Aqua-Soft ForumsI'm just going to throw this out there. I was wondering if it's possible to use a Flash movie as an interface on the desktop (in XP)? In other words, if I created an SWF that contained links to applications, folders, etc. with nifty little animations, transitions and what-have-you, could I place this on my desktop in a seamless way (without the movie running in a chromed window)?
[question] Possible to use Flash as a system interface?
If you're a Samurize user, there is a package of Hover Controls by uziq that includes a minimal browser and flash viewer that display right on the desktop.
It may be just enough for you to use if you do all the flash work.
Here's the forum thread so you can get caught up on what's been going on with it.
I've used the browser, and it does a good job. Have yet to try the flash viewer but I assume it's just as minimal.
Wow, I had no idea. Thanks, sketching!!
You could also use active desktop (set a webpage as you desktop) but it's too limited. here's a screenshot of a flash website i made to use as my desktop app launcher: http://www.customize.org/details/13558 The problem with it is that its pinned to desktop, cant have it hover over other apps with active desktop but there is another commercial app that makes flash movies into floatable .exe files even with alpha transparency (laggy as hell though). Can't remeber what it was :/
The thing with flash is if you link an exe file from within it, windows will think you want to download a file and will always give you that download window. There is a workaround for this too, but it's been a long time since i've done this kinda stuff so i cant remeber what the workaround was, heh.