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jasonthorsness on July 13, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Does showing seconds in the system tray actually u...

There was a fight in Vista time frame about whether or not animated/video desktop backgrounds were a good idea. They were definitely cool, but AT WHAT COST. Ended up shipping as an "extra".

trinix912 on July 13, 2025 [–]

And nowadays we got people running Wallpaper Engine on their idling laptops in college classes ;)

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