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Active desktop for Windows 7 (Vista)?

Does anyone know how to install it on Windows 7\Vista?

Has anyone seen analogs? Is there such thing for mac\Linux?

Has anyone just seen any browser which can work under icons of desktop?

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Windows Vista and 7 do not include Active Desktop I believe. The closest thing to it is probably Ave's DesktopSites:

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Do you have any more information on this besides a direct link to an undocumented executable? – ændrük Jan 5 '11 at 17:03
John, the zip file contains two undocumented executables. It is irresponsible of you to direct link to them without first looking up and referring readers to the author's documentation. – ændrük Jan 6 '11 at 16:11
Well I have already done that. See link above. – John T Jan 6 '11 at 22:47
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Which link are you referring to? Your direct link to two undocumented executables, or your inappropriately rude link to LMGTFY? – ændrük Jan 7 '11 at 2:08
I was insinuating that it isn't hard to find documentation yourself after you posted your snarky comment. The name of the software is there, search it if you are that concerned. If you don't like my answer, downvote it. It's 1 executable and 1 library. I'm not here to argue with you. – John T Jan 7 '11 at 2:36
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I'm using Snippage to add live web pages to my desktop via Adobe AIR. works great.

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You can create your own Windows gadget to show a web page on the desktop in Windows 7. It's not much more complicated than creating a simple web page using Active Desktop. You create your web page and an XML document to go with it.

The only caveat I found is that you need to define the width and height of the body tag in your HTML so that Windows displays the gadget using the correct pixel dimensions.

There's certainly no need for 3rd party applications! Here's Microsoft's explanation of the XML file that needs to accompany your HTML. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb508509(VS.85).aspx

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