gHacks technology news » windows screensaver http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:22:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 TwitSaver Twitter Screensaver http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/22/twitsaver-twitter-screensaver/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/22/twitsaver-twitter-screensaver/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:53:52 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10695 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 that are applied by the Twitter screensaver. The screensaver will display an image once it gets turned on. The major part of the screen is reserved for the image while a smaller strip on the bottom is reserved for the name of the Twitter user and the message send by that user.

Images are rotated every 30 seconds automatically. This basically means that a new image and message are displayed every 30 seconds while the Twitter screensaver is running. The screensaver requires an Internet connection to pull the data from Twitter.

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The major drawback of Twitsaver is that it does not offer customizations. It is not possible to change the frequency or specify certain Twitter users that should be used exclusively.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/22/twitsaver-twitter-screensaver/feed/ 3 Wikiquote Screensaver http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/16/wikiquote-screensaver/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/16/wikiquote-screensaver/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:58:12 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8318 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 is actually displayed when the screensaver activates. Wikiquotes provides access to a large collection of quotations in several languages.

The screensaver makes use of an interface that can be used to add quotes to the screensaver. At least one quote has to be added before the screensaver starts working at all. This is done by searching for a name or term. A list of matches will then be displayed. By default all are selected to be added to the screensaver’s rotation.

The quotes that have been selected have to be saved in the end. Once that is done they will be displayed when the screensaver becomes active.

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The screensaver requires the Microsoft .net Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 to function. The pack can be downloaded from Microsoft.

What’s your favorite quote? Let me know..

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/16/wikiquote-screensaver/feed/ 1 Dropclock Screensaver http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/31/dropclock-screensaver/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/31/dropclock-screensaver/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:36:39 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=3671 I’m not a huge fan of screensavers because I prefer that my system turns the monitor automatically off when I’m not working with it. The only purpose of screensavers in my opinion is to show of which is of course only useful if someone else sees the screensaver.

Still I do come frequently upon screensavers that stick out, that are to cool to ignore. The Dropclock screensaver is one of those which does become apparent when you take a look at the size of it. Dropclock has a size of 136 Megabytes ! Now that’s a huge screensaver.

It’s available for Windows XP, Windows Vista with .net framework 1.1 and MAC OSX 10.33 – 10.5. The screensaver is free to try but actually costs $15 which can be paid using Paypal. I’m not sure if the free version is limited because there is no information on the website about it.

I was not able to discover any limitations so far. There are not options available though.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/31/dropclock-screensaver/feed/ 6 Flurry a lightweight screensaver http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/21/flurry-a-lightweight-screensaver/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/21/flurry-a-lightweight-screensaver/#comments Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:46:28 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/21/flurry-a-lightweight-screensaver/ 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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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/21/flurry-a-lightweight-screensaver/feed/ 3 Electric Sheep Screensaver Freeware http://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/20/electric-sheep-screensaver-freeware/ http://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/20/electric-sheep-screensaver-freeware/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2005 07:24:58 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=238 electricsheep.org website. Electricsheep is a free screensaver that runs on pc and mac and is used by lots of people around the world. When the screensaver is installed on your system all computers currently displaying the screensaver combine their power to create morphing abstract animations known as "sheep". ]]> This looks cool. That was my first reaction when I saw the generated images at the electricsheep.org website. Electricsheep is a free screensaver that runs on pc and mac and is used by lots of people around the world.

When the screensaver is installed on your system all computers currently displaying the screensaver combine their power to create morphing abstract animations known as “sheep”.

Anyone watching one of these computers may vote for their favorite animations using the keyboard. The more popular sheep live longer and reproduce according to a genetic algorithm with mutation and cross-over. Hence the flock evolves to please its global audience.

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