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What do you prefer as desktop background?

Posted by Yaba on Aug 29 2005

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Plain color	6%
Gradients	4%
Tiles	1%
Small image/logo centered on the background	5%
Bitmap background image (fullscreen/scaled)	60%
SVG background image	23%

Votes: 959

I use photos :)

by kudos on: Aug 31 2005

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Just wanted to add a comment here :)
I use photos as backgrounds :)

Remember, cute and cuddly, boys. Cute and cuddly.

Skipper the Penguin :)
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Re: I use photos :)

by rmcruz on: Aug 31 2005

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That would be the "Bitmap background image (fullscreen/scaled)" option.

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bitmaps

by janet on: Aug 31 2005

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I only use bitmaps as backgrounds (fotos or drawings etc.). Svg-images are loading too slowly.

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Purpose

by Brandybuck on: Sep 1 2005

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Is this poll to determine what gets removed for 3.5? If so that will change how I vote.

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Re: Purpose

by Yaba on: Sep 1 2005

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Not necessarily, but it may give some hints.

Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.
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Re: Re: Purpose

by Brandybuck on: Sep 1 2005

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Don't take any hints from this poll. All it will determine is what peoples' first choice is. It will say nothing at all about their second or third choices. Not everyone uses only one kind of wallpaper.

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Re: Purpose

by kudos on: Sep 3 2005

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I agree.

Remember, cute and cuddly, boys. Cute and cuddly.
Skipper the Penguin :)
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Reluctantly, bitmaps

by Deciare on: Sep 2 2005

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Oh, how I wish I could use SVG wallpapers. Just now, I took an 600x839 handpainted-and-scanned bitmap image, cropped the top half (minus the border) to make it 580x464, then scaled it to 1280x1024 for wallpaper use. The artwork is breathtaking, but it's awful blurry when scaled to fit the screen.

I so look forward to seeing something that can auto-trace and translate complex bitmapped images into SVG images. Like that'll happen while I still live. ;)

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Re: Reluctantly, bitmaps

by djworld on: Sep 2 2005

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Well, potrace is not a killing solution but it might help. It creates SVG files from B&W pixmaps. There's also potracegui, a KDE front-end for it.

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Re: Reluctantly, bitmaps

by rmcruz on: Sep 4 2005

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Ingo Ruhnke (a very talanted behind a few free software games like SuperTux and Pingus) is developing a drawing tool called FlexlayPaint. It is meant to let artists work with a bitmap drawing flow, but it saves all the pencil strokes and that stuff, so you it can output the result in any resolution you want, without loosing quality. As I am not an artist, I can't tell you how usable it is, but it sure is promising. URL: http://flexlay.berlios.de/ (scroll down a bit)

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Re: Re: Reluctantly, bitmaps

by rmcruz on: Sep 4 2005

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Ooops. The breaklines were fine on the preview...

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wallpapers

by smileaf on: Sep 2 2005

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I tend to use Bitmaps at fullscreen or scalled and tiles.

sad to see some of the cooler looking tiles get removed but oh well. lets make way for even cooler ones!

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Hmm, I can't vote.

by RedHyena on: Sep 3 2005

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I can't really say any because I use almost anything. Infact I have changed my deaktop about 11 times in the past three months.

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What do you prefer as desktop background?

I use photos :)

Just wanted to add a comment here :) I use photos as backgrounds :)

Re: I use photos :)

That would be the "Bitmap background image (fullscreen/scaled)" option.

bitmaps

I only use bitmaps as backgrounds (fotos or drawings etc.). Svg-images are loading too slowly.

Purpose

Is this poll to determine what gets removed for 3.5? If so that will change how I vote.

Re: Purpose

Not necessarily, but it may give some hints.

Re: Re: Purpose

Don't take any hints from this poll. All it will determine is what peoples' first choice is. It will say nothing at all about their second or third choices. Not everyone uses only one kind of wallpaper.

Re: Purpose

I agree.

Reluctantly, bitmaps

Re: Reluctantly, bitmaps

Well, potrace is not a killing solution but it might help. It creates SVG files from B&W pixmaps. There's also potracegui, a KDE front-end for it.

Re: Reluctantly, bitmaps

Re: Re: Reluctantly, bitmaps

Ooops. The breaklines were fine on the preview...

wallpapers

I tend to use Bitmaps at fullscreen or scalled and tiles. sad to see some of the cooler looking tiles get removed but oh well. lets make way for even cooler ones!

Hmm, I can't vote.

I can't really say any because I use almost anything. Infact I have changed my deaktop about 11 times in the past three months.

Just wanted to add a comment here :)
I use photos as backgrounds :)

I tend to use Bitmaps at fullscreen or scalled and tiles.

sad to see some of the cooler looking tiles get removed but oh well. lets make way for even cooler ones!