Sneak Peek: Natural Desktop...
Wednesday, September 8, 2004 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
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wilo
Reply #62 Saturday, September 11, 2004 6:09 AM
Reply #62 Saturday, September 11, 2004 6:09 AM
I kinda like this thing - it would be better with pictures of gum trees, roos and HR Holden utes but I'm sure that'll come...
Only problem I have is that every so often the weather thingy in the top right hand corner karks it (crashes)and politely asks if I would like to tell Microsnot what I was doing at the time...
Only problem I have is that every so often the weather thingy in the top right hand corner karks it (crashes)and politely asks if I would like to tell Microsnot what I was doing at the time...
Jafo
Reply #63 Saturday, September 11, 2004 6:52 AM
?.....good grief....full of yobbos off to the footy on a Sat'dy arvo with a keg of VB and a bottle of Pimms.....
Reply #63 Saturday, September 11, 2004 6:52 AM
| HR Holden utes |
BX
Reply #64 Saturday, September 11, 2004 12:09 PM
Reply #64 Saturday, September 11, 2004 12:09 PM
Hi All......
I have purchased this beauty, downloaded it and start it.
but I have some issues with it.
1. In email, stardock has provided me with serial. but after clicking the exeuctable, program starts automatically and doesn't ask about entering serial and starts directly.
2. I have choice of just two wallpapers. Where are the rest???
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I have purchased this beauty, downloaded it and start it.
but I have some issues with it.
1. In email, stardock has provided me with serial. but after clicking the exeuctable, program starts automatically and doesn't ask about entering serial and starts directly.
2. I have choice of just two wallpapers. Where are the rest???
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Septimus
Reply #65 Saturday, September 11, 2004 6:38 PM
Reply #65 Saturday, September 11, 2004 6:38 PM
I have the same... I'm guessing this is just because it's a teaser and nothing else. Though I'm probably wrong.
Essencay
Reply #66 Sunday, September 12, 2004 12:32 AM
Reply #66 Sunday, September 12, 2004 12:32 AM
Great little DX Widget. Well worth the price 
Frogboy mentions in this thread...
There are 16 1152x864 *JPG wallpapers included that represent four parts of the day, morning, day, evening and night for the four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter. You'll have to decide if that is a ton of wallpapers or not for yourself. For me, for the price, it's pretty darn reasonable at only 50-cents a wall, not even considering what the animated weather portal itself is worth.
To see all the walls, go into display properties, display tab, highlight the current Natural Desktop wall and hit browse. This is the easiest way to get to the temp folder housing all the walls.
The animations in the weather portal are awesome and there is a lot of detail to it. I only wish there was an option for a smaller frame...maybe just the black circular frame that's around it and a way to move it.
The only problem I have with this widget is when you restart it. Every time you restart it, Norton's thinks it's a new proggie trying to access the internet and I have to answer the Norton Warning Window. I think it's because the folder the *exe creates is temporary, Where as other DX weather objects I've used, I've only had to answer to Norton's just the first time it's run.
Whoever put this together...Martin?...did a great job and I'm glad I bought it
Frogboy mentions in this thread...
| As you can imagine,there' are a LOT of wallpapers in there....and a ton of different wallpapers |
There are 16 1152x864 *JPG wallpapers included that represent four parts of the day, morning, day, evening and night for the four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter. You'll have to decide if that is a ton of wallpapers or not for yourself. For me, for the price, it's pretty darn reasonable at only 50-cents a wall, not even considering what the animated weather portal itself is worth.
To see all the walls, go into display properties, display tab, highlight the current Natural Desktop wall and hit browse. This is the easiest way to get to the temp folder housing all the walls.
The animations in the weather portal are awesome and there is a lot of detail to it. I only wish there was an option for a smaller frame...maybe just the black circular frame that's around it and a way to move it.
The only problem I have with this widget is when you restart it. Every time you restart it, Norton's thinks it's a new proggie trying to access the internet and I have to answer the Norton Warning Window. I think it's because the folder the *exe creates is temporary, Where as other DX weather objects I've used, I've only had to answer to Norton's just the first time it's run.
Whoever put this together...Martin?...did a great job and I'm glad I bought it
BX
Reply #67 Sunday, September 12, 2004 2:01 AM
Reply #67 Sunday, September 12, 2004 2:01 AM
But what is use of serial provided by SD?
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Tiggz
Reply #68 Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:34 AM
Digital Blasphemy made the walls, Mason Fischer created the sounds, I made the weather widget and _Martin_ integrated the whole lot into a coherent theme
Reply #68 Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:34 AM
| Whoever put this together...Martin? |
Digital Blasphemy made the walls, Mason Fischer created the sounds, I made the weather widget and _Martin_ integrated the whole lot into a coherent theme
Septimus
Reply #69 Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:47 AM
Reply #69 Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:47 AM
One complaint I have are the wall resolutions, at 1600x1200 they look terrible, especially the Digital Blasphemy text.
After a period of use of the sneak peak, I really hope some of the change's goodmorphing mentioned can be intergrated.
After a period of use of the sneak peak, I really hope some of the change's goodmorphing mentioned can be intergrated.
BX
Reply #71 Sunday, September 12, 2004 5:36 AM
Reply #71 Sunday, September 12, 2004 5:36 AM
Means it is only a test version. We will have the full version in future. and for that version SD has provided a serial. Am I right?
Essencay
Reply #72 Sunday, September 12, 2004 6:10 AM
Reply #72 Sunday, September 12, 2004 6:10 AM
I am pretty sure that this is the full version
mrtee
Reply #73 Sunday, September 12, 2004 9:55 AM
Reply #73 Sunday, September 12, 2004 9:55 AM
If it is the full version why does it install to a temp file?
When I reboot ND doesn't.
When I reinstall it creates a new temp file.
The sounds quit.
I deleted 5 different temp files of it yesterday.
Looking for answers, or what am I doing wrong?
When I reboot ND doesn't.
When I reinstall it creates a new temp file.
The sounds quit.
I deleted 5 different temp files of it yesterday.
Looking for answers, or what am I doing wrong?
Essencay
Reply #74 Sunday, September 12, 2004 10:45 AM
Reply #74 Sunday, September 12, 2004 10:45 AM
Put the Natural Desktop.exe file you downloaded in a permanent place. I put mine in with the rest of my DX widgets. After it is up and running, right-click on the glass orb of the weather object and select auto-run. This saves settings and places a shortcut in your Startup File. If you move the .exe, then you have to start all over again.
I've rebooted a few times with no issues, other than the one with Nortons I mentioned early.
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I've rebooted a few times with no issues, other than the one with Nortons I mentioned early.
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lutikriss
Reply #75 Sunday, September 12, 2004 2:20 PM
Reply #75 Sunday, September 12, 2004 2:20 PM
Hey i got an idea. Get off your butt and go outside every once in a while. I've heard that, yes, things do change naturally outdoors.
Aleatoric
Reply #77 Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:20 PM
I've heard you can do that, but that big yellow thing in the sky scares me.
Reply #77 Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:20 PM
| Hey i got an idea. Get off your butt and go outside every once in a while. I've heard that, yes, things do change naturally outdoors. |
I've heard you can do that, but that big yellow thing in the sky scares me.
Tiggz
Reply #78 Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:41 PM
yeah! what is that thing anyway? I be afeared.
Reply #78 Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:41 PM
| I've heard you can do that, but that big yellow thing in the sky scares me. |
yeah! what is that thing anyway? I be afeared.
aufisch
Reply #80 Sunday, September 12, 2004 5:50 PM
Reply #80 Sunday, September 12, 2004 5:50 PM
is a broadband connection needed for this? or can it be configured manually, with weather object hidden for us dial-uppers?
(sorry for short language and lower case - broke right arm)
(sorry for short language and lower case - broke right arm)
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Reply #61 Saturday, September 11, 2004 2:20 AM
I was just thinking that I would like just as much a natural desktop that made use of only one image. The change would come from a gradual dimming at night to a brightening in the morning. Stars could come out...The sounds are nice, but those crickets sound out of place in the snow. Maybe it would be nice to have a selections of quality sounds. Then someone could choose from a menu... birds of the north/south. Wolf calls.. crickets, wind blows, brook runs, rain falling, thunder ... stuff like that. Seems like it would take less resources to have occasional random sounds. Then some kind of order... random, random X2. Maybe also have a selection for rain or snow falling (like those snowflakes someone made this Christmas). It would seem more natural maybe, more adaptable to a persons own dreams.
Of course include the options to choose ones own wallpaper.
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