We all know about new "Start Screen" introduced in Windows 8. It has replaced the Start menu in Windows 8. Start Screen shows live tiles of installed programs in Windows 8:
Windows 8 Features New Metro Style “Start Screen” with Live Tiles
If you are a Windows XP, Vista or 7 users and want to enjoy a similar Start screen, here is something interesting for you.
"Newgen" is one of the best Start screen clone for Windows XP, Vista and 7 created by "Raymon Flores" @ DA (with his team "Neeraj" and "Max"). It is a set of live widgets / tiles that shows some content from the web and some from your PC. Newgen supports WPF, HTML5, and HTML widgets.
It comes with Windows 8 look-like Start screen with tiles, side panel with buttons like Start, Share, etc. It also provides a clean Settings page inspired from Metro UI.
To add more tiles, click in right-side of screen to show side panel. Now right-click on side panel and select "Pin application" to add a tile for your desired program or select "Pin website" to add a tile for your favorite website.
Features List:
- Support for HTML widgets
- Launch your favorite apps and webs in one click
- Customize as you want
- Switch to your opened apps, in just few clicks
- Get Windows 8 Metro UI to your desk
- Play your videos and music, view your pictures without opening them
- Get your tweets, mails and weather reports in front of your eye, just sitting
- Provides easy-to-use API for Widget developers
You can download it using following link:
You'll need Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 to be able to use it.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Software, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
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Ford
Thanks for sharing @VG
Downloaded already
Jesus Ramirez
How do you add more live tiles?
VG
^^ Click on right-side to show sidebar, right-click on sidebar and select pin application to add an application tile or select pin website to add tile for a website.
Jesus Ramirez
Thanks VG :)
Kyle
WTF i cant download it IE9 says its a virus... :(((( HELP
RaymonVisual
Click the Store tile/widget. :)
Madis
Please make a page that contains all Win8 apps! :)
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Triyono
emmmmm.... coll !!!!
iKnow
OFF COURSE THIS IS THE BEST OF ALL OF THEM....IT REALLY DOES IT ALL ., BUT IT JUST DOESN'T RUN WHEN WINDOWS STARTS..
JUST LIKE Mosaic.., i do believe this is the upgrade version of the Mosaic project !!