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(2 replies) #1 Hak Foo on 14 Feb 2007 - 01:10

Animated wallpaper?

Meh. BTDT.

Active desktop, page full of festive Javascript (could a real Java or Flash applet be used), and it's an animated desktop.

On Windows 2000, and probably even 98.

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#1.1 excalpius on 14 Feb 2007 - 20:49

Hak Foo has no idea what he's talking about here, move on to future posts.

#1.2 RealFduch on 15 Feb 2007 - 11:03

Quote - (excalpius said @ #1.1)

Hak Foo has no idea what he's talking about here, move on to future posts.

Whar he said is real.
It can be done in 98-XP
You can place any webpage as desktop wallpaper. And webpages have animations you know?

#2 Frogboy on 14 Feb 2007 - 01:19

If that solution worked, millions of people would be using them.

The idea behind what Microsoft has done with Windows DreamScene is that you can have animated wallpaper that doesn't mess up your desktop or interfere with your work in any way.

One could think of their current wallpaper as being a single frame wallpaper and Windows DreamScene simply being more than 1 frame.

(2 replies) #3 RevitXman on 14 Feb 2007 - 01:33

so you have to use Stardocks software for these things to work?

#3.1 Nathanael on 14 Feb 2007 - 01:40

No.

#3.2 Frogboy on 14 Feb 2007 - 01:41

No. Only if you want to use .dream files.

(2 replies) #4 -Hiroshi- on 14 Feb 2007 - 02:22

LoL Already been posted, nice try. Also, all it seems to do is restrict usage of Dreamscene by adding another proprietary format to deal with, Im holding out hope that it actually does what they say it will..

#4.1 Frogboy on 14 Feb 2007 - 03:13

That was just about DeskScapes. This is about letting people get more animated wallpaper content.

All day we've been bombarded on Neowin with people trying to find more animated wallpapers. So here's a link to a site that has some rihgt now.

#4.2 xxdesmus on 14 Feb 2007 - 03:39

Quote - (Frogboy said @ #4.1)

That was just about DeskScapes. This is about letting people get more animated wallpaper content.

All day we've been bombarded on Neowin with people trying to find more animated wallpapers. So here's a link to a site that has some rihgt now.

Please ignore that ignorant comment. We appreciate all that you do Frogboy ...especially the time and effort you spend trying to spread the word here at Neowin. This is a site that is geared towards people who would enjoy your product, and you try to help to keep them in the loop... what do they do? They treat you like crap.

It's sad, it really is.

#5 :: Lyon :: on 14 Feb 2007 - 03:45

Err.. the first three on wincustomize are quite horrible, IMO.. :{ (not the one I want to use at home)

(1 reply) #6 Boz on 14 Feb 2007 - 03:48

I'm not sure when they say it doesn't take any resources what exactly do they mean?

on QX6700 with 4gb of high performance ram + 2x 8800GTS cards (multimonitor setup - 2x 20" lcds and 1x 24" lcd) my computer becomes completely unusable. The CPU usage spikes to almost 50% alone and dragging windows and similar actions is very slow.

Btw, I'm using Windows Vista x64 fully legal and updated.

#6.1 Morpheus Phreak on 14 Feb 2007 - 08:08

Quote - (Boz said @ #6)

I'm not sure when they say it doesn't take any resources what exactly do they mean?

on QX6700 with 4gb of high performance ram + 2x 8800GTS cards (multimonitor setup - 2x 20" lcds and 1x 24" lcd) my computer becomes completely unusable. The CPU usage spikes to almost 50% alone and dragging windows and similar actions is very slow.

Btw, I'm using Windows Vista x64 fully legal and updated.

It's probably the really poor state of nVidia drivers and the fact that SLI doesn't work properly yet.

You're only getting 1 card to output really and on top of that the video acceleration on the nVidia side is screwed right now.

I have a Core2Duo E6600 with 3GB of great ram and 1 lonely Radeon X1300 and my CPU usage even while posting on here and viewing all the flash and stuff on pages only sits around 10%.

(4 replies) #7 CaKeY on 14 Feb 2007 - 04:40

I can't believe people actually sit at their computer just to stare at the desktop... and pay money for it.

#7.1 Frogboy on 14 Feb 2007 - 05:04

It's free. What's there to pay for?

People get Windows Vista Ultimate because they want the business features and media center features together in a single package.

Ultimate Extras (like Windows DreamScene) are just little extra goodies Microsoft has made for Ultimate users.

#7.2 thunderbird_117 on 14 Feb 2007 - 10:40

Quote - (Frogboy said @ #7.1)

It's free. What's there to pay for?

People get Windows Vista Ultimate because they want the business features and media center features together in a single package.

Ultimate Extras (like Windows DreamScene) are just little extra goodies Microsoft has made for Ultimate users.

You have to pay 19$ for it. For the Subscribers that is.

#7.3 +Island Dog on 14 Feb 2007 - 14:49

What is $19 for?

#7.4 +Zhivago on 14 Feb 2007 - 15:46

Quote - (CaKeY said @ #7)

I can't believe people actually sit at their computer just to stare at the desktop... and pay money for it.

I hate screensavers and absolutely adore DreamScene. It's all just a matter of personal taste.

DreamScene + Transparency of Aero is very impressive.

(1 reply) #8 Matt500 on 14 Feb 2007 - 07:30

Another pointless stardock addition which gets front page news. It was either a slow news week or more of the usual stardock leaching of Neowin.

#8.1 Morpheus Phreak on 14 Feb 2007 - 08:06

Quote - (Matt500 said @ #

Another pointless stardock addition which gets front page news. It was either a slow news week or more of the usual stardock leaching of Neowin.

Go troll elsewhere, this is actually a nice product and normally I'm not a fan of most stardock products, but I have to say this is making me want to use them again.

Also don't bash a companies products if you don't like them, unless they have actually caused you issues directly.

Even then attack the issue, not everyone involved.

#9 Jugalator on 14 Feb 2007 - 08:55

(sorry, missed a part in the story) :p

(2 replies) #10 backdrifter on 14 Feb 2007 - 10:45

From the site,

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Dreams are high quality visualizations that run exclusively on Windows Vista Ultimate and transform the static wallpaper users spend all day looking at into a world of motion and activity.

Dreams are subtle, looped motion videos or animations that bring new life to the desktop without slowing down your PC. Watch a serene nature scene while you type an email. Glance at a meteor shower as you work on a document. Make your desktop interesting again with for Windows® DreamScene™ and Windows Vista™ Ultimate.

These people either think we're not doing anything on the computer but staring at the desktop, or we have quite large screens to let us work with the desktop still visible.

I have a better idea, listen to some calm music when working.. It archieves a similar effect without the distraction, it doesn't require screen space.

#10.1 Frogboy on 14 Feb 2007 - 16:40

So you're saying you don't use wallpapers? Just some big solid color?

People like wallpapers. That's why so many people are interested. Wallpapers have always been popular with people. Having them be animated just adds spice to it.

#10.2 excalpius on 14 Feb 2007 - 20:52

I do both. Music AND subtle animated wallpapers.

(1 reply) #11 rIaHc3 on 14 Feb 2007 - 14:44

I have a question: Most of these .DREAM files are 45-50MB large. Why don't they RAR them to make them smaller?

#11.1 Frogboy on 14 Feb 2007 - 16:39

That would be like RARing a JPEG.

#12 aakash_007 on 15 Feb 2007 - 12:50

So what do we need to use a dream scene wallpaper.
1- .dream file
2- Stardock deskscapes
3- A vista dreamscene ultimate extra (not yet released

)

am i right ?

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