Actual Multiple Monitors vs RainbowTaskbar
Actual Multiple Monitors
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RainbowTaskbar
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| Figure | Actual Multiple Monitors | RainbowTaskbar |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Taskbar Customization Software | 8.2 (#5) | 7.4 (#18) |
| Founded | 2001 | 2021 |
| Purpose | Actual Multiple Monitors enhances the Windows user interface for working with several monitors. | RainbowTaskbar personalizes the Windows taskbar with animations, colors, images, websites, and other effects. |
| Support | The support center provides FAQs, an online user manual, forums, feedback, beta testing information, upgrade help and license-key restoration. | The maker says users can support future development by buying the Microsoft Store version or donating through PayPal. |
Plans
Actual Multiple Monitors
- Single-User License$34.95, paid once
- Actual Multiple Monitors$34.95, paid once
In their own words
Actual Multiple Monitors
Actual Multiple Monitors has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
RainbowTaskbar
RainbowTaskbar is a Windows app for changing the taskbar’s appearance with animations, colors, images, websites, and other effects. It supports web configurations as well as instruction-based configurations. Web configurations can respond to mouse input, use WebGL, canvas graphics, and video, and call the RainbowTaskbar API to adjust taskbar style and transparency. The app supports positioning and transparency controls, along with complex multi-monitor setups involving scaling and positioning. Through the RainbowTaskbar Workshop, users can download configurations without an account; uploading one requires signing in with Google or GitHub. The app is portable, but needs the.NET 8 runtime if that runtime is not already installed. The maker warns that RainbowTaskbar conflicts with TranslucentTB and says to close that app before running it. RainbowTaskbar is free and open-source, with a free plan listed at free. Its maker describes it as a passion project first released in 2021.