Screensavers are not really that useful anymore unless you are connected to an old computer monitor. Today’s top reason for running screensavers is plain and simple entertainment. Yes, there are users out there who believe that it is still necessary to run screensavers to protect the computer monitor but that’s probably not the main reason [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Aug 11th, 2009
- Comments: 6
The Linux screensaver xscreensaver
Most of us go away from our computers. When we do we don’t much care to come back to see our screen just the way we left it. We have been trained that a screensaver should take the place of our work or our play on our monitors. I have been asked numerous times “How [...]
TwitSaver Twitter Screensaver
Of all the currently released Twitter screensavers Twitsaver is definitely one of the more interesting ones. Unlike Twitter Screensavers like Flitter or TwittEarth that concentrate on the locations and messages that are send by Twitter users Twitsaver does concentrate on images that get referenced by Twitter users.
The homepage does not contain information about the criteria [...]
Multi Monitor Screensaver
Multi Photo Quotes is a screensaver designed for multi monitor computer systems – but working on one monitor systems as well – that can display images, quotes or a combination thereof. At its core stands the possibility to display images. An image can be displayed across all computer monitors, on one monitor in fullscreen or [...]
Cool Nerdy Screensavers
I almost decided to create a top x list of the nerdiest screensavers on the planet but decided against it. You get a simple list of some of the nerdiest screensavers around, many compatible to Windows PCs and Macs.
Screensavers nowadays are more for showing off than to really save the computer screen. Many users prefer [...]
Run Screensaver As Desktop Background
Animated desktop backgrounds are a hot topic since Microsoft made them popular with the release of Dreamscene for Windows Vista Ultimate. We covered ways to use screensavers as Vista wallpapers in the past but the following method works both in Windows XP and Windows Vista.
Screen2Dream is a portable application for Windows XP or Windows Vista [...]
Wikiquote Screensaver
We have covered the Wikipedia Screensaver in the past which displayed and rotated through random Wikipedia pages. Some users did not like the randomness of the screensaver which could bring up inappropriate content on the computer screen.
The Wikiquote Screensaver makes use of yet another Wikipedia site but gives the user more control over what [...]
