Desktopia 1.0

Desktopia is a clever little freeware program that does one thing: changes your desktop background based on a schedule you set. Think of the possibilities, in the morning you can have a nice picture of the sunrising, and at night you can have a full moon. The possibilities are only limited by the desktop backgrounds that you have available to you, though Desktopia does ship with a few backgrounds.
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Desktopia is a clever little freeware program that does one thing: changes your desktop background based on a schedule you set. Think of...
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I'm looking for an app that will allow me to change the desktop wallpaper everytime I open a program. For example, when I open Safari, I want the wallpaper to change to black, or when mail opens, change to a blurred version of the destop to add emphasis to the current app. Anyone heard of something like this?
September 05 2006 at 1:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply7. Wish someone would replicate ol' Expresso (by Berkeley Systems) feature of splashing the monthly calendar on to the desktop.
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plus the 'cal' command takes care of that for me.
Is there something like this, or an applescript, that will switch screensavers on some type of schedule? It's purely selfish, but we have one of our xserves that we swing between the occassional looped mac add or pong or pacman or other stuff - we have hundreds, but we just change them on random occassion, an app that did it for us seems simple enough and worth paying for.
August 28 2006 at 12:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWish someone would replicate ol' Expresso (by Berkeley Systems) feature of splashing the monthly calendar on to the desktop. Three years on, that is the one feature I still miss from OS 9.0.4.
August 26 2006 at 3:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYes, xSkyDesk is beautiful, and beautifully put together. A most calming environment for working at a desk ten hours a day. I like it together with the Pixie Dust setting of OmniDazzle. (Impress your kids on the Fourth of July!)
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidazzle/
I was just thinking about this a few days ago. Why can't I have a sunrise in the morning, and sunset at night? Now I can!
August 25 2006 at 1:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply1. & 4. Have you looked at XSkyDesk? It simulates the sky outside (based on your lat & long) in a very realistic manner. You'll get beautiful sunsets and sunrises, along with a real starry night.
Check it Out:
http://www.globalconscious.com/xskydesk/
Sweet. Now I just need to setup a camera on a tripod on the beach and take a picture every 5 minutes for a day. During the Summer of course! :)
August 25 2006 at 11:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo simple yet brilliant. One of those âwhy didnât I think of that?â things.
August 25 2006 at 10:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYes, but does it do it with nice transitions? Just a simple fade over a minute or so would be clever :)
August 25 2006 at 10:29 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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