Financial Info

Financial Info is a desktop gadget specifically designed to show the latest currencies for the Romanian Leu (RON) by fetching information from the InfoValutar.ro website. It contains several customization options that can be easily tackled, even by those who haven't used currency calculators before.
In order to use this tool, you must be running Windows 7 or Vista, regardless of the architecture type (32-bit or 64-bit). It gets seamlessly integrated with your desktop and requires minimal user intervention at this point.

View numerous currencies for RON

Once launched, the app displays a long vertical frame with each currency type shown on one line. This includes the US Dollar (USD), Euro (EUR), British Pound (GBP), Special Drawing Rights (XDR), Gold Ounce (XAU), Turkish Lira (TRY), Swedish Krona (SEK), Polish Zloty (PLN), Norwegian Krone (NOK), Moldovan Leu (MLD), Japanese Yen (JPY), Hungarian Forint (HUF), Egyptian Pound (EGP), Danish Krone (DKK), Czech Koruna (CZK), Swiss Franc (CHF), Canadian Dollar (CAD) and Australian Dollar (AUD).

Disable currencies and set the update frequency

Any of these currency rates can be hidden from the main frame by simply clearing their checkbox in the settings panel. There is no button implemented for selecing or deselecting all options. On the other hand, you can align the text to the left or right instead of the center, as well as change the default update interval, ranging from 5 minutes to 1 hour.
The desktop widgets specifically made for Windows 7 and Vista share some options, and Financial Info makes no exception. Therefore, it's possible to make the frame stay on top of other windows as well as to adjust its opacity level to make it minimally invasive while carrying on with your regular desktop activity.

Evaluation and conclusion

Although it hasn't been updated for a long time, we haven't come across any compatibility issues with Windows 7 and Vista in our tests. It had minimal impact on the computer's performance, using a low amount of CPU and RAM.
To conclude, Financial Info is a reliable currency calculator for the Romanian Leu, and it can be easily configured.