[programmer_man]

No, this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Desktop

Kind of related, it was a COM control you could stretch over your whole desktop, that received push notifications.

Also, I believe it was TOTALLY secure.

Edit: Dang it, I missed where they said "and it made ie the king of browsers." -- Yes, ActiveX

[cbhl]

I was 8 when Active Desktop came out -- I used it to put Neopets on the desktop of my computer.