<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>WinCustomize Forums » RSS Feed » Avalon Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/Wincustomize/forum/261</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In Avalon</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:32:20 AM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:32:20 AM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>Frogboy</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/136001</comments><description><![CDATA[   Flip3D is one of the coolest new visual features in Windows Vista.&nbsp; To use it, hold down the Windows key on your keyboard and hit tab. At this point, the desktop will re-organize your running tasks into an easy to visualize system of displaying your running tasks and windows.  Flip3D also helps demonstrate the new Desktop Windows Manager (DWM) which is essentially a 3D compositor that turns the Windows Vista desktop into a 3D surface. Because of this, many expect future Vista-specific ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/136001</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/136001</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 5:28:57 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-11-22T17:28:57-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Flip3D - Windows Vista's new task changinger</title></item><item><author>Thomas Thomassen</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/120409</comments><description><![CDATA[  Microsoft decided to rename WinFX to .NET Framework 3.0 to clear the confusion between .NET Framework and WinFX. ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/120409</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/120409</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2006 8:59:35 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-06-11T08:59:35-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>'WinFX' Becomes .NET Framework 3.0</title></item><item><author>Istari</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/87006</comments><description><![CDATA[  Microsoft anououncing that it will soon be supporting gadgets begs the question: Did Yahoo have any idea that Microsoft was about to get into the mini applet business?   On September 1st, the future of widgets and gadgets seemed all but settled. Developers would go with Konfabulator. After all, it was free. Sure, users would have visit Yahoo and download Konfabulator first but it would be a free download.  Stardock's strategy was one of providing an alternative: Gadgets. Gadgets don't requ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/87006</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/87006</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 9:45:17 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2005-12-29T09:45:17-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Did Yahoo know about Microsoft gadgets?</title></item><item><author>saloom</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/71059</comments><description><![CDATA[  Hello eerybody... I'm an XP user, and lately media has talked about longhorn... so, I read more and more. my point is that they talked about lots of Avalon, In little words, this Avalon is the next Directx... and lately I have downloaded the Avalon beta public...     I installed it and restarted my PC...     But guys, I don't see any difference at all, nothing at all... the directx is still the same, and all game and 3d experiance are all the same... what is the story?? I mean what si ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/71059</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/71059</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2005 11:55:15 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2005-05-04T12:55:15</pubDateParsed><title>What is Avalon? (Please explain)</title></item><item><author>Draginol</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/67661</comments><description><![CDATA[ Avalon is the new rendering and compositing technolgoy that Microsoft is developing primarily for Longhorn (Microsoft's next release of Windows) that is available in beta form on Windows XP as I write this.  &nbsp;  From Windows 3.0 all the way through Windows XP, the Windows graphical environment was pretty primitive. The Graphical Device Interface (GDI) provided only limited visual options to developers.  &nbsp;  As 3D hardware has improved, the gulf between what developers could do with trad...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/67661</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/67661</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2005 2:29:15 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2005-03-16T13:29:15-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>What is Avalon</title></item></channel></rss>