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Bing4Free cycles Bing background images as your desktop wallpaper
One Bing feature some users enjoy are the ever-changing, interactive background images it displays on the main search page.
If you count yourself among them, check out Bing4Free, a desktop application which pulls those images down to your Windows PC and uses them for a wallpaper slideshow.
On the downside, the images which Bing4Free downloads are fairly low-resolution (958x512). On a netbook, they still look pretty decent when stretched. On your 1680x1050 desktop display? Not so hot. Obviously, they get pretty grainy when scaled to that size. Centered, of course, the images still look good.
You're able to customize how often to check for new images, the delay between switching, where files are saved on your system, and how far back you want to search (up to the last 50 images).
If you count yourself among them, check out Bing4Free, a desktop application which pulls those images down to your Windows PC and uses them for a wallpaper slideshow.
On the downside, the images which Bing4Free downloads are fairly low-resolution (958x512). On a netbook, they still look pretty decent when stretched. On your 1680x1050 desktop display? Not so hot. Obviously, they get pretty grainy when scaled to that size. Centered, of course, the images still look good.
You're able to customize how often to check for new images, the delay between switching, where files are saved on your system, and how far back you want to search (up to the last 50 images).
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Subscribe to commentsriotajDec 2nd 2009 5:10PM
It's too bad they don't have higher resolution photos. I mean really--whose screen is 958x512px? Maybe some netbook users. Might even work on 1024x768...
Let's see some higher res photos Bing! At least bump those up to 1024x768. I am sure people would then flock to use this tool.
Until then, that's a negative for me. I'm gonna wait until their images get a bit larger.
JohnDec 3rd 2009 12:33AM
They might want to include a "choose resolution" option in a new version. Shouldn't be too difficult to implement, but that's easy for me to say. :-)
AbhigyanDec 6th 2009 2:00PM
I am a bit of a Google fanboy when it comes to using online services. However, I must add that this is a pretty awesome app to have installed. The Bing backgrounds are the only thing I liked about Bing, and being able to cycle through them automatically is really cool.