Thursday, October 02, 2008

Desktop background switcher


I said it in an earlier post, and I stand by it: Sheee-oooooot! Da-gum-it this is cool!

I've been using John Connor's free background switcher, and just downloaded his latest version.

I love it when someone makes something awesome, and it JUST WORKS! In John's case, he makes a cool software tool that displays pictures on your computer's desktop. His switcher pulls fotos from almost anywhere you store them on the web, and throws them up in almost any design you can imagine. His latest release does postcard style fotos, as shown below.



I push his switcher to the limit. I use two monitors on my computer, each with a different resolution. I use a laptop, so I have a number of preset monitor configurations and each configuration has a slightly different set of resolutions. Nothing his switcher can't handle though. The sceen shot above is from my desktop. You can see the Taskbar across one of the monitors, and that both monitors have different images on them.


Cool? Yes it is. Download John's background switcher by clicking here! While it is completely free, John is a regular joe (well, 'john') trying to make a buck. So if you enjoy his tool, he has provided a link here to donate via PayPal...

In addition to his switcher, John shares lots of good photography "wisdom" on his site, to help the less-adept... Like ME!

Thanks John, and GREAT TOOL!




3 friends had this to say...:

John Conners said...

Hi Dustin,

Glad to hear you like JBS! And you're most welcome! :)

Dustin and Camila said...

John,

Dunno if you'll see this comment, but wanted to let you know that I get more hits on my site that come from a comment I left on your support forum, than from any other single source. (No making fun of my (VERY) small visitor base!)

Just check my FIDJIT logs some time.

John Conners said...

Ha ha, really? That's cool!

Looking at my stats it looks like that's one of the most popular topics on my forum - it seems that a lot of people want different backgrounds on multiple monitors with different resolutions.