Tray wallpaper changer...

I have noticed that in OSX, people have a little tray icon that displays their current wallpaper (see attachment). I was wondering if there is a Windows alternative for this. If not, here is what I propose.

A program that sits in the tray, showing your current wallpaper. Right click on the icon, and you get a menu with your 5 favorite wallpapers, with a few other options (Exit program, Settings, etc).

Would something like this be possible? I have no programming knowledge outside PHP/XHTML and Winamp's MAKI. Let me know what you all think.

#295925

Sounds easy. I'll try to whip something up in VB.NET tomorrow.

#295931

and what would be the whole point of this?

will this allow us to change the background every 5 seconds like mac os x?

#295933

this would be sweet..

#295941

and would be a big resources hog too

I hate M$

but yeah that'd be a cool idea :P

#295942

that would be a neat wallpaper changer.

but with the hide try icons function im sure some people wont even see it in the systray after a while lol.

but if someone is to make one i would rather have it display the next wallpaper instead of current.

or even a queue system.

i kinda think its pointless to be able to see your wall in a tiny tray icon and on your desktop.

as for me i currently use a modded dtp desklet for avedesk to change my wall very 10 min or so..(ctrl f10 brings up the desklet in showcase)

if not that i use esco wallchanger. as it uses windows sched to update and change the wallpaper

and the wallpaper selector and the settings get fitted in the disply properties.

#295957

Thats a good idea. I think it wil be very easy to code too..

#295964

why change your wallpaper every 10 mins?

#295969

it's called Deskshade , mostly organize and changes color of walls on the go , very easy to use and not a resource hog in os ox ! a must have for the mac user

http://www.macrabbit.com/deskshade/

#295970

I'm glad I'm not the only one who think something like this would be cool.

#296009

I would just like to change mine with day and night if that can be done

#296022

Ok, got a little more from posting this over at Neowin. Check it out here.

#296026

Koregraphik , Can you give me a link to this utility or send me a copy ? the link on Neowin is dead..

Mods: Sorry for Bump

#339608

Since Kavin bumped this...

The feature I would really want to see is drag-and-drop image to display as wallpaper. I have one that already works just as requested but it's not really a tray icon. I am still working on figuring that part out. I'll post when I do!

#339647