Talk:Wallpaper (computing)/Archive 1

message: Who calls this "computer wallpaper"‽
Surely everybody says "desktop background" or "desktop wallpaper".  I think I'll rename it.  — Chameleon 19:39, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Erm, computer wallpaper makes perfect sense... I would hope desktop background or desktop wallpaper are redirects, however. UkPaolo 4 July 2005 11:56 (UTC)
I'm in agreeance with Chameleon, it should be "desktop wallpaper". Garydh 11:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move 

message: I was wondering: is there any official Wikipedia wallpaper to be linked here? (It would be rather nice imho, something like spreadfirefox wallpapers.)
—GozzoMan 13:21, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia Wallpaper? 

message: I noticed that there are instructions on how to change wallpaper for WinXP.  Would it be too commercial-esque to mention the Wallpaper Changer Powertool?  I can't find a link anymore... but I have the software.  Maybe it could be mentioned under the Timed Wallpaper section.  I have found the tool very handy since I have to use WinXP at work. --W0lfie 19:50, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changing Wallpaper 

message: I added Digital Blasphemy and Caedes to the See also list, since they are accually pages in wikipedia, so they can't really advertise malware. Maybe that should be the rule to have an external link to websites? It has to have a wikipedia page? paat 00:22, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: External links are good if (and only if, I'd say) they provide additional topical insights that the Wikipedia article doesn't. For example, some external material may go to depths an encyclopedia article wouldn't. Now, listing a bunch of websites providing wallpapers has nothing to do with additional topical insights, so those links shouldn't be there. And they aren't. :-) Haakon 00:41, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  lol ok. but the fact that the pages about wallpapers (such as DB and caedes) are added in the see also section - is that good? paat 01:18, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Digital Blasphemy + Caedes 

message: I have removed "Digital Blasphemy" because I noticed that that article is up for deletion as well as "waldo's wallpaper" article.  Please leave both of these links off until after the vote for deletion is completed. Thanks,  Ellsworth Bunker.
:That's no reason to remove it from the see also section.  They're going to keep it, anyway. I know you nominated it, too. --Snargle 05:56, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  removal of Digital Blasphemy from see also section 

message: We need some Mac and KDE screenshots -- preferably with default (on some distro) :). I haven't got a Mac, and I don't fancy installing KDE just to get a screenshot... anyone? 
I also think the lake background screenshot should go; it's rather cluttered, has techy documents lying around, and is redundant with the other Ubuntu screenshot; the MS Windows with the composite space objects should go; we should keep to desktop environment defaults unless illustrating some other specific point (e.g. SVG scaling).
-- auk 01:07, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More screenshot variety (Mac and KDE) 

message: I've removed the external links section as it was simply a list of non-notable sites that have wallpaper, several of which were commercial.  I've just added a link to dmoz where y'all can promote your sites; please only add links here which expand on the topic.  Kuru talk 01:56, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: Having a separate article just for widescreen wallpapers seems useless. I suggest it be merged into this article.--59.93.205.178 (talk) 14:47, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't merge, I redirected to Computer_wallpaper#Dimensions. Pretty self explanatory. No need for merger. But if some one feels like it. Go ahead. Rgoodermote  01:11, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Widescreen wallpapers merge

message: * "Desktop Background" is becoming the standard name for this concept.  Linux (GNOME, i'm not sure about other env.), Windows (beginning windows 7), and Mac (at least from MacOS X) are using this name.  I moving the page to the more appropriate name, "Computer Desktop Background".  It was suggested back in 2005 too (/Archive_1#Move), with almost no cons. Behnam (talk) 17:56, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Computer Desktop Background 

message: I have the misfortune to discover that windows 7 starter edition has no capability to change wallpaper and I was curious of the history for when this capability was introduced to Windows. Was it just in windows 95 and later that you could specify a bitmap, or was it earlier like in NT3.51 or WFW3.11? I am curious how far back in time Microsoft is taking the functionality of Windows 7 Starter edition.
70.125.207.80 (talk) 04:15, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently even in Windows 3.0 you could specify an arbitrary bitmap (see the references I added to the history section).  Although I think in Windows 95 they made it a bit easier, as in the 1990-1995 time-frame (doing news searches on Factiva to track down some history) I found numerous references to shareware to "help" you change the wallpaper. — Steven G. Johnson (talk) 23:34, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Windows 7 Starter 

message: I don't know the background (no pun intended) enough to add this section, but I think a common size of wallpaper over time would be informative.
90s 1024x768
2000s ....
etc
124.169.172.95 (talk) 04:07, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common sizes of Computer wallpaper 

message: Would it be possible to delete some of the W7 standard wallpapers? I found the folder in C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\... and can add additional pictures, but fail to delete defaults. --79.216.219.187 (talk) 13:53, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion of W7 wallpapers?