The latest trend in desktop wallpapers is active wallpapers i.e. wallpapers that actively change with time. DesktopEarth makes wonderful use of active desktop moving wallpapers to put a map-like image on your desktop.
DesktopEarth is a Windows compatible freeware program sized at nearly 6MB. It displays your current time zone area on your desktop background. You can choose this wallpaper to be a static one which changes after a fixed period or a dynamic one that is in motion and keeps on changing.
Your time zone is automatically selected by default but you can always change it to someplace else in the program's options. You can make modifications to the viewing style of day or night images.
The program neatly sits as an icon in your system tray from where you can easily access it. Non-Windows users can access the Desktop Earth website and generate a high resolution PNG image which can be set as their wallpaper. Windows customization enthusiasts place much importance on the desktop wallpaper and will surely appreciate what Desktop Earth has to offer.
Features:
- Free active desktop wallpaper of our planet.
- User friendly.
- Offers an installer for Windows users and an online PNG image generator for non-Windows users.
- Can generate map images of any time zone.
- You can choose to modify the day and night views in these images.
- The images can be set as your wallpaper (either regular or active).
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Check out DesktopEarth @ http://www.codefromthe70s.org/desktopearth.aspx