Prism 0.9 Released: Icon Support!

Mozilla Labs announced the 0.9 release of their Prism project today. I’ve mentioned it a few times, but for those new to Prism, here’s the pitch:

Prism is an open source cross-platform prototype of functionality that lets users split web applications out of the browser and run them directly on the desktop.

In other words, treat web

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DeskSpace and Virtual Desktops

I have this odd addiction to virtual desktops for Windows.  You know, the ability to have multiple programs scattered about multiple desktops that you can view on demand.  The *nix guys swear by these (although I sure know a lot who never leave desktop “1″!).

Earlier this week I saw Hanselman’s look at DeskSpace, a fancy

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Three Options for Virtual Desktops on Windows

Sometimes, one desktop just isn’t enough. When adding more monitors isn’t an option, look at virtual desktops instead. Working on multiple projects or tasks at once? Tossing each in its own virtual desktop to help reduce clutter and logically group apps/windows together can help keep you productive.

Here are three for the Windows users that

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Netvibes Gets Some Style

I can no longer whine about how boring or blah the Netvibes themes are (or how few). New customization features were introduced today!  This is a very welcome announcement.

Not only is there a new theme creator, but there are also a handful of new themes to use. The new themes

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Netvibes Bunny

Although I’ve been using Google’s Personalized Pages more lately, a lot of my browsers are still set to Netvibes as the home page.  While starting IE7 this afternoon, I spotted this little “Easter egg”:

Rich beat me to the post (I was eating a lovely ham dinner).  I agree with him:  We need more theme options

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