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replyThe little IE4 widgets called "active desktop"?
replyYou could set a full-screen, interactive browser page as the backdrop of your desktop. Not sure what communication it was allowed to have with the desktop events, but I always thought it was a clever hack that could have been explored and expanded further.
replyMaking even the background run electron, eh?
replyUnfortunately it was IE.
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replyi remember setting a html with a flash file and it did track the cursor accurately for some fun effects. couldn't keep it like that due to resource use but yeah, it was fun!
replyicons and text would get single-color backdrops though. no transparency back to the html