Nimi (formerly known as Tophaz) is a small program that adds various window effects that can be adjusted by user. Currently, those are:
Transparency effects, with fading
- Desktop shadows - turn all windows transparent and click-through when desktop is selected. Holding mouse with button pressed over transparent window activates it again.
- Window fading in on creation - fade in window on it's creation
- Contrast screen - creates contrast between active and non-active windows
- Taskbar and start menu transparency(no fading)
- Ttransparency on window move and resize
Jelly effects
- Window kinetics - window will its momentum during move
- Jelly windows - deform window shape depending on direction of its move in wobbly style
- Jelly bounce - Makes window bounce on activation
Illusion effects
- Creation sparkle - creates sparkle on titlebar at window creation
- Contrastful windows - decrease saturation of non-active windows.
Other
- Window quiver - minimizes or restore non-active windows on active window quiver movement
- Window snap - maximizes window to half-width of screen when it's left more than half outside screen
- Picture wallpaper-board - generate wallpaper filled with random images from User picture folder or Nimi folder in application data folder
- Picture highlight - generate wallpaper containing one image from User picture folder, highlighted on adapted background
- Screen frost - cover wallpaper under ice.
It supports Windows XP and Vista and should also work in Windows 2000.
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Remiel
mmh some of this functions did not work properly like jelly windows and also the autostart is useless or it dont work with server2k8 =)
but thx for the info
Ron
I ran this under my Vista Home Premium, under a few scenarios, Classic Mode, Vista Theme, and Aero Glass, and all with either the Theme/DWM service on or off (all combination) The only thing i could get to work was the sparkle effect and Wallpaper Frost. I do not want to reinstall back to build 6000 to see if it is due to the service pack, or un patch my files to see if that is the cause. I saw the videos and as fun as it looked, I just can't seem tot get it functioning properly. The things that did work, I enjoyed the sparkle the best.
The wallpaper frost is a strange effect to have. The sparkle is a little bling to the newly open window. If this program worked for me, I would have a special sound to accompany the sparkle when my windows opened. It is a neat effect.
Lubana
Does This Works In Windows Se7en Too ?
Sgan
No, Lubana, it doesn't work...
Hom3r
VERY, VERY, buggy on XP. Only got one or two of the effects to work, but made the computer almost unusable
Good idea in concept, but needs A LOT of work.
Ajay
ON XP, no effects seemed to work (atleast on my computer). There is no point of trying to use this software in XP.
chris
i didn't like the disclaimer (risk of computer BURNING? DAMAGED? UNUSABLE?), so I didn't continue to install hehe
too risky and scary
Nikolaj
That (risk of computer BURNING? DAMAGED? UNUSABLE?) must be for slow computers
Sami
>That (risk of computer BURNING? DAMAGED? UNUSABLE?) must be for slow computers
Just legal statement ^-^ You never know what might happen, right?
>VERY, VERY, buggy on XP. Only got one or two of the effects to work, but made the computer almost unusable
some combinations might give such feeling - but I'm working on that
>Good idea in concept, but needs A LOT of work.
Saint words - and as I always say - it can only get better!
>ON XP, no effects seemed to work (atleast on my computer). There is no point of trying to use this software in XP.
Assure You have .NET 3.5 installed, and remember that effects apply after options window close. I hope everything will work then
Still there are some computers that aren't so cooperative - it might be OS build issue etc. something I look forward getting resolved from MS - I wouldn't release something I didn't tested (and I test on both XP and Vista)
>mmh some of this functions did not work properly like jelly windows and also the autostart is useless or it dont work with server2k8 =)
Never tried on that one xD I will check if there is any problem with autostart I will try to solve it - but it's using standard registry way
eldib
ON XP, no effects seemed to work (atleast on my computer). There is no point of trying