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Almost out of beta with new features as always, I need to add repeat & shuffle buttons to my player skins…:)

Rainmeter is a desktop customization platform. Through Rainmeter, you can enhance your Windows computer at home or work with skins: handy, compact applets which float freely on your desktop, much like Windows Sidebar gagdgets, or dashboard widgets for the Mac. Rainmeter skins provide you with useful information at a glance. It’s easy to keep an eye on your system resources, like memory and battery power, or your online data streams, including email, RSS feeds, and weather forecasts. Many skins are even functional: they can record your notes and to-do lists, launch your favorite applications, and send your tweets to Twitter – all in a clean, unobtrusive interface that you can rearrange and customize to your liking.

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Some very clever stuff, the links you require are here.

If there is one disappointment with Windows 7, it’s that the gadgets still look like a throwback to Vista and dare I say it Windows XP.  That’s where Rainmeter steps in and makes you machine look like the 21st century…

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Given how new Win 7 is, I doubt many people are bored of this button yet.  Still, if you are you can change it it seems..

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There’s a beta that runs in 64-bit, but the URLs are not Mozilla, so I suspect they are simply home-brewed versions, but if you use them it seems that most of your plugins then fail.

So, Firefox remains 32-bit until 4.0 I suspect.  Speaking of plugins, it’s possible to make it look more at home in Win7 using some of the plugins shown on this page.  I’ve added:

• Hide Menu Bar (press Alt)
• Glasser
• Office Black – the only theme I have found innofensive and usable.

and the rest I use diffent ones to suit my own needs:

I’m interested in what others use, feel free to post comments…:)