Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Background Switcher

I don't know if I am alone on this, but... I get bored with the same background on my computer. I like to change things up. The problem is, remembering to change the background can be a pain... Then Lifehacker came along with this article...


John's Background Switcher Adds Individual Photo Settings, Transitions, and More [Downloads]


Windows: If you like to mix up your Windows wallpaper, the latest version of John's Background Switcher lets you do it from almost any web source, and in any specific way you want to match your monitors.
We've thrown a little love to this clever little freeware app once or twice before, and version 4 of John's Background Switcher (JBS) gives us even more to love. If you've got one monitor and like your pictures scaled a certain way, JBS can do that, but if you've got a batch of photos and some need scaling, one needs a zoomed-in view, and others should be centered, the app can do that too.There's new support for Google, Yahoo, and Bing image search results, background transitions on Vista and Windows 7, and a unified settings dialog for setting up and authorizing your image pools and preferences.
There's also new 'cork board' and 'postcard' views for creating desktop collages of multiple photos. Best of all for those concerned about resources, JBS can be set to change a desktop picture on every Windows boot-up, then disappear if you don't plan to change more than once per session.
John's Background Switcher is a free download for Windows systems only, requires the Microsoft .NET framework 2.0 or higher to run. Thanks y0himba!
John's Background Switcher [John's Adventures]

I've installed this and am using Facebook pictures from selected friends with the Polaroid pile. OMG!!!! I LOVE IT! What a nice way to keep me smiling throughout the day. I also put in some of my own albums so I can trade off when I get the whim.

p.s. (as of 4:48 pm): My current desktop is below. It changes every hour. So great!


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