I’ve finally got around to releasing a new version of my screensaver. It unfortunately doesn’t add much functionality, but it should get around the “threading” error, as well as fix a bug or two elsewhere.
[Download Flickr Screensaver 4.1 (420k)]
As usual, let me know if you have any problems.
Pingback: Flickr Screensaver : Losing it[1]
Great job. This works perfectly!
thx for the cool Screensaver
Is there any way of making this work on WIN98? I know it’s old school, but I need it for an OLD laptop. It is like 120 MHZ. I am using it as a picture frame. Thanks.
Well it uses .Net 1.1, so in theory should run on Win 98. What appears to be the problem?
Best flickr screensaver !
I have a memory problem after leaving it overnight, the msg says low in virtual mem and the screensaver has a white background with a red cross.
Hi-
Love the screen saver too. Unfortunately I get the same virtual memory error leaving it running overnight along with the same red cross on white background.
Any fix for this?
If it helps, it’s running on an old laptop with 256 MB of RAM and running Win 2000. I’ll try to increase the swap file size tonight and see if that makes a difference.
Thanks,
Bill
Hiya-
Yeah so increasing the swap file didn’t make any difference. Anything else we can try?
Thanks,
Bill
I’ll be honest, I’ve no idea.
I’ll see if I can get a chance to test it, but it seems to work fine on any system I’ve tested it on.
Sam,
Overall, wonderful job on the Flickr apps.
Issue I’m consistently running into is that it appears the Proxy setup or the
FlickrNET wrapper isn’t compatible with Microsoft’s Firewall Client
for ISA server. Our company firewall setup uses a routing script for
web browsers, so using the Screensaver’s default IE proxy isn’t working
either.
Trouble is, every other app I have *does* work, and I have a rather larger
list of apps that can successfully pass through the firewall without
issue.
I’m in the process of writing a Windows Forms app that functions
as a bot for a group that I manage, and both with your .NET API
wrapper and this screensaver, I have run into exactly the same problem-
the Proxy just won’t let my data through.
Big Wish: Document the .NET wrapper with a sprinkling of coded examples
Big Thanks: Overall, for a useful set of tools… just guess I’m either
thick or need better instructions. :-)
Hello Sam and Everybody!
Thank you for the screen saver I really like it. It’s working perfectly under Windows XP and Vista business too. I don’t have any problems with that!
I have a question, we would like to show photos from the “Last 7 Days Interesting” (http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/) just from this, but it’s always changing. Is it possible to view pictures in your screen saver from this?
Attila from Hungary
“Last 7 Days Interesting†was great!
Hi, seems the download-link for the screensaver is broken… :-(
Thanks Georg. Fixed now.
Can’t download:
Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/www/blacksway.net/wacky/download.php on line 21
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/www/blacksway.net/wacky/download.php:21) in /home/www/blacksway.net/wacky/download.php on line 22
File ‘FlickerScreensaverSetup4.1.exe’ not found in database.
OK, I’ve redirected both to Codeplex now – so go download it from there…
Having the same problem as rdog and Bill. Running overnight on Vista, it says “out of memory” and shows a white background with red cross.
If this is likely a system-specific issue, any suggestions on tracking it down?
For those who didn’t see, there is now a new version of the screensaver:
http://www.wackylabs.net/2008/01/flickr-net-screensaver-release-42/
Download it direct from codeplex at http://www.codeplex.com/FlickrNetScreensaver
Pops up with a timeout message rather often. When wiresharking the problem it becomes obvious that the application also phones home.
Is this documented anywhere? Not so nice. Removed it.