Stardock is the maker of various programs that can be used to customize the Windows desktop environment. One of these is Start8, which can add a start button and start menu to the Windows 8 desktop. ModernMix is also intended for Windows 8 and is able to run the Windows 8 apps, which normally run full screen, in a separate window on the desktop. The Windows 8 apps can also be placed as a shortcut on the desktop or in the taskbar. Like Start8, ModernMix costs five dollars and can first be tested for a month.
ModernMix 1.05 Changelog
- Adds background sound support for apps which do not explicitly support it (like Netflix).
- Right click or double-click on the item in the per app section to configure.
- App settings page lists all installed Modern apps.
- New right click option to force fullscreen always
- Create shortcut to app on desktop from within the config UI now force creates the icon (as you may use it before an app has been run)
- On first-run of the app, a dialog reminds you about the top right corner overlay.
- Fix for drag to close on a fullscreen app ignoring the return to Windows 8 menu setting
- Fixed naming of some apps in the list that had yet to be run (they got truncated in error)
- Fix for Netflix playback when the windows is inactive on a secondary display
- Tweak to code to detect if the launch is from the Windows 8 menu or elsewhere (some reports it sometimes remembered the Win8 menu launch even after launching something else from a pinned item / Start8 menu)
- App settings menu now has options to force background sound On / Off. Note that if the app already supports background sound (say YouTube), the off setting has no effect.
| Version number | 1.0.5 |
| Release status | Final |
| Operating systems | Windows 8 |
| Website | star dock |
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| File size |
6.82MB |
| License type | Shareware |