3644 Decorate your Dashboard with twinkling lights for any occasion. Festive lights dress your Mac in elegant animated lights with 8 available motion patterns including blink, twinkle, and chase. Get just the look you're looking for by downloading any of a number of custom lightsets to suit every season and taste. The lights offer you every adjustment you could hope for, from the set and pattern to scale, placement, and animation parameters.

The developer says:

'Tis the Season

Every year I release a new lightset for the Christmas season; this year, I'm trying something new. I created Festive Lights with the aim of bringing joy to all who adorn their Dashboard with their twinkling brilliance, and this year I want to bring those feelings to another group of individuals who are just as deserving of it.

That's why I've decided to give 1/2 of all donations I receive for Festive Lights this holiday season to the Toys for Tots Foundation, with the hope of bringing children across the country that same sense of joy and Christmas spirit. To thank those who contribute, I'm releasing a special Toys for Tots '07 lightset for which a download link will be provided after a donation is made between Dec. 1 and 24. toys for tots From the comments I've gotten, I just know that thousands of you love the Festive lights widget. This holiday season, please find it in your hearts to donate to support an independent developer and a fantastic cause! Thank you so much, and best wishes for the holidays.

Brighten Your Desktop

If you'd like your lights directly on your Desktop instead of in Dashboard, check out the DevMode widget that Jeremy Williams created. You will also want to check out the documentation. Or, you may also download Dasher from Splasm software in order to pull up their shining brilliance whenever your computer is idle.

Features

1. Choice of white, multicolored, or a multitude of custom lightsets
2. Eight available light patterns including blink, twinkle, and chase
3. Adjustable speed and scale
4. Adjustable settings for twinkle density, grouped blinking, chaser spacing, and more
5. Beautiful graphics
6. Multiple placement options

New in version 3.1:
1. Lightset removal support (option click on set popup) 2. More robust lightset installation
3. Improved support for networked Home directories 4. Less invasive tag design

New in Version 3.0

1. Leopard compatibility
2. Three new light patterns: Bounce, Sparkle, and Race
3. Multiple monitor support with alignment assistance
4. Live resizing
5. Auto-open installation tag target while dragging lightsets
6. Fix for animation "jitter" bug
7. New dedicated lightset page

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later

System Support:
PPC/Intel

Free

For more information, visit:
http://www.interdimensionmedia.com/widgets/?widget=lights

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