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Xkcd Comic Wallpaper Changer

Martin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:52:30 +0000

Xkcd is a website where new comics are posted regularly. Most of these comics apply to a geek audience and may cause confusion by the rest of the population. The characters in the comics are drawn as stickmen and there is usually lots of text to accompany the drawings. The comics are provided as single images which can be viewed on the website or in an RSS reader.

The xkcd Wallpaper Randomiser is a lightweight software program for the Windows operating system which can be used to grab a random comic from the xkdc website. The comic is displayed in the interface of the portable software program where it can be viewed and set as the wallpaper of the computer system.

All downloaded comics are stored in a local cache so that they are not downloaded again should they be selected by the random comic chooser again at a later time. It is possible to exclude comics from bein displayed as wallpapers by adding them to the exclude list.

The program supports two command line parameters which can be used to automate the process of setting a new wallpaper. The parameter -random will change the wallpaper without displaying the graphical user interface while -silent will ignore any popup windows that might appear (e.g. an error if there is no Internet connection). These parameters combined with a shortcut can be added to the autostart folder or task scheduler to change the wallpaper regularly and automatically.

The program and its source code are available at the developer’s website.

Tags: Open Source, portable software, wallpaper, windows software, xkcd

Wallpaper Generator

Martin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:19:30 +0000

Most wallpapers are downloaded to a computer system or created by using a photo or image that is already on the system. The portable software program Wallpaper Generator offers another possibility. It can create gradients that can then be used as the wallpaper on the local computer system.

The software comes only with a few options which makes it very easy to use. Colors are displayed on each corner of the interface which determine how the gradients will look like. A click on a color will open the Windows color picker. Changes become visible immediately. The gradient can be set as the wallpaper of the computer system after all four colors have been set to the user’s satisfaction.

A randomize button is also available which will change the colors to random colors. Wallpaper Generator is an easy to use program that could be useful to users who prefer distraction free backgrounds with more than one solid color.

Wallpaper Generator is compatible with most versions of the Windows operating system (tested on Windows XP SP3). It requires the Microsoft .net Framework 3.5 SP1.

Tags: wallpaper, wallpaper generator, wallpaper gradients, windows software

InterfaceLift Wallpaper Downloader

Martin — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:53:23 +0000

InterfaceLift is one of the most popular wallpaper websites on the Internet these days. The website is easy to navigate, provides wallpapers in many screen resolutions from standard resolutions to high definition and widescreen resolutions. Downloads are immediately accessible and most users agree that it is a very comfortable website with great contents.

Some users on the other hand like it ultra-comfortable. That is where the software program ILift comes into play. It is a download manager for wallpapers on the InterfaceLift website. It needs to be configured once so that wallpapers for the right screen resolution are downloaded by the application. The right screen resolution and aspect ration can be set in the options. This is also the location to set the download path for the wallpaper images and the sort order on the InterfaceLift website.

The last step in the configuration involves selecting the number of pages that the wallpaper downloader should crawl at the InterfaceLift website. The default value is that only the frontpage is crawled by the application. This can be changed to a greater value so that some or even all pages are crawled for wallpapers.

Setting the to value to 192 would crawl all pages that are currently available at the wallpaper site. ILift should work with all versions of the Windows operating system. It can be downloaded from Softpedia as no developer website is known at this point in time.

via Techie Buzz

Tags: hd wallpapers, ilift, interfacelift, wallpaper, wallpaper download, wallpapers, windows software

Change your GNOME wallpaper automatically with Wallpapoz

Jack Wallen — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:14:23 +0000

Are you a desktop nut like me? Are you constantly tweaking your desktop and never quite happy with it? Are you a collector of wallpapers and do you like your wallpaper to change at a given interval or when you change to a different workspace? If you are that person then Wallpapoz is for you.

Now I will preface this article by saying the developer has ceased development of Wallpapoz (he did so in 2008.) Even though it is no longer in development, Wallpapoz still works just fine. And I am sure at some point some one will pick up development of the application. But until then, Wallpapoz is a cool app that helps make your desktop even better.

Getting and installing

Most likely Wallpapoz is in your distributions’ repository, so installation is accomplished as simply as issuing a command like:

yum install wallpapoz

sudo apt-get install wallpapoz

There might be dependency issues which will be dictated by which release you are using. If apt-get or yum do not pick up the dependencies you might have to install them manually like so:

sudo apt-get install python-gnome2 python-imaging python-gtk2

yum install python-gnome2 python-imaging python-gtk2

You probably won’t have to resolve those dependencies manually, but it’s nice to know how just in case.

Once Wallpapoz is installed you are ready to fire it up.

Running and configuring

To start up Wallpapoz you can click on the GNOME Applications menu and then the Accessories sub-menu. Inside of the Accessories sub-menu you will find the Wallpapoz entry. Click on that to start up the application.

Figure 1

When you start up Wallpapoz you should find the interface fairly straight forward. Figure 1 shows a very clean, user-friendly GUI that allows you to configure wallpaper for four workspaces.

The first thing you will want to do is select a workspace and then either click the Add Files button (to add single or multiple files) or click the Add Directory button (to add a directory of images.)

When you click either the Add Files or Add Directory button a Select File window will open. Navigate to the loctation of your image files and select the wallpaper(s) you want to use. You can select multiple files by clicking and holding the Ctrl key as you select the file.

After you have added the files you can then configure some options. To do this click the Preferences button. There are four options to configure:

Change desktop wallpaper after a pre-configured time.
Pick wallpaper in random order.
Change desktop wallpaper when changing workspace.
Style (Scaled, Centered, Fill Screen, Zoom, Tiled)

Once you have made your preference changes click the OK button to get rid of that window. Now click the Save button and then click the Restart button to restart the daemon (to ensure the changes take effect.)

Now your wallpaper should start changing per your configuration.

Possible gotchas

Although I haven’t found report of this happening elsewhere I have discovered that when using Compiz with Wallpapoz can cause issue with the workspaces. If you rename workspaces in Wallpapoz, when using Compiz, your Wallpapoz configuration file can be corrupted. This file is in ~/.wallpapoz/wallpapoz.xml. If this happens you can issue the command:

rm -rf ~/.wallpapoz

to delete that file and start fresh.

Final thoughts

Wallpapoz is not perfect, but it can add a nice feature to your GNOME desktop that would require some handy scripting to do otherwise. Give Wallpapoz a try. If you like it, and you’re a developer, consider forking the application (or just request permission to take over development) so this tool can continue growing.

Tags: change desktop background, desktop background, GNOME, rotate wallpaper, wallpaper

Jellybean Wallpaper Changer

Martin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:43:35 +0000

Jellybean is not your usual wallpaper changer. That much becomes apparent after launching the application for the first time. The options to change wallpapers are limited to changing them manually in the interface or once at system startup. There are no options to change wallpapers automatically if the system is running and it also does not come with wallpaper download capabilities. One could say it is a rather barebone wallpaper changer.

This might however appeal to users to never wanted these features in first place and those who do not want another software program running in the background all the time. Jellybean lists the currently available wallpapers in a list in its interface. Each wallpaper can be previewed and set to either stretch, tile or center. The preview does contain additional information about size, graphics format and size of the image.

New wallpapers can easily with a file browser from the local computer. It is also possible to delete wallpapers in the table or select one for the desktop background. Checking the Shuffle Wallpaper box will add the application to the startup items so that a random wallpaper will be set at every Windows start.

It should be noted that Jellybean does not seem to recognize multi-monitor systems. Single-monitor users who only want to change the wallpaper once per run might want to give it a try.

Tags: change wallpapers, desktop wallpapers, jellybean, wallpaper, Wallpaper Software, wallpaper-changer, windows software

Windows Mobile Wallpaper Packs

Martin — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:18:53 +0000

Windows Mobile Wallpaper Pack 1 and 2 are collections of wallpapers in the formats 480×640 and 240×320 that have been specifically designed for Windows Mobile devices. Both Windows Mobile Wallpaper Packs are available for download at the Deviant Art profile page of the creator. The downloads have a size of 14.6 and 10.8 Megabytes and contain a selection of 133 wallpapers that spice up the look and feels of the mobile device.

The wallpapers have to be unpacked and transferred to the Windows Mobile device after downloading them from the website. Each package will unpack into two directories that refer to the sizes of the wallpapers contained within. While the wallpaper packs have been specifically designed for Windows Mobile devices they can basically be used on any device with a screen resolution of either 480×640 or 240×320.

Wallpapers are divided into several categories like nature, abstract or people. This means that the packs do contain enough variety to please most users. Well worth a download if you use a mobile device with a supported screen resolution.

Tags: cell phone wallpaper, mobile devices, mobile wallpaper, smart phone wallpaper, wallpaper, wallpaper packs, windows mobile, windows mobile wallpaper, windows wallpaper

Ghacks Christmas Giveaway: Display Fusion Pro

Martin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:00:45 +0000

Fourth day of the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway. We already handed out Kaspersky Internet Security 2009, Newsbin Pro, Giganews Accounts and MediaMonkey Gold licenses. Today’s giveaway is Display Fusion Pro, one of the better, if not the best, multi-monitor desktop wallpaper and window management applications.

Display Fusion can be downloaded as a free version from the developer’s website with limited functionality. The pro version of Display Fusion can be ordered as well on the same website. The version comparison between Display Fusion and Display Fusion Pro list the features that are only available in the Pro version including wallpaper rotation, custom hotkeys or the fine tuning of the background image position.

The main feature of Display Fusion is to display wallpapers on multiple desktops. The user may display different wallpapers on each desktop or use one wallpaper that spans across all of them. Each computer monitor connected to the computer system is displayed in Display Fusion’s main interface.

The user can load wallpapers from his computer or Flickr and make them the default wallpaper for the computer monitor. Display Fusion Pro provides access to background image positioning which can be used to fine tune the location of the wallpaper on the monitor. It’s also possible to use one of the seven display modes that range from stretching the image to fitting the width or height while maintaining the aspect ratio of the image.

Users of Display Fusion Pro can enable wallpaper rotation in the same interface. They can either add a list of wallpapers from their computer or get their wallpapers directly from Flickr.

Images can be grabbed from Flickr users, groups or by searching for text. The wallpapers set will then be used to rotate the computer’s wallpaper in a time interval specified by the user. One interesting option is to freeze a wallpaper. This will stop the process of rotating wallpapers and make the current one the default wallpaper.

Display Fusion comes with window management features as well which have been specifically designed for multi-monitor systems. Windows can be easily moved between computer monitors including maximized windows. It is furthermore possible to position windows on the same computer monitor. It is for instance possible to center a window on the current monitor or to snap it to one of the monitor’s edges.

One main benefit of Display Fusion Pro is the ability to configure custom window sizing and moving hotkeys. Other interesting features include Window Snapping with the option to exclude applications from it or maximized window dragging between computer monitors.

The newest Beta of Display Fusion Pro enabled another long requested feature to the application. Users can enable a taskbar on every computer monitor. The feature is still beta but it already provides two possibilities for users. The first is to display a Display Fusion Taskbar on additional monitors that is showing all windows like the taskbar on the main computer monitor. The second option is to only display the windows that are open on each monitor.

Jon Tackabury is regularly updating his website Binary Fortress with new information about Display Fusion and other software projects.

Five licenses for Display Fusion Pro are up for grabs. Just reply in the comments and let us know that you want one.

Tags: desktop wallpaper, display fusion, ghacks Christmas giveaway, ghacks giveaway, multi-monitor, wallpaper, wallpaper manager, Wallpaper Software, window-management, windows software

Wallpaper Shifter

Martin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:30:27 +0000

Many software programs have been created in the past two years that automatically switch wallpapers on a computer desktop. We covered John’s Background Switcher, Scrollwall or the more recent Web Wallpaper. Some would say that these applications might be overkill under certain circumstances. They all run in the background permanently even if the user wanted to switch backgrounds only once a session during system startup. This is wasting system resources because the applications will not become active during that session anymore.

This is probably the same line of thought that convinced Dario Volaric to create a back to basics edition of this Wallpaper Shifter application. This will probably appeal to many users who are looking for a lightweight wallpaper changer. The application picks a random wallpaper from a directory selected by the user and sets it as the active Windows wallpaper.

Once that has been done it closes down which means that it will not use any system resources from that point on. The application was designed to run during system startup but it can also be run when executed while Windows is running.

It comes with a few options to change the scale mode (automatic, crop, fit, center) and the background (default, blur, edge repeat) but that’s it. If you are looking for a one time a session wallpaper changer then this might be exactly what you are looking for.

Make sure to check out the wallpaper repositories Windows 7 Wallpapers or Windows Wallpapers.

Tags: Dario Volaric, wallpaper, Wallpaper Shifter, wallpaper-changer, wallpapers, windows 7 wallpapers, windows software, windows wallpapers

360 Desktop Manager

Martin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:56:23 +0000

There is no build in way for Windows users to expand the desktop. The only option is to install third party software programs to expand the desktop virtually. One of those solutions is a virtual desktop manager called 360 Desktop which was previously mentioned by Joshua. The 360 desktop manager uses a different concept than the normal desktop managers who provide access to several independent desktops. It provides a scrollable desktop that provides access to a 360 degree workspace.

The desktop manager provides several methods of accessing the parts of the desktop that are not visual. It displays a slider in the upper right corner of the screen that can be used to access another part of the desktop. The second and probably most comfortable solution is to use the mouse-wheel while clicking the left or middle mouse button to scroll left or right. The third and final option is to open the quick nav bar by clicking on the slider and use the navigation bar to access another part of the desktop directly. The desktop scrolls seamlessly by connecting the end and beginning together.

By default only the Windows Taskbar stays in place all the time to provide access to its functions. All other windows and applications will remain in place which means that some of them will not be accessible when in the wrong part of the computer desktop.

This can be changed in the options of the 360 desktop manager so that applications will always be in the visible area of the computer screen. New desktop layouts can be downloaded or created at the official 360 Desktop website. Downloaded desktops can be loaded directly in the application or by dragging and dropping them afterwards in the 360 Manager.

It is furthermore possible to manage so called widgets in the 360 Manager which can only be created on the 360 Desktop website by registered users. Widgets can be pretty much any element that is available on a website like video clips, eBay listings or RSS news feeds which will always be displayed when the desktop manager starts.

Tags: 360 desktop, desktop, desktop manager, desktop space, screen space, virtual desktop, wallpaper

Web Wallpaper

Martin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:26:04 +0000

Windows Wallpapers from MSN was a Microsoft application that would provide the user with a wallpaper manager that would download new wallpapers from MSN sporadically. Web Wallpaper is a similar application only that it does not use one source to download wallpapers but practically any source that the user enters in the application.

It was designed primarily with webcams in mind but it is basically possible to enter any url that points to an image in the application. Alternatively images from the hard drive and the current wallpaper image can be added to the list of possible wallpapers. There is unfortunately no preview of the images available which means that the best way of checking if an image link is valid is to check it in a web browser.

The wallpaper manager provides two options to change wallpapers automatically. It is possible to change them at system startup or every x minutes where x is a number between 3 and 30. Web wallpaper is a Java application which does have consequences.

The application is only compatible to Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and Vista although currently but the chance of porting it to other operating systems is there. The negative aspect on the other hand is that it uses roughly 38 Megabytes of computer memory and about the same amount of virtual memory while running in minimized state which is a lot.

Cleaning the memory brought the computer memory usage down to 1.5 Megabytes which quickly rose to about 13 Megabytes but stayed consistent on that level.

Tags: wallpaper, wallpaper manager, wallpapers, web wallpaper, windows wallpaper, windows wallpapers

Fleace Flickr Wallpaper Changer

Martin — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:18:13 +0000

Fleace, which stands for Flickr-Enabled Automatic Changer for Everyone, is an interesting wallpaper changer that uses Flickr as the main source for wallpapers. The system works straightforward. The user enters a few tags into the application or keeps the default tags (beach and puppy), changes a few options like the size of the source that should be downloaded, the countdown timer of the preview window or if a image that does not fit on the whole screen should be centered or stretched.

He can then change the wallpaper immediately by pressing the corresponding button. This button will open a smaller preview window that is displaying a thumbnail image of a random image that got pulled from Flickr. The image was tagged with at least one tag that have been set in the application itself.

A click on the Change button loads another image. This can be repeated until a suitable image has been found. There is no immediate acceptance button. The user has to wait until the countdown reaches zero which will automatically have the effect that the full image will be downloaded from Flickr and set as the system’s wallpaper.

A click on Install / Save Changes will add the application to the system startup process. This will have the effect that Fleace will be autostarted and display its window so that the user can pick a new wallpaper. If he sets the countdown timer to 0 the whole process of selecting and setting a new wallpaper from Flickr will be invisible to the user. The application will terminate after changing the wallpaper on the computer system.

Fleace is compatible with all Windows operating systems beginning with Windows 95 including Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Tags: fleace, flickr, flickr tools, flickr wallpaper, images, pictures, wallpaper, wallpaper-changer

John’s Background Switcher

Martin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:17:05 +0000

I discovered John’s Background Switcher in the excellent Donation Coder forum where the user y0himba posted a review of it. John’s Background Switcher is a software that can easily switch background images, also known as wallpapers, in a set interval on the users computer. What makes this software special is that it not only provides access to local images but incorporates several online services as well.

The online services it makes use of currently are Flickr, Phanfare, SmugMug, Picasa, Facebook and Yahoo. That’s a lot of additional – and may I add optional – content for the desktop. Basic controls are always the same. The user pics an interval which can be anything from 1 minute to x days. A border can be chosen for images that do not fit the full screen and settings for multi-monitor systems can be configured as well.

The user can then add pictures or folders from the local computer or pick one or multiple of the services. Wallpapers will be mixed from all sources and one will be randomly selected for each interval.

Several services provide access to free content. The top 250 Flickr photos from the last seven days, from a specific group, or using specific tags can be selected without authentication. The amount of photos can be edited and it is possible to change the time interval as well.

John’s Background Switcher is highly configurable. If you open the advanced settings you can configure pretty much everything. Selecting a minimum width for images, stopping image switching when running specific applications and a hotkey for immediate changes of the wallpaper are only three of the manifold options.

The application is compatible to all Microsoft Windows operating systems starting with Windows 98 including Windows XP and Windows Vista. Even the 64-bit editions are supported. It also requires the Microsoft .net Framework 2.0.

Tags: background switcher, images, wallpaper, wallpaper-changer

Flickr Wallpaper Slideshow

Martin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:50:31 +0000

You all know that I like to search for new wallpaper repositories and one that I found recently is hosted at Flickr. What’s even more interesting is the fact that you can view all 25581 photos in a slideshow with the option to load a photo page if you spot a wallpaper that you like to download.

The Photo Pools name is Wallpapers (1024×768 minimum) which should give you a good understanding of what you can expect. The minimum size of every picture of the group is 1024×768 although photos with a size of 1600×1200 are preferred.

You can start the wallpaper slideshow right here which loads a new tab in your browser starting with the first picture. Some options are available that influence the speed of the slideshow and the information that are shown on screen.

The tiny thumbnails at the bottom let you skip images. Remember you find more than 25000 images in the photo pool, this could take a while to see them all even on the fastest slideshow speed.

Tags: background, flickr, images, photos, wallpaper

Quality icons from VistaICO

Daniel Pataki — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:49:51 +0000

VistaICO is a site that offers only a few icons, but the ones they do have are very high quality. The site looks a bit like an adsense site, the navigation is a bit weird, but you can find all the icons in the download section, and some cool wallpapers too.

They only offer 5 full packs, but these are full of great icons, all very well made and beautiful. They also have some specific icons like document icons, audio icons, script icons and so on. Wallpapers also only fill two pages but they capture the Vista-like feel very well.

They also offer a handy png to ico converter which may come in handy for the casual icon designer. All in all this is not a huge site, but what they do have is great, I have added it to my ever-growing collection.

Tags: icons, vista, wallpaper, Windows

HD Wallpapers

Martin — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:13:42 +0000

I just realized that my last Wallpaper website recommendation dates a while back and thought it would be nice to give everyone the opportunity to add some new wallpapers to his collection. The website that I’m going to introduce is called My HD Wallpapers although that title might be a bit misleading because wallpapers are available in many different sizes on the website.

More than 8000 images are currently hosted on the website offered in different formats and resolutions of up to 2560×1600. The pictures are categorized in albums with the usual assortment of celebrities, cars, landscapes but also abstract images and vector wallpapers.

A click on a category loads either subcategories or the first batch of 15 images that are shown per page. The images are displayed as thumbnails and another click loads the image giving the user the option to download it directly to his computer. A pulldown menu offers different resolutions of the currently selected image.

I did spend nearly an hour on the website and I was able to grab a few nice images for my wallpaper collection.

Tags: abstract-wallpaper, high resolution wallpapers, wallpaper

Flickr Wallpaper Search

Martin — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:08:20 +0000

Flickr hosts an unbelievable amount of images of all sizes on their website. One easy way to search Flickr for Wallpapers is to simply enter the term wallpaper in the search box on the Flickr homepage and browse through the results. Currently more than 260.000 images are found when searching for wallpapers.

While this manual method reveals lots of potential wallpapers it is on the other hand time consuming. Only four or five images are displayed before the user has to scroll to take a look at the other images on the page.

Wallpapr is a search engine for Wallpapers on Flickr. It displays up to 100 wallpapers on a single page with no scroll bar which means all thumbnails are displayed above the fold on the result page.

Users can either enter a search term and take a look at the wallpapers found that way or click on the 20,40 and 100 buttons which display random wallpapers. If you do not enter a search term the buttons reveal random wallpapers, if you enter a search term the button determine the amount of results that are displayed.

A click on a thumbnail loads the image at Flickr with the possibility to download it in various sizes.

Tags: desktop, flickr, images, wallpaper

A selection of colorful wallpapers

Martin — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:53:19 +0000

I discovered a wonderful selection of wallpapers on Del.icio.us today which are definitely worth an article here at Ghacks. The wallpapers on Iunewind are colorful and simply different from most wallpapers that I have seen on typical wallpaper websites. The website currently hosts about 60 wallpapers which are most of the time available in different resolutions and sizes.

A click on a wallpaper thumbnail loads a larger preview image of the wallpaper with options to download the wallpaper in resolutions that are mentioned below the preview image.

Comments can be left for all wallpapers and it is possible to purchase posters of some as well. Some wallpapers would be very nice for Valentines day.

The website seems to ache a little bit currently, it almost reached it’s limits so be sure to head there quickly and download the wallpapers that you like.

Tags: free-wallpapers, wallpaper

DisplayFusion 2

Martin — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:25:14 +0000

DisplayFusion 2 has just been released. The software can be used to manage multi-monitor systems with ease, the key areas are wallpapers and window management with a few extras thrown in. DisplayFusion 2 lets you easily set a wallpaper – either an image or solid color – for each monitor separately or one that spans across all monitors. Wallpapers can be set on timers to change after a certain amount of time has passed (pro version only) and the integrated Flickr search helps in finding new wallpapers. Images that are to large can be positioned to display the part of the image that the user wants.

Window management is all about controlling windows on multi-monitor systems. With DisplayFusion 2 users can drag maximized windows to another monitor screen, move (and maximize) windows automatically on the next screen, center and tile windows on the screen. It is even possible to maximize a window across all screens, very nice.

Most functions can be accessed by using hotkeys. The pro version offers fully customizable hotkeys. The video demonstration on the homepage gives a very good overview of the functions of DisplayFusion 2.

Tags: display fusion, dual monitors, software, wallpaper, Windows

Change your wallpapers automatically

Martin — Sun, 20 May 2007 08:07:22 +0000

I’m always looking for new free softwares out there and although I already found an automatic wallpaper changer called Wallpaper Juggler I decided to give the wallpaper changer ScrollWall a try. It is always good to be able to choose from more than one program that has a similar functionality.

ScrollWall offers a very clean interface with only a few options to choose from. You can choose if you want to stretch, center or tile wallpapers that do not fit your resolution and select the frequency of the change.

The option here is to either change the wallpaper automatically at startup or choose the amount of time passed before the wallpaper is changed. This can be anywhere from 1 second to 59 hours. You can add multiple wallpapers at once if they are in the same directory but it is not possible to add folders that contain wallpapers for instance.

The Wallpaper Juggler on the other hand is able to add folders that contain wallpapers but is more limited when it comes to specifying the time that has to be passed before a change.

The Wallpaper Juggler needs about 10 Megabytes of RAM while Scrollwall eats away about 15 Megabytes. I’m not sure why the amount of RAM is that high in both programs.

The main difference that I can see is that Scrollwall lets you change the wallpaper at startup (but not after a set time if you choose this option). If you have a computer that does not have that much RAM you should use the Wallpaper Juggler because it uses less of it. ScrollWall is said to work under Windows Vista while I was not able to find information about Wallpaper Juggler and Vista. (did not try both programs on Vista, only XP)

One last note. ScrollWall asks if you want to install the Delio toolbar during installation. This is not needed to run the program so I suggest you better not install it.

Tags: scrollwall, wallpaper, wallpaper-changer

Natural Designer Wallpaper Exhibition

Martin — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:02:57 +0000

Since I’m running the wallpaper changer application non-stop on my computer I’m always on the lookout for more wallpapers that would fit nicely in my rotation. One site that I discovered reading the Donation Coders Blog is called Desktopography and describes itself as an exhibition of natural designer wallpapers. There have been exhibitions in the last three years with a total of 75 beautiful wallpapers. All wallpapers can be downloaded from the site free of charge and most are offered in different sizes.

The site itself is pretty resource intensive and takes some time to load, even on my broadband connection. I suggest to turn of the music once you are there unless you really like the atmospheric sounds that play in the background.

Tags: Cool, designer-wallpapers, desktop, free, natural-wallpapers, wallpaper

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