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Published on November 29, 2004 By Draginol In Business

Here are the top 15 most popular desktop enhancements this week at CNET:

1 3D Fish School popular
Watch a lifelike aquarium on your screen.
OS: Windows (all)    License: Free to try
3 1 35,271 107,948
2 Turkey Shoot Screensaver popular
Go hunting for your Thanksgiving dinner in this cartoon screensaver.
OS: Windows 95/98/NT    License: Free
14 1 27,042 88,137
3 WindowBlinds popular
Change the way you look at Windows by completely customizing your desktop.
OS: Windows 2000/XP    License: Free to try
2 260 22,461 7,474,329
4 Nicky and Paris Hilton Sexy Hot Screensaver popular
View both of the Hilton sisters on your desktop.
OS: Windows (all)    License: Free
- - 19,076 24,298
5 3D Stairway to Turkey Heaven popular
View 3D turkey angels with halos and harps on your desktop.
OS: Windows (all)    License: Free to try
18 1 16,259 20,726
6 BootSkin popular
Customize your bootup screen with your own images.
OS: Windows 2000/XP    License: Free
7 43 14,260 708,458
7 Ripple Screensaver popular
Add a rippling effect to your screen.
OS: Windows (all)    License: Free to try
9 11 13,230 813,269
8 ObjectDock popular
Add this stylish and animated launchbar and taskbar to your screen.
OS: Windows XP    License: Free
6 43 13,127 803,814
9 Atomic Clock Sync popular
Update your local PC with the exact current time.
OS: Windows (all)    License: Free
8 33 12,800 1,407,742
10 DesktopX popular
Create a unique desktop with this new program from the creators of WindowBlinds.
OS: Windows 2000/XP    License: Free to try
4 207 12,573 2,388,247
11 3D Run Turkey Run popular
Watch as a cartoon turkey runs for his life in this Thanksgiving screensaver.
OS: Windows (all)    License: Free to try
12 1 12,191 27,938
12 IconPackager popular
Change your icons by grouping them into themed packages.
OS: Windows (all)    License: Free to try
5 260 11,634 2,228,827
13 3D Dancing Holiday Turkey Dinner popular new
View a 3D roasted turkey dancing the boogie-woogie on your screen.
OS: Windows (all)    License: Free to try
16 1 11,589 19,504
14 Konfabulator popular
Create and use small widgets for your desktop.
OS: Windows 2000/XP    License: Free to try
1 2 10,606 48,254
15 Turkey Hunt Screensaver popular
Display on your screen why Thanksgiving is bad for turkeys.
OS: Windows 95/98/NT/XP    License: Free
30 1 10,250 17,996

Last week, Konfabulator was #1. This week it fell to 14.  DesktopX also fell but only to 10th. So in the widget war battle, it appears that Konfabulator won't dominate the Windows market after all. Phew!


Comments
on Nov 29, 2004
You can tell it's near thanksgiving, look at all those turkeys.
on Nov 30, 2004
Might want to change those relative links...
on Nov 30, 2004
One thing to remember is that Windows XP (and server 2003) have a built in Clock Sync, so Atomic Clock is not needed, and indeed is kind of nasty when it cannot contact a time server (it has crashed my 2k ssytem more than once when I lost my BB connection).
on Dec 23, 2004
Clicking on those links ("Konfabulator") etc, isnt doing it for me.. Where are they supposed to go?

Jess