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Desktop Picture Frame 3.0 Beta 1

2.7 (14 votes)

BETA (February 4, 2009)

Windows 2000/Me/Vista/XP / Shareware; $14.95 / 503 downloads

Desktop Picture Frame is not a "just another slide-show program"; think of it as of smart and gentle screen-mate. The slide-show is not shown full screen or at some arbitrary screen location, but is instead docked to one of the screen corners where is it out of the way. It is a slide-show of your favorite images in any scale, at any screen corner,on any screen attached to your machine, changing as scheduled and turned in the stylish, eye-candy frames.

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Publisher
DPF Software
Homepage
Desktop Picture Frame
Limitations
Yes
Uninstaller
Yes
Latest Changes
- “Title” column is added to the image list

- List columns can be reordered by the user

- “Edit title” context menu item is added in order to allow user enter and edit titles

- “Portrait title” and “Landscape title” options pages are added to imply displaying titles

- Title position, size, background and foreground colors, font, background and border paint options are user customizable; user is able to setup titles as image filename, as fixed text, or get from “Title” list column or combine title sources

- Frameset definitions file format is extended to handle titles

- Default image show time is changed to one minute

- “Portrait frame” and “Landscape frame” options tabs: visual frame selection is implemented

- Essential frameset content is extended to frame thumbnails and xml-format definitions file

- “Portrait frame” and “Landscape frame” options tabs: “Restore position” button is added, it’s purpose is to restore default image position stored in frameset definitions file

- “Portrait frame” and “Landscape frame” options tabs: “Pick up landscape” and “Pick up portrait” buttons are added, their purpose is setup the same frame for another-oriented images

- “Portrait frame” and “Landscape frame” options tabs: “Frameset” dropdown is added, it’s purpose is select default-supplied or additional frameset if any

- Recent versions bug with changing list colors inconsistency is fixed

- “Zoom” button click event is bounded to popup zoom window

- Bug with displaying of the image window’s icon in “alt+tab” bar is fixed

- Code to make program hide its icon in “alt+tab” bar when “do not show program in the taskbar” option is set and list is minimized

- Simple startup splash screen is implemented

- “Fit on screen” dock mode is added to the “Dock” button menu; feature is intended for displaying images at best-fit size on a secondary monitor

- Bug with image jumping to the primary screen after change dock mode is fixed

- Some minor bugs of multi-monitor configuration are fixed

- Image rendering and positioning routines hardly rewritten to implement new kinds of transitions (wiping left, right, down, up and center); default transition style called “drop out” (feature was tested internally as 2.3 beta)

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Neoprimal
Reviewing 3.0 Beta 1 (Feb 5, 2009)

I always try to give constructive criticism...but oy. I'm not going to trash the program. If you want...um...digital picture frames on some corner of your monitor then power to you. I found it neither that smart, nor that friendly. Keeping an open mind, I suppose it COULD be used in conjunction with those 7" usb monitors hitting the market soon (or...you could just use a wallpaper changer, whatever floats your boat).

I'd personally recommend spending an extra $15 for a real digital frame if you're going to spend $14.95 to put one in your PC.
ninjeratu
Reviewing 1.0.1 Beta (Jan 30, 2008)

Expensive, useless, .NET dependency ..
Just. Say. No.

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