Pretty cool desktop

http://imageshack.us/a/img826/8892/39650921.png

I think Golbat is probably my favouite Pokemon.

It looks cool, but I bet it's a perfomance-killer

Now that's what I call a fucking desktop!

Really? It's what I call a screensaver.

Why would you call a live desktop wallpaper a screensaver?

Because it does nothing that a desktop image is supposed to do and everything that a screensaver is supposed to do.

But it isn't a screensaver, it's a wallpaper.

You're doing this deliberately, aren't you?

I really don't understand what you mean, are you trying to say it should be a screensaver, or that you think it is a screensaver? I'm not sure, I'm just saying it's a wallpaper. You probably already know that.

I'm confused again.

It actually isn't, which surprised me. I can play games on the highest definitions and get high framerates.

I like to be able to see what I'm doing, because I'm weird like that.

What?

You didn't have to quote me now, I believe it's unrelated.

It wasn't supposed to be there. My mistake.

This thread is confusing me. Again.

I think that WoF's point may have been that the word 'wallpaper' suggests a static image.

That's because it's not animating when you're playing fullscreen games. What about when you've got windowed programs open?

True, but the software takes the same cache memory, and if I use another monitor, it still animates and runs properly. While windowed, as you can see in the video, it animates as usual and runs like a charm. I've tried rendering a video and an high-resolution image at the same time and it just took more 5 seconds while having the animated desktop. Also, you can use your desktop icons as your normal desktop, but I prefer my icons disabled.

True, but the software takes the same cache memory, and if I use another monitor, it still animates and runs properly. While windowed, as you can see in the video, it animates as usual and runs like a charm. I've tried rendering a video and an high-resolution image at the same time and it just took more 5 seconds while having the animated desktop. Also, you can use your desktop icons as your normal desktop, but I prefer my icons disabled.


My current wallpaper:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...esktop_nov.jpg

EDIT: Can't delete/edit the above post...

I asked Cyriak nicely (and gave him 20 quid) and he gave me some high-res art to use as album art on my iPod. This was the best.

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/7...attlesmall.png

Why did you ask him for that high-res image?

I love the first one, reminds me of a game I bought and is not done yet

The second one sucks

Wait, is that a really narrow monitor or is that how print-screens of the Start screen come out?

It's rather wide than narrow

Neither; it's two screenshots stuck together (with some painting over of background textures that were repeated because of parallax scrolling).

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http://puu.sh/1sqmj/570a07d4ac32bfe489a873a02928c8ed
I use the classic theme 'cus i'm not really fond of the glassy aero look, taskbar is set to autohide, all animations disabled, and icons hidden so it isn't a mess.

If I were to unhide the icons it would probably take up most of the screen by now