codefromthe70s.org— Desktop Earth generates very high-resolution wallpapers based on NASA's Blue Marble Next imagery. Both online and downloadable versions are available.
Feb 23, 2006View in Crawl 4
Judging by the amount of snow in "the great white north" I would have to presume that these shots were taken in the winter. Being up late fixing my mailserver and watching the sun slowly rise over the eastern parts of south america on my desktop was rather moving.
Well, undugg and uninstalled. The thing only works if you turn on active desktop, and active desktop is not compatible with using drop shadows to get your desktop icon text to not have a colored background around them. Since that looked ugly, I removed it. If he made it use normal background wallpaper instead of active desktop, I'd use it again.
I like Beautiful Earth Desktop much better. It is easier to use and much faster than the others I have tried, very neat and no problems/mess. And if you want it shows weather on the map as well. Beautiful, no mess, fast and easy to use. Beautiful Earth Desktop:<a class="user" href="http://www.GimmeGoody.com">http://www.GimmeGoody.com</a>
Closed AccountFeb 23, 2006
Dugg, bandwidth hungrey but damn cool. 8-)
pktlossFeb 23, 2006
Judging by the amount of snow in "the great white north" I would have to presume that these shots were taken in the winter. Being up late fixing my mailserver and watching the sun slowly rise over the eastern parts of south america on my desktop was rather moving.
system84Feb 23, 2006
There aren't supposed to be an advantages....its just supposed to be cool. Which it is!
ottoFeb 23, 2006
Well, undugg and uninstalled. The thing only works if you turn on active desktop, and active desktop is not compatible with using drop shadows to get your desktop icon text to not have a colored background around them. Since that looked ugly, I removed it. If he made it use normal background wallpaper instead of active desktop, I'd use it again.
arionomoJan 10, 2008
I like Beautiful Earth Desktop much better. It is easier to use and much faster than the others I have tried, very neat and no problems/mess. And if you want it shows weather on the map as well. Beautiful, no mess, fast and easy to use. Beautiful Earth Desktop:<a class="user" href="http://www.GimmeGoody.com">http://www.GimmeGoody.com</a>