xoblite is an advanced "extended shell" for Microsoft® Windows® 10/11, part of the Blackbox for Windows family.
Seeking to supercharge your day-to-day computer user interface and experience, among its many features are...
• A range of *box unique Design options, including state-of-the-art new 8-colour gradient options for Styles as well as a sophisticated style Designer Mode,
built-in support for Themes including provisions to allow for their portability, as well as built-in Wallpapers previewing and handling.
• A flexible user configurable Menu providing quick and easy access to key applications, configurations options, design options, and more.
• An advanced Toolbar with support for both horizontal and vertical orientation, a built-in scrollable Taskbar with window tiling options, active task previewing, etc.
• A classic bb4win-style Dock, a shared container window typically used to hold multiple smaller sized plugins.
• A helpful Console providing immediate feedback on executed actions, miscellaneous useful information and statistics, powerful logging for developers, etc.
• A clean Desktop with optional embedded time/date/weekday/indicator widgets and user configurable mouse click actions. Make it yours!
• Built-in support for user configurable Hotkeys, including support for advanced use cases such as @Script command script triggering.
• Support for multiple Workspaces, the *box equivalent of virtual desktops, including the possibility to have a separate wallpaper per workspace.
• A sophisticated development API for Plugins to further extend the capabilities beyond the core shell, showcased by a couple of 1st party bundled ones! :D
• A range of powerful Global options, including support for HiDPI 2/3/4x, adaptive screen relative positioning of UI elements including multi-monitor support,
support for per pixel alpha transparency features as well as optional rounded corners on most UI elements, built-in support for optional shell related sound effects, etc.
...and much, much more!
Oh, and by the way folks, let's get this one sorted out right away as well: It's xoblite, written using all lowercase letters, and it's
pronounced /ks?bla?t/ ("ksoblait"), not Ex-Oh-Bee-Light nor Zob-Lite. "bb" in the version obviously stands for "Blackbox". Got it? :)
Enjoy! :D
