Active Desktop is one of the two components installed with Windows Desktop Update. Active Desktop allows the user to add active content, such as a stock ticker, to their desktop, taskbar or folders. Users can also single-click files to run and open them. Active Desktop can be disabled in the IEAK, even if Windows Desktop Update is installed.
Enhanced functionality that enables webpages to be turned into desktop items that are updated automatically. A webpage can also be turned into wallpaper, allowing a workgroup homepage to be readily visible on each user's computer with links to related information on the intranet. Active Desktop supports active channels, or subscriber-based content delivery systems. It is available on Windows 98 and Internet Explorer versions 4.0 and higher.
Starting with Internet Explorer IV, Microsoft uses what is called 'push technology' which can change the desktop into a webpage-like interface complete with hyperlinks to your system, network or internet resources.
The feature introduced with Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4 that enables end users to display active — that is, updateable, customizable — HTML content on the Windows desktop. Active content includes such items as channels, Web pages, ActiveX controls, and Java applets.
Microsoft's ltest user interface for PCs with full integration of the Internet using "push" technologies and the Windows operating environment included in Internet Explorer 4.0.
The desktop that allows you to access the Internet easily. On the active desktop, information about Websites and the Internet is always displayed.
This is a component of Microsoft's Active Platform. It was first available with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and later. It is a single location, which can be used to access both local and remote information. This information can range from desktop items, to network shares and HTML- based content. Active Desktop supports language-independent scripting, HTML and dynamic HTML technology. It also supports such programming tools as Active X, Java and Microsoft Visual Basic. It was first available in Microsoft Windows 9.x and Microsoft Windows NT operating systems, it is designed to support a wide range of operating system.
An interface that integrates the Windows desktop with the Internet Explorer browsing software to provide a single metaphor for accessing content or applications.
Active Desktop is a feature of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0's optional Windows Desktop Update that allows the user to add HTML content to the desktop, along with some other features. It is also included in Windows 98 and higher Windows operating systems until Windows Vista, where the feature was discontinued.
