Er is een nieuwe versie uit de 2.5-ontwikkeltak van Rainmeter verschenen. Met dit programma kan in realtime allerlei informatie op de desktop worden weergegeven, zoals vrije ruimte op de harde schijf, netwerkactiviteit en of er nieuwe e-mail is. Ook kunnen functionele applets worden gebruikt om bijvoorbeeld notities te maken of om tweets mee te versturen. Versie 2.5 kan gewoon overweg met oudere thema's en skins, dus de nieuwe versie kan zonder zorgen worden geïnstalleerd. In deze release zijn de volgende veranderingen en verbeteringen doorgevoerd:
Added Ping:Changed InputText:
- Added FinishAction to plugin. Action to execute as soon as a successful value is returned, or when the number of milliseconds set in the Timeout option is reached.
Fixed InputText:
- Updated to current Rainmeter API. Options in plugin can now use dynamic variables.
Added FileView:
- Fixed issues with handle leaks caused by threading.
- Fixed an issue that prevented input using a language IME in the field.
Changed FileView:
- Added Recursive=2 option. Allows recursive indexing of files in a folder tree. Folders are ignored with this option. Plugin commands FollowPath and PreviousFolder are disabled, and ShowFile, ShowFolder, and ShowDotDot options have no effect.
Added Plugin API:
- Drives are now sorted.
- Drives are now counted as folders for Type=FolderCount.
- Folders now return dates and times.
- Added new RMG_SKINNAME and RMG_SKINWINDOWHANDLE options to RmGet() to plugin SDK.