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becrux
25th August 2008, 15:54
Hi guys,

I've just developed a Qt4 wallpaper changer that can use files, folders, Flickr community photos and Yahoo! images. Gnome, KDE and Win32 environments are supported (MacOSX w.i.p.). XFCE code is present, but partially working.

You can find my project at the following links:

http://www.becrux.com/index.php?page=projects&name=wally
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wally

Qt 4.4.0 and Libexif 0.6 are the only dependencies.

If anyone has some suggestions for MacOSX (I mean, how to change background), I'll be very glad :)

If you like it, please send me your feedbacks, suggestions or critics :)

Regards,
Tony.

becrux
3rd September 2008, 13:45
Hi guys,

a new version of Wally has been released.

You can find source code and Win32-installer at http://sourceforge.net/projects/wally

Here is the ChangeLog:

Version 1.1.0
- Added Fluxbox support
- Added Blackbox support
- Added FVWM support (unstable)
- Added WindowMaker support
- BUG FIXED: XFCE4 now works
- BUG FIXED: "Cancel" command now works when HTTP download is in progress

Version 1.0.0
- First release

Nice walling! :p

Tony.

becrux
9th September 2008, 22:50
Hi guys,

a new version of Wally has been released.

You can find source code and Win32-installer at http://sourceforge.net/projects/wally

Here is the ChangeLog:

Version 1.2.0
- Added Panoramio plugin
- Flickr images are now rotated correctly, if needed
- BUG FIXED: sending quit immediately before background change doesn't generate a segfault now
- BUG FIXED: HTTP timeouts now if a transfer takes too long
- BUG FIXED: internal search is now limited by HTTP result count
- VERY IMPORTANT BUG FIXED: Play/Pause now works correctly

Version 1.1.0
- Added Fluxbox support
- Added Blackbox support
- Added FVWM support (unstable)
- Added WindowMaker support
- BUG FIXED: XFCE4 now works
- BUG FIXED: "Cancel" command now works when HTTP download is in progress

Version 1.0.0
- First release

Nice walling! :p

Tony.

wysota
9th September 2008, 23:31
Maybe you should create a plugin infrastructure so that others could write plugins for your application?

By the way, I didn't really like the user interface of the application last time I looked at it (1.0, I guess...). I understand you are trying to mimic the original application, but its interface is really bad :) It'd be better if you kept the functionality but changed the GUI.

becrux
10th September 2008, 12:30
Well, I replicated it cause I liked it since first day! :)

Of course, the original software is much more complicated (well, it's 3.x.x version, I need time :p), I cannot think about something better to show all settings you can modify.

Anyway, any ideas? Maybe yours can be much more attractive ... Just give me some hints, you can draw a draft, anything that can be useful, and we can discuss about that, if you want.

Tony.

wysota
10th September 2008, 23:16
How about something like this?

becrux
14th September 2008, 21:39
Hi guys,

a new version of Wally has been released.

You can find source code and Win32-installer at http://sourceforge.net/projects/wally

Here is the ChangeLog:

Version 1.3.0
- Added Pixeo plugin (still disabled, EXPERIMENTAL)
- Added Riya plugin (still disabled, EXPERIMENTAL)
- About dialog now shows supported images
- BUG FIXED: Gnome detection now should work

Version 1.2.0
- Added Panoramio plugin
- Flickr images are now rotated correctly, if needed
- BUG FIXED: sending quit immediately before background change doesn't generate a segfault now
- BUG FIXED: HTTP timeouts now if a transfer takes too long
- BUG FIXED: internal search is now limited by HTTP result count
- VERY IMPORTANT BUG FIXED: Play/Pause now works correctly

Version 1.1.0
- Added Fluxbox support
- Added Blackbox support
- Added FVWM support (unstable)
- Added WindowMaker support
- BUG FIXED: XFCE4 now works
- BUG FIXED: "Cancel" command now works when HTTP download is in progress

Version 1.0.0
- First release

Walling more and more! :)

Tony.

P.S.: Wysota, I followed partially your suggestion, changing the background of the left panel. Thanks so much for your idea :)

fullmetalcoder
14th September 2008, 21:53
I got one suggestion for you : use a single thread for release announcements instead of spawning a new one everytime you make a new release. You started 4 threads already and got only three answers out of ALL of them so one thread would be more than enough...

wysota
15th September 2008, 01:34
Good point. Threads merged.

becrux
15th September 2008, 10:37
Thank so much :)

I'm too talkative! :o