DeskSkin Portable beta test 1

I like it.
I don't really like the theme but it is easy to change.
The help file is great too.

Thanks for this.

Arnaud

Pretty cool. I can't wait to see what you do with it in the future.

The launcher that is in the PortableApps menu does not launch DeckSkins Portable. I can go to the containing folder and use the .exe to start it or go further and start the .hta file itself. Thought I should let you know something was up.

This is GRATE! I love it! I really like that you made it in HTML app format so it is almost 100% customizable!
The only problem is that when I tried to remove the clock, it just messed up the entire desktop!

But this looked like a useful application for a lot of people. Since my own attempt at this, litestep portable, didn't take off, i thought this looked interesting.

But, enough talk. I've rewritten your application in javascript, put the css and scripting in external files, and implemented a very little bit of theming, although it is nowhere near polished yet. You can download the new file (in zip, i don't have time to put it in a paf right now) here. The excellent readme is out of date now, but the scripting files contain comments. The clock has been removed (although it can easily be added again). Also, the columns have been removed, icons are positioned from left to right automatically, and if the resolution changes, they will re-wrap. The right-click menu has been removed (didn't do much, anyway), and a context menu has been added, although it doesn't do anything yet.

[Link removed by mod Tim, see below]

With a small C++ application (source in /DeskSkin), i have made the window so that it no longer rises to the top when it is clicked, and rather stays below, where it should be. However, this application might only work on 32 bit windows, since i have to choose between being compatible with windows xp and below or 64 bit (for the techies, SetWindowLong() vs SetWindowLongPtr()). You might be able to integrate this into the NSIS script, i didn't investigate that further.

Test it out, tell me if anything doesn't work. Specifically, i didn't test running it from the menu (don't have portableapps installed anywhere...).

Oh yeah, almost forgot -- the link

[Link removed by mod Tim, see below]

Some styling improvements, moved the options to the bottom. Completely skinable with alternate stylesheets (see the example "plain" theme i added... can't remember if that was there last time). Overall, just a bit more polish.

Download
[Link removed by mod Tim, see below]

Because then i can just make small changes and commit them (to svn, git, or whatever version control system you want to use), much easier than posting every time i make a small update.

However, i don't know that removing all of the links was necessary... I would think that improving on existing solutions was entirely the nature of open source, and that removing people's ability to improve on open source projects removes any advantages it has over commercial products.

Just my 2c.

Hello All;

I did try ToolBox out but in my mind found it was not what I would call a Desktop. It is in my mind a hard to set up moveable box that is on a desktop. It also has to be resized for every difererent PC it is used on.

I think of a desktop as being full screen. Something I could chose the Font and Icon Sizes. I like the thought of having one for PAM something a user could use if they choose to do so. In my thinking it would pick up what is on a person's USB in the PAM directory. Then also the extra items like explore and options which are part of PAM now.

I would also like to be able to add some thngs from my USB that I use that are not in PAM format. The option to include the "EXE" or what ever else may be run.

Future options that would make the PAM Desktop neater could be added as requested if posible.

While I like the thought of a portable Desktop. I have not found one yet. A option for me and perhaps others may be a larger PAM.

Frank D. Hubeny

"(2010-05-08): Application no longer being developed by me." - someone else will develop or nobody will be? Good application, unfortunately never got released

Okay, I know that this is no longer supported, but I found this really great script that allows you to move the items on your portable desktop and stay there. You can find the script here, because I got it form here. I take no credit for the creation of this script, nor the portable desktop.

okay, heres the link:
http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com/index.html?showDownload=true&whichScript=dra...

Okay, so all I did was put
your portable desktop folder

and put

script type="text/javascript"
var rememberPositionedInCookie = true;
var rememberPosition_cookieName = 'demo';
/script
script type="text/javascript" src="js/dragable-content.js" /script

in the head section.

Just open the hta file with notepad and apply these changes. Please tell if you like!