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'Windhawk' Is Like an App Store for Windows Mods (lifehacker.com)
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Windhawk is a free, open-source app that functions like an app store for Windows mods, allowing users to customize almost anything about their Windows experience easily.

Users can browse and install a variety of mods that range from visual tweaks, like changing the taskbar style, to functional changes, such as modifying taskbar volume controls or disabling grouping of taskbar icons.

Each mod includes a caution to review its source code on GitHub, ensuring users can make informed decisions before installing any customizations.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Each mod includes a caution to review its source code on GitHub, ensuring users can make informed decisions before installing any customizations.

About as useful as an “I agree to the terms and conditions” checkbox tbh. Open source code suffers horribly from misplaced community trust. The most deadly type of gathering for children is a pool party surrounded by adults. Because if everyone is watching the kids to make sure they don’t drown, nobody is watching the kids. Every single person independently goes “I don’t need to worry about it, cuz someone else will notice.” If everyone is auditing the code, nobody is auditing the code.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

This also implies that the average population has an astronomically higher capacity to read code than actually exists. The average Excel user can’t read most simple Excel methods.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand your argument. Closed source is better?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No. Simply pointing out that urging users to audit the code is a lost cause; The vast majority of users won’t even know how to read the code, much less how to check for exploits or backdoors.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yep, looks like code to me!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I've been using it for a few months and it's been great, but I just found out that by default it injects itself into all processes and it gave me the ick (for example if you use Firefox you can see in about:third-party)

The explanation provided seems kinda logical but I don't know if it's legit or not

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It actually injected itself into my OneNote and killed it. Took a long time to track that one down.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Looks dope, ty for sharing ❤️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I stumbled across this recently trying to make my taskbar smaller without borking the size of everything else

It's nice :)

I tried out a few of them, and I'm currently using these two:

  • Taskbar height and icon size
  • Taskbar Volume Control

You could also post this in [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I'm afraid of the Windows hate on general Lemmy communities. 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Thank you!