Rainmeter is a freeware Windows desktop customization platform. Through Rainmeter, you can enhance your computer with skins: handy, compact applets which float freely on your desktop, much like Windows Sidebar gagdgets, or dashboard widgets for the Mac.
You can use it to keep an eye on your system resources, like memory and battery power, or your online data streams, including email, RSS feeds, and weather forecasts. Many skins are even functional: they can record your notes and to-do lists, launch your favorite applications, and send your tweets to Twitter.
You can use it to keep an eye on your system resources, like memory and battery power, or your online data streams, including email, RSS feeds, and weather forecasts. Many skins are even functional: they can record your notes and to-do lists, launch your favorite applications, and send your tweets to Twitter.
The latest version which was released just a few days ago adds a new tool which makes it easy to manager your skins library. Here are the most important changes in version 1.1:
* New Version 2.6 of Enigma
* New RainBrowser config/skin manager.
* Style sections! New MeterStyle makes skins easier to create/edit.
* Dynamic Variables! It's now possible to use the results of measures as variables.
* Share variables and settings globally with @Inlcude.
* New LocalFonts feature means the user doesn't have to install your included font.
* Added support for the middle mouse button.
* New bang !RainmeterSetVariable can be used to change the value of a variable.
* New [Metadata] section to add and display skin information in RainBrowser.
* Aspect ratio of images is preserved when the images are scaled.
Full release notes.
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* New Version 2.6 of Enigma
* New RainBrowser config/skin manager.
* Style sections! New MeterStyle makes skins easier to create/edit.
* Dynamic Variables! It's now possible to use the results of measures as variables.
* Share variables and settings globally with @Inlcude.
* New LocalFonts feature means the user doesn't have to install your included font.
* Added support for the middle mouse button.
* New bang !RainmeterSetVariable can be used to change the value of a variable.
* New [Metadata] section to add and display skin information in RainBrowser.
* Aspect ratio of images is preserved when the images are scaled.
Full release notes.
Download Rainmeter
[via lifehacker]
