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Tested on Vista Basic notebook, XP Home netbook
Reported to work Windows 7
Should work any .NET capable system
Greetings Aqua-Soft community. First it's a great honor to post in such noble place - where many great software titles created their legends, many Users found Their style and inspiration. Secondly, it's shame on me that I didn't post here earlier - especially as You did mention on NV before, very impolite of me. Thence fixing my mistake, I'm pleased to introduce to You - this time personally - latest NV 10.2 - yes it's 2 versions higher than one reviewed here before. An amazing software - which brilliancy was discovered by many people all around the world - both normal Users and technological experts, trying to proudly living to it's tittle: "one of the best customization programs" or other praising which clearly is not to be spoken in honor of compared great software.
Basically it offers:
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Windows effects, inbuilt complex applications - like those You can mostly find separately as some unknown whatever, but inside one solid package under 1 mb of size, great core and updated very often. (usually few times a month, or even more often if there is some brilliant idea)
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Window border theming - with very simple theming format: one image - without any special files etc. As NV always believed in simplicity of solutions creating, installing, distributing of those are super easy for everyone. Moreover thanks to Nimi Blur 3.0 technology inside borders can be blurred - in tests(my computer was really happy, its fans too) - without noticeable loss of resources. All that cause NV has brilliant CPU architecture and advanced graphic library handling all those tasks.
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repository system - allowing to install and manage 3rd part customization tools, wallpapers, system themes, native NV themes etc.
Moreover those can be automatically updated, as well as - You can post normal link into repository system, and data collector will analyse almost any given web adress for repositories capable media. If it will be zip package, during installation it will autoadapt to it's content.
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Manage 3rd part customization software - NV can manage run(work like launcher) of software installed via repositories. In theory - no more fighting with autostart, or scavenger hunt to find application when You recalled it(just use quick search in NV)
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Desktop scripting - with Nimi Bastet You can script Your desktop, to display any desired webpage, HTML content and interact through NV frontend with system.
Currently NV offers 49 effects, with some of them enlisted below:
Window border theming
with transparent borders support and blur
Screenshot with using glass theme for NV - available on DeviantArt.com on generated wallpaper using NV Picture Board wallpaper generation effect.
Desktop shadows
Turns window transparent click-through when desktop is selected
Window fading on creation, destroy, minimize
Fade window transparency in or out
Aurora lights
fade in or out window in aurora coloured flames
Contrast screen
Display contrastful field below active window
Taskbar reflection
Casts desktop, windows reflection on taskbar
Taskbar and start menu transparency
Turns start menu and desktop transparent
Taskbar and start menu blur
Turns start menu and desktop transparent, with blur beneath both
Taskbar shadow
Make taskbar drop shadow
Taskbar fade
Fade in taskbar when mouse is over it, fades in or out start menu
Window opaque on hoover
Window is only opaque when mouse is over its area
Transparency on window move and resize
Turns window transparent on its move or resize
Transparent non-active windows
Non-active windows are turn transparent
Invisible desktop
Hides desktop when non-active
Window kinetics
Make window keep its momentum during move
Jelly windows
Make window deform, behave like being made from jelly - wobble it
Window bounce
Make window bounce on activation
Creation sparkle
Shines sparkle on window titlebar on activation
Contrastful windows
Desaturates non-active windows
Window quiver
When active window is shaked, other are minimized or restored
Window edge maximize
Window is maximized to it's half when moved outside screen edge
Window edge snap
Snaps window to screen edge, other windows
Window edge warp
Warps window to opposite screen direction if dragged outside its area
Window shifting
When window is selected, are near dodge-toss below.
Minimize non-active windows
Minimizes non-active windows.
RightLeft slider
Maximizes window to half screen size on Win+F4 or Win+F5 keypress.
Picture wallpaper-board
Generates photographs sytlized collage from pictures
Picture highlight
Highlights image with adapted background
Fluid wallpaper
Makes wallpaper look like under water
Smooth wallpaper
Smooths wallpaper
Sharpen wallpaper
Sharpen wallpaper
Neon edge wallpaper
Make wallpaper look like being made from neon lights
Screen frost
Makes wallpaper look like covered with frost
No titlebar icons
Removes window icon from its titlebar
Window thumbnail in icon
Replaces window icon with updated thumbnail image
Toss
Make window switch in book-alike mode
Showcase
Make window switch in flowing showcase look
Maximum spacer
Maximizes window to fullscreen on Win+F7 keypress.
Gravity
Make non-active window fall to bottom of the screen
If You experience problems remember to run NV with administrator rights, have .NET 2.0 installed for basic core(3.5 for GPU accelerated effects), and/or compatibility mode.
