WindowFX 3.0

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Publisher's description of WindowFX

From Stardock: Add cool effects to your Windows experience. WindowFX is a program that adds shadows to your windows, provides window transitions for min, max, and close.. Other features include windowd dragging effects (see screenshots), window scaling, tiled thumbnails, icon effects, and more.WindowFX 3 does more than just make Windows cooler to use, it makes it more useful. New features include taskbar thumbnails, new alt-tab task switching options, middle-moused button task management, and a host of new effects that can give Windows XP users a taste of what Windows Vista can do -- today.

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  Get Windows Vista effects on Windows XP!!!

  by: Mrsone on 11-Jun-2006 07:52:15 PM

  Pros: This amazing little program adds animation to your windows and menus. It can give you thumbnails of the contents of a minimized window by mousing over it, it can show you a graphical display of windows to switch between, and it even allows you to assign a mouse button to use to change windows without using your keyboard! The animations are really nice. They range from fade-in/fade-out to spin in and out, etc. This nifty little program will add the type of animations and effects promised by Windows Vista to Windows XP.

  Cons: This is a great program, but it is pretty graphic intensive. You will need to have a good graphics card, processor, and RAM to run it smoothly. My machine has a 2.8 gHz processor, 512MB of RAM, and a ATI RADEON 9000 card w/64MB video RAM, and it does not have any major problems running it. The download offered here is a trial that will run out in about 30 days. Since this is a part of the Object Desktop Suite, along with other popular programs like WindowBlinds, you may want to just purchase the subscription to Object Desktop if you are thinking of buying this or any Stardock product, that way you will have immediate access to all their programs. I think that if you have the hardware, then you should definitely try this software!

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  WindowFX

  Adds functionality, not just eye candy

  by: riddickrom on 27-Oct-2006 01:19:07 PM

  Pros: I disable most of the eye candy that WindowsFX adds, it just doesn't appeal to me. What I love are the drop shadows and the thumbnail previews. The drop shadows help me identify layered windows quicker and the thumbnail previews help me find what I want on a cluttered taskbar. The extra stuff is just a bonus.

  Cons: Even though this version is a lot faster than previous versions. It still takes a slight hit on your processor using it.

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  WindowFX

  Cool

  by: copper424 on 24-Jun-2007 06:56:12 PM

  Pros: It is so cool! it is like vista! i like it because it adds transition for vista (aero only) and it adds a little bit of the features that can dazzle me! it was just a expert use by me. i love it! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Sorry About The Diamonds. They're Just Stars.

  Cons: Trial Version, Expirtation

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  WindowFX

  Good Program but still Buggy

  by: rhodest7 on 10-Nov-2007 05:21:07 AM

  Pros: I like the effects that work

  Cons: All effects don't work well not very smooth

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  cool but not that cool

  by: coolboy257 on 21-Oct-2007 01:55:41 AM

  Pros: nice playing with windows,i like the idea,it changes something but they have to work on it to make it better.

  Cons: it's to slow.seems like your pc it's blocking.

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