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[Island Dog]

Today Stardock has released WindowFX giving users the ability to have animations on their windows/start menu, several focus features, and icon control features.

WFX 5 feature list:

• NEW wobbly window animations.
  
• NEW animated effects for open, close, minimize and restore window actions.
  
• NEW Start menu animations.
  
• Desktop icon display controls.

WindowFX 5 is a free app and additional features can be purchased for $9.95. It is also included in the Object Desktop suite of apps.

http://www.stardock....oducts/windowfx

Screenshots - Window focus

Video walkthrough -

[ThunderROM]

So Stardock is now switching from trialwares to limited-featured free versions. It's a good start IMO.

[Preath]

Fuck, these features are great!

[Maximum Payne]

At first , I was like meh, then I watched video and then I was like: holly shit I need to install this!

[Villain]

So... Stardock is copying Nimi? ... wow, ok.

[pcHuntqwerty]

Nimi

[Darren 54]

Really nice effects!

[Neil Banfield]

So... Stardock is copying Nimi? ... wow, ok.

Actually WindowFX has been offering advanced animations since WindowFX 2 on Windows XP including wobbly windows. Here is an article from 2002 about WindowFX 2 including a link to a video that still works of WindowFX doing animations on XP.

As the lead developer I naturally have a bias, but I believe that without taking anything away from the Nini Visuals author, it is fair to say the animations including Wobbly Windows (Classic WindowFX style and Compiz style) in WindowFX 5 on Windows 7 are in a different league to the ones in Nini Visuals. Why not try it out and see?

[Island Dog]

Yeah, as Neil said WFX pre-dates Nimi by years.

Anyways, there's several demo videos here if you want to see it more in action.

http://www.youtube.com/windowsthemes

[SurB86]

As the lead developer I naturally have a bias, but I believe that without taking anything away from the Nini Visuals author, it is fair to say the animations including Wobbly Windows (Classic WindowFX style and Compiz style) in WindowFX 5 on Windows 7 are in a different league to the ones in Nini Visuals. Why not try it out and see?

I like all the effects, and it's nice to see the lead developer himself reply in the forums.

Edited by SurB86, 01 June 2012 - 03:05 AM.

[Tataarujin]

All this stuff was cool 5 years ago, but now it's not cool anymore. For me, less effects is better.

[Neil Banfield]

As the lead developer I naturally have a bias, but I believe that without taking anything away from the Nini Visuals author, it is fair to say the animations including Wobbly Windows (Classic WindowFX style and Compiz style) in WindowFX 5 on Windows 7 are in a different league to the ones in Nini Visuals. Why not try it out and see?

I like all the effects, and it's nice to see the lead developer himself reply in the forums.

Apparently it was my first post even though I registered in 2008!

I am glad you like the effects.

Tataarujin: Thats ok, everyone has different tastes. The wonderful thing about the Windows platform is there is room for people who like effects and those who do not. Please don't dismiss the product out of hand though as it also offers more productivity oriented features which might appeal more to you. The flashy stuff makes better videos though...