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John's Background Switcher for Windows

  • Free

  • In English
  • V 5.7
  • 3.9

    (92)
  • Security Status

Softonic review

Switch your desktop wallpaper periodically

Do you get bored of your background wallpaper? John's Background Switcher periodically changes the background image on your computer to ensure it's always looking fresh.

John's Background Switcher allows you to configure when you want to change the background (such as every hour or every day) and you can specify which pictures to use in a number of ways. For example, one way is to select a list of specific pictures on your computer. Alternatively, you can direct John's Background Switcher to point at a particular folder such as 'My Pictures' and it will select random pictures from there.

It doesn't stop there though. John's Background Switcher also allows you to use Flickr to choose pictures by person, tags, sets or just randomly. There are several options that allow you to customize the look of images, such as by narrowing down the pictures or increasing the quality of those chosen.

John's Background Switcher is a simple but effective way to choose different backgrounds from a huge range of sources.

Add the option to customise the calendar fontAdd the option to override the logon screen for Windows 7Add Russian, Finnish and Hungarian translationsAdd the option to customise the font used for displaying the picture infoAdd the option to not rotate postcards / polaroidsSupport Google Picasa web album feeds in 'RSS Feeds' modeLower the minimum switching interval for Vista and Windows 7Add a 'View Previous Picture' keyboard shortcutAdd the option to choose a random image effect (eg. sepia, grayscale, etc)Add the option to customise the font on the postcard and polaroid pilesBug fixes

Changes

  • Add the option to customise the calendar fontAdd the option to override the logon screen for Windows 7Add Russian, Finnish and Hungarian translationsAdd the option to customise the font used for displaying the picture infoAdd the option to not rotate postcards / polaroidsSupport Google Picasa web album feeds in 'RSS Feeds' modeLower the minimum switching interval for Vista and Windows 7Add a 'View Previous Picture' keyboard shortcutAdd the option to choose a random image effect (eg. sepia, grayscale, etc)Add the option to customise the font on the postcard and polaroid pilesBug fixes

PROS

  • Allows you to select several different sources
  • Can use Flickr photos as background images

CONS

  • Doesn't work with all image format types

Also available in other platforms

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John's Background Switcher for PC

  • Free

  • In English
  • V 5.7
  • 3.9

    (92)
  • Security Status


User reviews about John's Background Switcher

  • Gregory Appel

    by Gregory Appel

    The app is OK but the services it integrates with produce poor quality pictures. As a result - crappy user experience. I am removing this app as these More

  • Anonymous

    by Anonymous

    Same images keep appearing others never appear from the same folder.
    The program works great but the randomize seems to select the same images.  More

  • Anonymous

    by Anonymous

    great program, mostly reliable - very nearly 10/10.
    feature packed, lots of options. Periodically adds new features and continous improvement an More

  • Anonymous

    by Anonymous

    Really Interesting.
    Wife and I both love this utility. Went up to National Geographic and retrieved a lot of great photos. Makes me smile all da More

  • Anonymous

    by Anonymous

    love it.
    I use this soft on three computers (win XP, Win 7, Vista). Works perfect and syncs well with various services.
    Pros: my desktop  More

  • Anonymous

    by Anonymous

    way too simplistic to be useful for something.
    From the distance it looks good but after you install it you will see its total lack of features. More


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