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{ 09 December 2004 }

Flickr Screensaver v3

After what seems like an age I’ve finally ‘finished’ updating the Flickr Screensaver. Update: Download latest version.

Most of the work is in the background - involving rewriting the Flickr.Net API library to incorporate caching. Improved error handling also means it is less prone to crash.

Some things I’ve done based on comments and feedback:

  • Add ability to use a users favorites as the picture source.
  • Randomly moved the Flickr logo around the screen to stop monitor burn
  • Change the minimum time between image changes to 30 seconds
  • Cacheing of picture data and api calls

I urge everyone to update!

(p.s. If anyone has multiple monitors and would like to help me get it working properly then let me know, as I don’t have two monitors to test on…)

I expect to add more ‘image manipulation’ options, such as resizing, tiling, random positioning, maybe even transitions in time for version 4.

Download latest version above.

As always, comments welcome.

Update: For those wondering who this Brian chap is - its randomseattle, except he’s changed his screenname!

Posted by Sam on Thursday, December 9, 2004, at 6:18 pm, and filed under Code, Flickr. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed.
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{ 16 } Comments

  1. Dan | December 10, 2004 at 12:21 am | Permalink

    Sure, I can help test - when I’m booted to windows. I do have dual monitors set up, and I did see the problems with v2 (haven’t looked at the v3 yet).

  2. Alex | December 10, 2004 at 6:53 am | Permalink

    Any provision for accessing a private gallery?

  3. Dan | December 11, 2004 at 1:54 pm | Permalink

    The biggest issue for me is still the fact that a “image not found” error is not caught, and causes the whole program to stop at a “continue”/”quit” screen”.

    And chance of silently ignoring such errors?

  4. xpoint | December 16, 2004 at 1:47 pm | Permalink

    Geart job~

  5. Ilja | December 27, 2004 at 8:18 pm | Permalink

    Great job, like this very much. One thing missing is a way to select landscape pictures only.

    Where is your paypal button?

  6. Thom | December 30, 2004 at 12:28 am | Permalink

    Love the screensaver. Unforunately, it has just begun to fail with an error message that the API license has expired.

  7. Ariel | December 30, 2004 at 5:01 pm | Permalink

    Yup: I am also receiving the error message about the API license expiring.

  8. Martin Johnson | December 30, 2004 at 8:42 pm | Permalink

    Same error here I’m afraid.

  9. Nicolas Hoizey | January 2, 2005 at 9:39 am | Permalink

    Same licensing error

  10. WolfgangM | January 3, 2005 at 3:27 pm | Permalink

    I get a flickr error - Invalid API key (key expired) …???

  11. Joseff | January 3, 2005 at 5:30 pm | Permalink

    Seems I’m getting an error with the program saying that the invalid api key (key has expired.) (100)

  12. josh | January 4, 2005 at 5:44 pm | Permalink

    I’m getting the API key error as well. Love the screen saver btw.

  13. Andy Grohe | January 5, 2005 at 3:55 pm | Permalink

    I am also getting the key expiration error. I do not see the resolution posted here?

  14. Sam Judson | January 5, 2005 at 4:12 pm | Permalink

    My key has been expired (due to excessive use!) so I’ve applied for a new one. I’ll post when I have a new version available. (See top of article for updates or subscribe to RSS feed).

  15. sarah | January 16, 2005 at 9:06 am | Permalink

    I am not even receiving any error message at all. when I click “settings” in the screen saver window, nothing happens. when I click “preview”, also, nothing happens. tried both of these with my other screen savers and all is well with them. anyone else experiencing this sort of problem?

    is there an older version (1 or 2?) that I can use for now? I am SO ANXIOUS to try this out… :)

  16. Alexander Williams | April 11, 2005 at 8:52 am | Permalink

    Is there any chance we can combine a clock display feature with this?

    (Why, yes, I use my idling system as a clock … Its easier to see from the bed.)

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