There's
a nifty little new screen saver in Tiger that you've probably seen
mentioned around the web, called the RSS Visualizer. This screen
saver swirls the text from a selected RSS feed around the screen so
that you can read snippets from a featured feed and hit a corresponding
number on your keyboard to launch a particular post that interests you
in your default web browser.This how-to will walk you through the steps necessary to set up TUAW as your feed of choice in the RSS Visualizer.
Here's the steps, broken down into their most basic form:
- Launch Safari and go to TUAW.com. It should be your homepage. ;-)
- In the Address Bar, click on the blue RSS button next to our main page.
- Our RSS feed will pop up in Safari. Bookmark the RSS feed, either
by clicking the plus sign next to the Address Window, by choosing
Bookmarks-->Add Bookmark from the menu, or by simply typing Apple /
Command + D. Feel free to put the bookmark wherever you like (although it might be best to organize it under Mac in the RSS feeds folder).
- After
you have bookmarked our RSS feed, launch the System Preferences and
select the Desktop & Screen Saver control panel.
- After you have the Desktop & Screen Saver Control Panel open, select the Screen Saver tab. Choose the RSS Visualizer as your screen saver in the left hand menu. Now click on the Options... button.
- Scroll through the Safari RSS feeds until you spot The
Unofficial Apple Weblog feed. Click on it and then select
Done.
- You're
done. Now any time your screen saver comes up, you'll get a nice
dose of TUAW goodness in swirling animated text. Have fun.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-16-2005 @ 4:17PM
Chase said...
Very Useful thanks a bunch!!!
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6-16-2005 @ 4:17PM
Clay Hummer said...
Unless I'm missing something, my guess would be that one would need a more-up-to-date-system than what I';ve got
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6-16-2005 @ 4:17PM
Clay Hummer said...
Is there something special about the kind of video card one needs to get the RSS screensaver? One of those Core enhancements that older models can't use?
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6-16-2005 @ 4:17PM
Lee Hinde said...
Several of my colleagues think the RSS screen saver is very cool. But isn't the point of a screen saver such that you won't see it very often?
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6-16-2005 @ 4:17PM
bryan said...
my video card doesnt support core image but does display the RSS screen saver
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10-25-2005 @ 12:43AM
Soleil said...
Ugh. That screensaver makes me seriously motion-sick... Does anyone know of a less dizzifying RSS screensaver? Thanks!!
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