Desktoptopia is a utility that changes your desktop background automatically with well-designed pictures that are chosen by the Desktoptopia team. Originally created for Mac OS X, a PC version is now available in beta.
Desktoptopia is a utility that changes your desktop background automatically with well-designed pictures that are chosen by the Desktoptopia team. Originally created for Mac OS X, a PC version is now available in beta.
On OS X, the app installs as a preference pane where you can change the rotation time (hours, days, etc.) and select feeds from which to pull pictures. Desktoptopia offers categories like abstract, film, photography, and typography. You can also add your own feed, which greatly increases the functionality of the program.
The Windows version requires .NET Framework 3.5, and is definitely beta. We had mixed results including a sluggish interface, slow loading of backgrounds, and .NET unhanded exception errors. We had to restart the program a few times just to get an initial background to load.
You can rate the desktop backgrounds, have different (or the same) backgrounds on multiple monitors, and pause the rotation schedule if you find a background you really love.
Desktoptopia recently dropped their price to everyone’s favorite: free. With the free price tag, however, comes the potential of seeing branded backgrounds.
[Via TUAW]