So why can't we have .gif's as a desktop background?
I think that would be really cool, we would see some amazing high resolution .gif's begin to emerge and have some really cool stuff. I want that.
Also easily customisable cursor colours. I'd like that.
Hmm, IIRC (If you're talking about Windows) Explorer does not support .gif files...It even just opens them up in IE by default. If you really wanted to I'm sure you could just rip out all the layers on a .gif and then set the time between background accordingly with Win 7 or 8.
Customisable Cursor colors? Well, you can already get like 100K different cursors without spending any time at all..
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
MyAnimeList [2,180+ Episodes] - [1,610 or so Chapters]
I had a friend who once tried to set his desktop backround to a .gif ... the .gif broke. Every other frame failed to show, and it caused a lot of performance issues.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
"I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you." - Mal, Firefly episode 6: Our Mrs. Reynolds
"Also, I can kill you with my brain." - River, Firefly episode 9: Ariel
This is why no versions of windows photo viewer save for XP natively support .gif images.
As to why we cannot have them animate as a wallpaper, it is simply because there is no real point. Not only are they small in resolution (usually no bigger than 200-300 pixels) but they are usually of low quality, it would just look awful overall and be distracting.
It might have been cool in the 90s (actually I think you could have animated gif wallpapers on 98) but now? No.
iff .gif is not free licence, someone needs to create a new file format which works like .gif but can have very high resolution images, large enough for an HD moving desktop wallpaper.
facepalm all you want about what i said but i want this.
also when i wanted to change how the mouse looks, i dont mean those "1000 free cursurs (GET A VIRUS ****)" but in contorl panel, like i have changed my windows cursor to be black in the middle and white as the outline, opposite to default.
But why cant i make it red inside and purple outline for example. shouldnt be that hard for windows to let us do.
iff .gif is not free licence, someone needs to create a new file format which works like .gif but can have very high resolution images, large enough for an HD moving desktop wallpaper.
facepalm all you want about what i said but i want this.
also when i wanted to change how the mouse looks, i dont mean those "1000 free cursurs (GET A VIRUS ****)" but in contorl panel, like i have changed my windows cursor to be black in the middle and white as the outline, opposite to default.
But why cant i make it red inside and purple outline for example. shouldnt be that hard for windows to let us do.
if .gif is not free licence, someone needs to create a new file format which works like .gif but can have very high resolution images, large enough for an HD moving desktop wallpaper.
facepalm all you want about what i said but i want this.
also when i wanted to change how the mouse looks, i dont mean those "1000 free cursurs (GET A VIRUS ****)" but in contorl panel, like i have changed my windows cursor to be black in the middle and white as the outline, opposite to default.
But why cant i make it red inside and purple outline for example. shouldnt be that hard for windows to let us do.
Look up "Windows Dreamscene"
I forget how you change your cursor, but I remember I did.
I think it was here: Link Removed
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
I play video games.
Quote from Cave Johnson »
Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!
Themed cursors use up more CPU power.
GIFs are also animated images, so they don't want a user putting an animated image as their background.
Depending on your OS, you can convert your image using GIMP, which is a lot like photoshop.
and FM87, that is a PNG, not a APNG...............
Themed cursors use up more CPU power.
GIFs are also animated images, so they don't want a user putting an animated image as their background.
Depending on your OS, you can convert your image using GIMP, which is a lot like photoshop.
and FM87, that is a PNG, not a APNG...............
No, it is an animated PNG. APNG is not the extension, it is PNG, APNG is the format.
I think that would be really cool, we would see some amazing high resolution .gif's begin to emerge and have some really cool stuff. I want that.
Also easily customisable cursor colours. I'd like that.
Hmm, IIRC (If you're talking about Windows) Explorer does not support .gif files...It even just opens them up in IE by default. If you really wanted to I'm sure you could just rip out all the layers on a .gif and then set the time between background accordingly with Win 7 or 8.
Customisable Cursor colors? Well, you can already get like 100K different cursors without spending any time at all..
MyAnimeList [2,180+ Episodes] - [1,610 or so Chapters]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Interchange_Format
This is why no versions of windows photo viewer save for XP natively support .gif images.
As to why we cannot have them animate as a wallpaper, it is simply because there is no real point. Not only are they small in resolution (usually no bigger than 200-300 pixels) but they are usually of low quality, it would just look awful overall and be distracting.
It might have been cool in the 90s (actually I think you could have animated gif wallpapers on 98) but now? No.
facepalm all you want about what i said but i want this.
also when i wanted to change how the mouse looks, i dont mean those "1000 free cursurs (GET A VIRUS ****)" but in contorl panel, like i have changed my windows cursor to be black in the middle and white as the outline, opposite to default.
But why cant i make it red inside and purple outline for example. shouldnt be that hard for windows to let us do.
You mean like APNG?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APNG
If you are on firefox, chrome, or the later IE the ball will bounce. If you are on anything else, it will not.
Look up "Windows Dreamscene"
I forget how you change your cursor, but I remember I did.
I think it was here: Link Removed
I'm on chrome and the ball isn't moving... lol
I don't think i have updated in a while, might be the problem.
GIFs are also animated images, so they don't want a user putting an animated image as their background.
Depending on your OS, you can convert your image using GIMP, which is a lot like photoshop.
and FM87, that is a PNG, not a APNG...............
I got pulled into Minecraft by my friends! THEY ARE AWESOME FRIENDS!
Look at it in firefox, it will be bouncing.
-
View User Profile
-
View Posts
-
Send Message
Retired StaffYou need an extension for it.
On Windows Vista and Windows 7, you can use Dreamscenes. They're pretty nice. One of my friends used a movie as his desktop wallpaper for a while
Ah, I see.
Firefox does it .
I got pulled into Minecraft by my friends! THEY ARE AWESOME FRIENDS!
But that's going OT.
Edit: Nevermind, just not bouncing in Chrome.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/SteevyT/saved/21PI