This program was born out of a desire to add some interest to an aspect of the Windows environment that has been relatively drab... the desktop. Some people dress up their desktop background with wallpaper or imagery. While this goes a long way in making their work environment more interesting, it still remains a static, uneventful display. Life needs to be more interesting!
Desktop Pizazz attempts to remedy this condition by actually drawing directly onto the Windows desktop. Rather than just displaying a static image, it fills your desktop with animated, evolving displays. As you work or play on your computer on a day to day basis, you will see things happening on your desktop. Whether you're surfing the internet, contemplating your email, or planning your day's activities, you can momentarily turn your attention to your desktop for inspiration or distraction.
One concise way of thinking of Desktop Pizazz is as a screen saver for your desktop background. The main difference being that while screen savers activate after a period of no activity and take over your display, Desktop Pizazz is always active and shares your display with you.
A big consideration in the program's design was to be as "low-key" as possible in using your computer's processing power. Desktop Pizazz only animates its display during idle times when your computer is not performing any other calculations. And it attempts to keep its activity at minimal levels to ensure it won't interfere with your own activities.
Desktop Pizazz uses a modular component design, allowing different pieces to be "plugged in" to the program to provide for different content. A plug-in, or module, contains specific images and behavior that make each one unique. An example of a module could be an aquarium, where fish swim about and bubbles rise to the surface. This module could be loaded whenever desired, and various aspects of the display and activity could be changed from the interface. A complete list of available modules is described in this help file.