I sparsely enjoy screensavers on my computer because I tend to prefer to turn of the monitor if I take a longer break. Another reason is that I did not find a good looking lightweight screensaver that I could install on my desktop pc. That is, until I read about Flurry in the excellent Donation Coder forum.
They have a big thread running at the moment discussing small, cool and lightweight screensavers and Flurry was mentioned in that thread among others. Flurry is only 57K in size, probably the smallest screensaver ever. Windows users simply double-click the .src file and setup Flurry by pressing the settings button.
Flurry is also available for Mac here and I suppose it offers the same features as the Windows version. I will still stick with my initial stance and turn of the monitor automatically if I have been idle for more than 10 minutes, everyone else who is using screensavers should definitely try Flurry. Take a look at the screenshot below to get an impression about Flurry:
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I usually just turn the monitor off too. I rarely use screensavers since most of what I’ve seen aren’t really appealing. This screensaver looks interesting though. I think I’ll give it a try, thanks.
I can’t remember the last time I used a screensaver. I always have my monitor shutoff after 15 minutes instead because at least that actually saves power.