bristling with spoilers and hood scoops, still only little is known about the new uber-Impreza.
5. Audi TT Coupe
The best-looking TT so far, this mini-rocket is quite luxurious, like any other Audi. Beneath the more-aggressive exterior lies a 250-hp V6.
EDIT:
After a comment about this post, I have decided to add another car to this uber-quintet of sports cars: the Hyundai Genesis Coupe.
6. Hyundai Genesis Coupe
The concept version of the next-gen Tiburon, this 300 hp speedster will provide thrills worthy of an Evo/STI with a price good enough to make generous parents buy their college-bound kid a Genesis Coupe, rather than the traditional used clunker.
Image from:
http://www.sempson.com/i/SportsCarRender.jpg
