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This is the 'official' deviantArt account for emergeDesktop, an alternative (Windows) desktop shell.

Emerge is a modular shell, allowing users an unparalleled level of flexibility - you only use the applets you want to.
As well as this, Emerge applets can be run separately from the core program, allowing them to be used with other shells, including Windows Explorer.




Getting started with eD:

There is an on-going attempt to write-up a summary/introduction of all the eD applets and their functions, the starting point of which can be found here.

Also, Bernard has written up an excellent guide to getting started with eD, which covers all the basics starting from what you'll be faced with the first time you launch Emerge, right through to the more complicated options and settings for each applet.

For additional help, FAQs are available here and the support forum is here.




What next?

As well as the collection of screenshots available to view here on dA, we also have a groups on Customize.org and Flickr which anyone is welcome to join if they wish.

Or if you want to be a little more hands-on in 'the eD community', drop on by the forum - it's not just for tech support.




Latest eD builds:

eD builds fall into three separate categories: official builds, 'dev' or development builds and beta builds.

The official releases are fully-packaged with automatic installers that do all the work for you, whereas dev and beta builds have to be manually installed (advisably over the top of a pre-existing build).
Of the two secondary types, dev builds are more stable, closer to full release versions than beta builds, which are used to add new features and test the reliability/stability of new code.

Both the official and dev builds are available for public download, though most people are advised to stick to the finalised builds, though more confident/adventurous users can feel free to give the dev builds a go as well.
Beta builds, on the other hand, are only available to members of the Beta Testing Team. If you're interested in joining the Testing Team, head on over to the forum and say hi.

Latest final build: 4.1.3
Latest 'dev' build: 2585

Core applet: emergeTray

Tue Nov 17, 2009, 12:03 PM
The third and final 'core' app within the Emerge suite is emergeTray.
The name is, as you might expect, rather self-explanatory - it is to the standard Windows System Tray what emergeTasks is to the Taskbar.

Icons are displayed in a row or column (your choice), with top, bottom or centre vertical alignments and left, right or centre horizontal alignments.
These alignments, combined with the orientation of the applet help to determine where new icons appear as the need arises, ie which 'end' of the existing set of icons the new ones appear on. emergeTray works exactly the same way as the emergeTasks applet does in this respect.



As with the standard Windows System Tray, emergeTray offers the ability to hide certain icons.
You can then choose whether you want the hidden icons to disply upon mouse-over or not.


Two screenshots of emergeTasks in action, with icons hidden and shown (on mouse-over) respectively

This can also be combined with the active/inactive opacity settings as described in the summary of the emergeTasks applet.


~Step666

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~Dementedsnake Jul 3, 2009, 7:58:30 AM
Thanks for the fav. Glad my desktop's interesting.

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~Gilgameish Jun 26, 2009, 11:18:18 AM
Hello Emerge :)

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~MizuTaifux Jun 15, 2009, 6:45:43 PM
Thanks for the :+fav:´s.
Nice galery. :gallery:

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~dirienzo Jun 9, 2009, 12:36:26 PM
Thanks for the :+fav: and great work guys!
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~xybre May 29, 2009, 10:59:30 AM
Hey I didn't know this was here :) Cool. This being run by Ironhead or someone he knows?

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~ir0nh34d Jun 5, 2009, 5:28:13 PM
This is Step666's baby. :)
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`micdt May 11, 2009, 10:53:24 PM
you should contact the admins in order to get a emerge-category along with blackbox, litestep and all the others in Customization.

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*emergeDesktop May 12, 2009, 8:46:56 AM
Thanks, will look into that - it would be quite useful as the next dev. release of Emerge should be bringing the ability to save/import/export skins, so it would be nice to have an area where they could be easily uploaded.
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`micdt May 12, 2009, 10:03:48 AM
yup, skins and scrots. emerge doesn't have to hide ;)

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Michael

:star: Watching is not enough. You got to see.

The ultimate source of wisdom and happiness. :-]
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