Nimi

From the comments it looks like Nimi is not worth the download, but if VLC is giving you troubles, I suggest you take a long look at the system you're running. mahumphrey

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If you’ve waited out Vista and you’re in no hurry to jump into testing Windows 7, Nimi is a fun little program for adding swanky visual effects to Windows XP.

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Windows only: If you’ve waited out Vista and you’re in no hurry to jump into testing Windows 7, Nimi is a fun little program for adding swanky visual effects to Windows XP.

Nimi Adds Visual Effects And Eye Candy To Windows | Lifehacker Australia 2009

Anyway, I think I will add second effect version - less smooth in look, but dramatically faster: variation on pre-overcast (Nimi Overcast rendering) version.

Nimi Adds Visual Effects And Eye Candy To Windows | Lifehacker Australia 2009

It runs like ass for me too, I can play Crysis at decent settings, but Nimi seems to cripple my system.

Nimi Adds Visual Effects And Eye Candy To Windows | Lifehacker Australia 2009

VLC is definitely not a bad download, it's one of my favorites, but Nimi is very buggy and hardly works.

Nimi Adds Visual Effects And Eye Candy To Windows | Lifehacker Australia 2009

Borrowing heavily from the special effects found in the Mac OS X system and the Compiz effects in Linux, Nimi has a lot to add to your desktop.

Nimi Adds Visual Effects And Eye Candy To Windows | Lifehacker Australia 2009

Therefore we always believed that each User is unique - which is one of the main reasons of Nimi creation - with both benefits and drawbacks of such ideological principle: that's why we are constantly trying to bring same experience to everyone, while keeping in mind that everyone is different and not always we will match one needs.

Nimi Adds Visual Effects And Eye Candy To Windows | Lifehacker Australia 2009

VLC is definitely not a bad download, it's one of my favorites, but Nimi is very buggy and hardly works.

Nimi Adds Visual Effects And Eye Candy To Windows | Lifehacker Australia 2009

Therefore we always believed that each User is unique - which is one of the main reasons of Nimi creation - with both benefits and drawbacks of such ideological principle: that's why we are constantly trying to bring same experience to everyone, while keeping in mind that everyone is different and not always we will match one needs.

Nimi Adds Visual Effects And Eye Candy To Windows | Lifehacker Australia 2009