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Brass Blows Away The Competition!

 

Sometimes it can be a little hard to understand the differences between programs, not least because some of the websites don't give you the whole truth! Here's a little comparison chart between Brass and two other programs that, at first, appear similar.

Remember: Brass is the only enhancement tool that doesn't use scripting systems for plugins. Scripting was designed for web pages, not for desktop applications!

As you can see, Brass is the most powerful Windows enhancement tool available...

Feature
Amazing Brass
Konfabulator
Kipfolio
Plugin-based enhancement system
Can load multiple plugins independently
Dynamic loading and unloading of plugins
Plugins can display Internet-based content
Main application developed in ultra-fast C++ and Assembly
 
 
Users can redesign appearance of plugins without writing a single line of code*
   
Plugins have access to Windows functions
 
Plugins can be written as Windows executables**
 
 
All plugins compiled into bytecode for speed
 
 
Custom-developed Virtual Machine designed specifically for plugins
 
 
Dedicated development environment for plugin creation
 
 
Drag-n-drop visual designer for plugins, no programming required
   
Plugin debugging system
 
Plugin extension libraries for adding new functionality
 
No scripting languages (no Javascript, no XML DOM) for extra speed and lower resource usage
 
 
Less than 5mb memory used when running***
 
 
Plugins can interact with other major applications****
 
 
Plugins can be customized without altering code
 
 
Plugins can do more than display information*****
 
 

 

 

*This refers to the 100% Configuration Interface where users may redesign the visual appearance of a plugin simply by clicking, dragging and dropping. No changes are required to any programming (or pseudo-programming such as HTML and XML) code whatsoever.

**Brass supports plugins developed in C++ as well as the custom Shiny language

***Includes running with plugins loaded

****Interaction is assumed to be a plugin that can send and receive significant data with a 3rd party application, eg: Outlooker

*****For example, Mime enables any Windows application to receive mouse gestures