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On 6/25/2026 11:46 PM, Allan Higdon wrote:

Alternative to DreamScene.

"Free and open-source software that allows users to set
animated desktop wallpapers and screensavers
powered by WinUI 3."

Kind of off-topic:

But...how long can WinUI 3 live in the Micro$oft software harem?

Before a new virgin-grade GUI API arrive? :)

Why not just use Win32API?
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:36:40 +0800, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

Kind of off-topic:

But...how long can WinUI 3 live in the Micro$oft software harem?

Before a new virgin-grade GUI API arrive? :)

Why not just use Win32API?

Enshitification doesn't apply only to existing softwares.
It has spread to software creation and even other fileds in the real world. That's the current trend.
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JJ wrote on 6/25/2026 5:20 PM:

On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:36:40 +0800, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

Kind of off-topic:

But...how long can WinUI 3 live in the Micro$oft software harem?

Before a new virgin-grade GUI API arrive? :)

Why not just use Win32API?

Enshitification doesn't apply only to existing softwares.
It has spread to software creation and even other fileds in the real world. That's the current trend.

Yes. It can be created as shit from the very start. It seems to be the
goal these days. Make as much shitty code as fast as you can.

When the money rolls in, you'll not notice the stench of the pure shit
you sold.


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"Mr. Man-wai Chang" wrote:

But...how long can WinUI 3 live in the Micro$oft software harem?

Before a new virgin-grade GUI API arrive? EfOe

How can anyone forget IE 4.0's Active Desktop?
Damn, my wallpaper just crashed again ...

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On 26/06/2026 8:54 am, Hank Rogers wrote:

JJ wrote on 6/25/2026 5:20 PM:

On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:36:40 +0800, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

Kind of off-topic:

But...how long can WinUI 3 live in the Micro$oft software harem?

Before a new virgin-grade GUI API arrive? :)

Why not just use Win32API?

Enshitification doesn't apply only to existing softwares.
It has spread to software creation and even other fileds in the real
world.
That's the current trend.

Yes.-a It can be created as shit from the very start.-a It seems to be the goal these days.-a-a Make as much shitty code as fast as you can.

Then the Company that produced the shit code will get a good Rep ....
for fixing the code they stuffed up first time round!!

When the money rolls in, you'll not notice the stench of the pure shit
you sold.
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On 6/26/2026 12:07 PM, Andy Burns wrote:

How can anyone forget IE 4.0's Active Desktop?

Was it Win98 (before I cry for Google Search)?!
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Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

How can anyone forget IE 4.0's Active Desktop?

Was it Win98 (before I cry for Google Search)?!

I think it started with Win95/WinNT4, maybe it lasted until
Win98/Win2K/WinXP?


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On 6/26/2026 8:15 PM, Andy Burns wrote:

Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

How can anyone forget IE 4.0's Active Desktop?

Was it Win98 (before I cry for Google Search)?!

I think it started with Win95/WinNT4, maybe it lasted until Win98/Win2K/WinXP?

Never ever used it, Meister Burns.
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On 06/26/2026 8:15 AM, Andy Burns wrote:

Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

How can anyone forget IE 4.0's Active Desktop?

Was it Win98 (before I cry for Google Search)?!

I think it started with Win95/WinNT4, maybe it lasted until Win98/Win2K/ WinXP?

IE4, initially was released in 1997 and included Outlook Express(OE).
OE's initial release was also the rebranding(name change) of Internet
Mail and News.

Also in 1997 IE4 and Outlook Express also was packaged with MSN Explorer
2.6.

Active Desktop(AD) included in IE4(1997) lasted until Windows Vista
circa 2006 when AD was deprecated, replaced by Windows Sidebar and Gadgets

IE4/OE/AD were all released during the Win95 era and prior to Windows
Vista.
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"....winston" wrote:

IE4/OE/AD were all released during the Win95 era and prior to
Windows Vista.

I always prefer to look out of the window to see what the weather's
like, rather than look at Windows' Widgets.


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On 6/26/2026 11:41 PM, Andy Burns wrote:

I always prefer to look out of the window to see what the weather's
like, rather than look at Windows' Widgets.

Most weather widgets report the overall weather of a big area, not just
a house's outside weather. In fact, you should look up the definition of weather in high-school geography books.
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On 6/26/2026 11:41 PM, Andy Burns wrote:

I always prefer to look out of the window to see what the weather's
like, rather than look at Windows' Widgets.

Google "weather station". ;)
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