Windows 8 Transformation Pack Mosaic Edition
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For those who just can’t wait for official releases of Windows 8 which Dan’l Lewin, Microsoft corporate vice president for Strategic and Emerging Business Development hinted that it might make available on early next autumn, here’s a look alike Windows 8 transformation pack for your downloading pleasure.
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Mosaic Windows 8 Edition brought to you by Stealth2009, AngelWZR and Ludacris of http://mosaicwin8.codeplex.com/ with primarily goal is to make it just like Windows 8 is the closest of all transformation pack and theme skin releases for Windows 8 we’ve seen across internet. The clock widget is just awesome and it’s pack with Metro UI that is click-able and enlargeable to full screen (a set of live widgets that shows content from the web or from your PC).
Please note that the transformation pack is currently on Alpha stage and only available for Windows 7 with Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (may need Microsoft Zune software for future releases), yup they are still enhancing it with additional features like App snapping and switching.
Here’s some of the tips as stated on download site:
- To open Mosaic menu move mouse cursor to the right border of screen and click. This could not work if your taskbar placed on the right or left or you have more than one monitor.
- To add widgets open Mosaic menu click on the Widgets icon and choose widget
- By default widgets are shown over your windows and can be covered by them. There is fullscreen mode in the Mosaic options which makes Mosaic to cover whole screen
- You can drag screen to the left in fullscreen mode
- If your widgets covered by windows just click on the right border of screen and then on the start button and they will quickly bring to front
- Some widgets has options which can be accessed through context menu
- If widgets animation annoys you, you can disable it in Mosaic options
- “Me” widget shows your avatar from Windows. You can change it by dragging any picture to it
- Pictures widget shows images from Pictures library in Windows 7
- Music widget shows album art that it found in Music library in Windows 7 (*.jpg files)
- You can change Mosaic background color in options hub
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Download Windows 8 Transformation Pack Mosaic Edition here