Sneak Peek: Natural Desktop...

Wednesday, September 8, 2004 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

http://www.naturaldesktop.com

Let us know what you think.

 

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elvee
Reply #21 Wednesday, September 8, 2004 11:54 PM
I changed time and location. Switched to southern Hemisphere, and changed the weather to match location. The Natural Desktop set itself accordingly.



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Chris TH
Reply #22 Wednesday, September 8, 2004 11:58 PM
Hmmm... It don't work here! What background do you get for Sydney, Australia? Antartica with the penguins?




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elvee
Reply #23 Thursday, September 9, 2004 12:03 AM
Yes and the animation has a rainbow with light rain. You have to remember though Our Feedback to Brad and the rest of the creators will help this product become better



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Chris TH
Reply #24 Thursday, September 9, 2004 12:09 AM
You have to remember though Our Feedback to Brad and the rest of the creators will help this product become better


Oh, yes I know

My first Stardock product was ObjectDesktop for OS/2

It's just not logical, Captain . It'd be nice to get it going correctly.



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elvee
Reply #25 Thursday, September 9, 2004 12:14 AM
Oh WOW! I'ts after 1am here. I will be dragging in the morning at work, but I had to fool with this before going to bed



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Chris TH
Reply #26 Thursday, September 9, 2004 12:18 AM
Go to sleep elvee! I'll try it on another PC & see what happens. Thanks for your time...




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Frogboy
Reply #27 Thursday, September 9, 2004 1:16 AM

We're definitely interested in hearing ideas on adding more things.

I've already submitted some of my own such as letting users manually choose some of the conditions.  There's something like 20 minutes of sound tracks embedded in there and a ton of different wallpapers.

I think this thing will be huge as it gets going. I'd like to see it also let users add more wallpapers to the mix. But we wanted to hear what people said first.

goodmorphing
Reply #28 Thursday, September 9, 2004 1:27 AM

One thing I noticed is that the moon is out of phase.  Real moon is a crescent now, isn't it? 

Choosing the weather conditions would be very nice.  I live in the city and the traffic keeps me awake sometimes.  It would be nice to have this going... or if the sounds are like a thunderstorm, to choose a storm to sleep by, instead of traffic.  Or, to share someone's weather conditions to get some basic idea of what they are living through...

It would be nice if it could minimize to the tray or something, so that you don't have to turn it off in case you wanted to have a clear desk for some reason temporarily.  and a volume control would be nice too.

Essencay
Reply #29 Thursday, September 9, 2004 1:51 AM
Hiya All....very interested in this....I've got a couple of questions about it. What size are the wallpapers and if I load up a WB skin that has an included wallpaper, will it replace the Natural Desktop or does Natural Desktop's wallpaper stay put?

No roos here, but I wonder if there are any coydogs, nothing more spooky at night than a pack of howling coydogs moving through the fog across a field....an ominous black shadow off in the distance.

Thanks folks
_Martin_
Reply #30 Thursday, September 9, 2004 5:32 AM
Chris: You shouldn't have to wait more than a minute for wallpapers, sounds or colors to update. It should also change if you change the location to somewhere in a significantly different time zone or your system clock.

If things aren't changing then can you mail me your system specs (OS etc).

Cheers,

Martin
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joetheblow
Reply #31 Thursday, September 9, 2004 5:39 AM
[whoops!! forgot to post in another browser..}

hmmm... I know I posted here about adding your own wallpapers... w2K4 hiccup I guess...

anyway, how would you add your own wallpapers (unless you plan to do without the wallpaper changing with the weather and time).


I noticed that digital blasphemy gets a lot of shout outs in the screen shot images. good for them!



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_Martin_
Reply #32 Thursday, September 9, 2004 5:42 AM
Chris: You shouldn't have to wait more than a minute for wallpapers, sounds or colors to update. It should also change if you change the location to somewhere in a significantly different time zone or your system clock.

If things aren't changing then can you mail me your system specs (OS etc).

Cheers,

Martin
[email protected]
joetheblow
Reply #33 Thursday, September 9, 2004 5:43 AM
I wonder how the wallpaper will change if a user adds a wallpaper that is not animated into the mix.

If I put a picture of a car in there, what will it look like at night or in the day?

I read here that other people wated to put in their own images, but how would that work with all the different types of weather conditions?


And how big is this file going to be anyway???
Styl-X Design
Reply #34 Thursday, September 9, 2004 5:54 AM
Nice... very nice. Just think about getting a new interface for the configuration of the program
_Martin_
Reply #35 Thursday, September 9, 2004 6:26 AM
I'm looking at updates now Chris.

I've never experienced issues with walls not changing in testing. Are you using XP? Are you using any wallpaper changing apps? Please mail me directly to continue this - [email protected]
Caylynn
Reply #36 Thursday, September 9, 2004 8:23 AM
Very nice! Ooooh - I may just have to buy this!

Digital Blasphemy is one of my favourite wallpaper sites, so this just looks too good to pass up!
NightTrainthedark
Reply #37 Thursday, September 9, 2004 8:50 AM
My girlfriend is demanding this. Looks like a mighty fine colaboration.
Koasati
Reply #38 Thursday, September 9, 2004 10:04 AM
Also is there a way to reposition the weather portal or is it hard coded to top right corner?

I'm curious about that as well. If it can't be moved, it would be in a very annoying spot for my setup.





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BlueDev
Reply #39 Thursday, September 9, 2004 10:08 AM
It looks very nice. Just may have to check this one out.



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Stockholm Syndrome
Reply #40 Thursday, September 9, 2004 11:41 AM
This is cool.
I am buying it.
Argh too much cool stuff coming out lately. >

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