Stardock Releases DesktopX 2.3 - Enhance Your Windows Desktop With Objects, Widgets, and Themes

Business Wire, Nov 9, 2004

LIVONIA, Mich. -- Software developer Stardock Corporation released DesktopX 2.3 today. DesktopX is a desktop customization utility that lets users and developers add new features and content to their Windows desktop. These features can increase productivity, usability, and even make the Windows desktop more fun to work with.

DesktopX is used primarily for three things:

1) Add and create mini-applications to their desktop called
       "widgets".
    2) Add "live objects" to the desktop that can enhance or replace
       existing Windows icons.
    3) Build complete desktops from scratch.

What makes DesktopX special is the ease of creating content. Popular widgets such as weather monitors, stock tickers, currency converters, system information, search bars, calendars, calculators, etc. can be created by end users with the integrated GUI based development tools.

Content that would normally take weeks or months to develop using traditional software development tools can now be created in a matter of hours using DesktopX.

Once created, these mini-applications can be exported as widgets and shared with others on the Internet via websites such as WinCustomize.com. DesktopX 2.3 includes a powerful graphics engine that allows for fluid animation and high performance while using very little memory or CPU creating endless possibilities for content.

DesktopX Basic is free. DesktopX Enhanced adds support for advanced widgets and objects and is $19.95. DesktopX Professional is $499 and adds the ability to export content as stand alone programs and includes security features to allow companies to create secure desktop environments.

The enhanced version is also available as part of Stardock's Object Desktop suite of desktop enhancement utilities (www.objectdesktop.com). Users can download DesktopX for free at http://www.desktopx.net.

Screenshots:

Widgets in action: http://www.desktopx.net/dx-sept04.jpg

Animated objects in action: http://www.desktopx.net/dx-sept04a.jpg

Custom Desktop design in action: http://skins2.wincustomize.com/Frogboy/dx/bob.jpg

More information & video demos at: http://www.desktopx.net/info.asp

About Stardock:

Stardock Corporation develops the desktop extension suite Object Desktop, including the components WindowBlinds, DesktopX, IconPackager and Theme Manager. In addition to a consumer base of over 8 million users, Stardock's software products have been licensed by Microsoft, General Electric, Nintendo, NVIDIA, Universal Pictures and more. Stardock's home page is http://www.stardock.com.