Xworks portable software (ArtSage, Sh'elf, Sutra)
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:30 pm
1. ArtSee - a small graphics (slideshow) viewer. It displays the image files in a folder tree. Lots of features and options packed in a small executable. Settings saved to .ini file in the artsee folder). Download artsee (88 kb)
ArtSee is now ArtSage
Features and Options:
- Slideshow (slideshow, timer)
- Sort (forward/reverse/random, name/created/modified/accessed)
- Layer (normal, fullscreen, wallpaper, stay on top, blend, opacity)
- Loop (loop, pause, exit, shuffle)
- Navigate (next & previous w/gears, first, last, current)
- Scroll (mouse, arrow keys w/ gears, autoscroll)
- Folder (browse, current, refresh, subfolders, hidden folders, peek)
- Find (find/filter/exclude, find next, bookmark, goto mark, goto)
- Formats (bmp, emf, gif, ico, jpg, png, tif)
- Favorites (send shortcut, send to desktop, view favorites/desktop/target, recycle invalid, folder)
- Wrap (resize window to wrap around each image)
- Crop (remove borders and unused background)
- Squeeze (scale down to fit window/desktop)
- Shrink (scale down to fit one side)
- Stretch (scale up to window/desktop)
- Zoom (in, out, 100%, 1% gear, zoom lock, zoom step)
- Rotate (rotate, rotate lock, aspect filter)
- Layout (centered, corners, roaming)
- Collage (fixed-size roaming images)
- Transitions (select effects, overlap/wipe)
- Window (caption, status, taskbar/tray, decor, center/roam, draggable, 5 presets, show/hide)
- Fullscreen (caption, cursor, centered/roaming image)
- Wallpaper (center, tile, stretch, clear, restore)
- Shell (view, explore, open with, copy file, move/rename, save as, copy image, copy view, paste, recycle, delete)
- Shell++ (archive, view with, explore with, Blackbox)
- Settings (save, save now, bookmark on exit)
- Drag and Drop (folders/files/shortcuts, Shift appends)
- Menu pins (keep menus open while adjusting options)
- F1 menu at corner/cursor
- Command line options
- Tray icon controls and mouse wheel support
- Can be run as a screensaver
- Can be run as a wallpaper changer
- Needs no installation
- Saves settings file in program folder
2. Pearls is a small reminder program. It periodically displays a line or paragraph of text from a file. Downlaod pearls (44 kb)
Pearls is now Sutra
Features and Options:
- Slideshow
- Hide (popup)
- Random
- Play Sound
- Stay On Top
- Timers (slide and hide times in hh:mm:ss:ms, countdown)
- Navigation (next, previous, first, last, slide next/previous, random)
- Fit To Font (longest line, tallest paragraph)
- Fit To Graphic (background image)
- Crop (remove titlebar and borders)
- Titlebar (normal/minimal window, optional status information)
- Multiline (empty line separates paragraphs)
- Background (show background image)
- Transparent (transparent window)
- Draggable (drag window to move)
- Dock options (center/full at top/bottom, centered)
- Select the text file to display
- Choose the font
- Choose the font color
- Choose the background color
- Select the background image
- Select the sound file
- Save Settings (select settings file)
- Save on Exit (to settings file)
- Bookmark and resume (non-random)
- Drag and drop text file
- Tray icon with status information tooltip
- Menu pins (menus kept open while adjusting options)
- Command line option for settings file
- Can be used as a meditation timer
- Needs no installation
- Unicode enabled
3. TinyDesk exposes the desktop in a window. Download tinydesk (49 kb)
TinyDesk is now Sh'elf
Features and Options:
- Desktop display (icons on desktop)
- Use items (open, rename, view text, view image, properties)
- Recycle and Delete items
- New file, new folder
- Refresh, Select All
- Explore Here, Command prompt
- Desk (icon style, sort, home/end, show hidden, tray icon, colour, folder, properties)
- Tools (explore with, zip viewer, text tool, image tool, trim memory)
- Status (modem, time, recycle bin)
- Hosts bbDnD for shell operations:
- Drag and drop
- Cut, copy and paste
- Shell context menus (right click)
- Menu pins (keep menus open while adjusting options)
- F1 menu at corner/cursor
- Needs no installation
- Saves settings file in program folder
- Unicode enabled
ArtSee is now ArtSage
Features and Options:
- Slideshow (slideshow, timer)
- Sort (forward/reverse/random, name/created/modified/accessed)
- Layer (normal, fullscreen, wallpaper, stay on top, blend, opacity)
- Loop (loop, pause, exit, shuffle)
- Navigate (next & previous w/gears, first, last, current)
- Scroll (mouse, arrow keys w/ gears, autoscroll)
- Folder (browse, current, refresh, subfolders, hidden folders, peek)
- Find (find/filter/exclude, find next, bookmark, goto mark, goto)
- Formats (bmp, emf, gif, ico, jpg, png, tif)
- Favorites (send shortcut, send to desktop, view favorites/desktop/target, recycle invalid, folder)
- Wrap (resize window to wrap around each image)
- Crop (remove borders and unused background)
- Squeeze (scale down to fit window/desktop)
- Shrink (scale down to fit one side)
- Stretch (scale up to window/desktop)
- Zoom (in, out, 100%, 1% gear, zoom lock, zoom step)
- Rotate (rotate, rotate lock, aspect filter)
- Layout (centered, corners, roaming)
- Collage (fixed-size roaming images)
- Transitions (select effects, overlap/wipe)
- Window (caption, status, taskbar/tray, decor, center/roam, draggable, 5 presets, show/hide)
- Fullscreen (caption, cursor, centered/roaming image)
- Wallpaper (center, tile, stretch, clear, restore)
- Shell (view, explore, open with, copy file, move/rename, save as, copy image, copy view, paste, recycle, delete)
- Shell++ (archive, view with, explore with, Blackbox)
- Settings (save, save now, bookmark on exit)
- Drag and Drop (folders/files/shortcuts, Shift appends)
- Menu pins (keep menus open while adjusting options)
- F1 menu at corner/cursor
- Command line options
- Tray icon controls and mouse wheel support
- Can be run as a screensaver
- Can be run as a wallpaper changer
- Needs no installation
- Saves settings file in program folder
2. Pearls is a small reminder program. It periodically displays a line or paragraph of text from a file. Downlaod pearls (44 kb)
Pearls is now Sutra
Features and Options:
- Slideshow
- Hide (popup)
- Random
- Play Sound
- Stay On Top
- Timers (slide and hide times in hh:mm:ss:ms, countdown)
- Navigation (next, previous, first, last, slide next/previous, random)
- Fit To Font (longest line, tallest paragraph)
- Fit To Graphic (background image)
- Crop (remove titlebar and borders)
- Titlebar (normal/minimal window, optional status information)
- Multiline (empty line separates paragraphs)
- Background (show background image)
- Transparent (transparent window)
- Draggable (drag window to move)
- Dock options (center/full at top/bottom, centered)
- Select the text file to display
- Choose the font
- Choose the font color
- Choose the background color
- Select the background image
- Select the sound file
- Save Settings (select settings file)
- Save on Exit (to settings file)
- Bookmark and resume (non-random)
- Drag and drop text file
- Tray icon with status information tooltip
- Menu pins (menus kept open while adjusting options)
- Command line option for settings file
- Can be used as a meditation timer
- Needs no installation
- Unicode enabled
3. TinyDesk exposes the desktop in a window. Download tinydesk (49 kb)
TinyDesk is now Sh'elf
Features and Options:
- Desktop display (icons on desktop)
- Use items (open, rename, view text, view image, properties)
- Recycle and Delete items
- New file, new folder
- Refresh, Select All
- Explore Here, Command prompt
- Desk (icon style, sort, home/end, show hidden, tray icon, colour, folder, properties)
- Tools (explore with, zip viewer, text tool, image tool, trim memory)
- Status (modem, time, recycle bin)
- Hosts bbDnD for shell operations:
- Drag and drop
- Cut, copy and paste
- Shell context menus (right click)
- Menu pins (keep menus open while adjusting options)
- F1 menu at corner/cursor
- Needs no installation
- Saves settings file in program folder
- Unicode enabled