lwp
Creative
desktop wallpaper engine
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
8 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun, neat, playful project
From 4 comments
This is exactly the sort of fun, random, small project that reminds me of the more anarchic and playful older days of computing and the web. Those days are gone and not coming…
maybelsyrup on HNReally cool and super neat! Well done OP!
matthewhartmans on HNSuper neat. Congratulations, OP.
spyremeown on HNNice idea, I really like it.
mikub on HN
Nostalgia for old desktop eye-candy
From 2 comments
Not so early internet but what happened to over the top Compiz 3D cube desktops and wobbly windows that catch on fire when closed?
irusensei on HNI remember this kind of purely for fun desktop stuff was all over Windows 3.1 and 95. There'd be shareware apps with no purpose other than making bullet holes appear randomly on…
qbasic_forever on HN
Objections
Dismissed as a pointless toy project
From 1 comment
Umm, NO.
behnamoh on HN
Linux install via zip extracted to root is risky
From 1 comment
This looks cool! Congrats on releasing. The Linux installation steps look a bit funky to me: Downloading a zip file from the internet and unzipping directly to "/". It's not very…
zorr on HN
Default wallpaper is low-resolution and pixelated
From 1 comment
This is really fun! Can you make the default wallpaper higher-res? Specifically 5120x1440 -- or even double those sizes for hi-dpi displays. Right now I'm looking at some very…
mholt on HN
Requests
Wayland support
From 1 comment
Unfortunately no, but I'm going to make it work on wayland too at some point
Czikenix on HN
macOS support
From 1 comment
I'm sure it can be done and I'm going to do some research about it in the near future. I would like to make it available on macOS too
Czikenix on HN
Higher-resolution default wallpaper
From 1 comment
This is really fun! Can you make the default wallpaper higher-res? Specifically 5120x1440 -- or even double those sizes for hi-dpi displays. Right now I'm looking at some very…
mholt on HN
Automatic scrolling
From 1 comment
it'd be neat if you could make it automatically scroll.
pasquinelli on HN
Questions
Does it work on Wayland?
From 1 comment
Does this work on wayland?
jamespo on HN
How does it work internally?
From 1 comment
This is very cool! How does this work internally?
avinassh on HN
How to remove it and restore another wallpaper?
From 1 comment
This is fun, but I wonder how to remove it again? If I just select another wallpaper it instantly overwrites it again with your parallax wallpaper. Fun lil project tho!
radiojasper on HN
Alternatives named
Wallpaper Engine (Steam)
From 1 comment
I don't know if you're interested in monetizing this, but Wallpaper Engine on Steam is really popular (>500k reviews, 75k concurrent users). There's definitely a market for this…
muratsu on HN
Compiz and Desktop-Cube/Burn-My-Windows
From 1 comment
Some of it is still there. 3D Cube: https://github.com/Schneegans/Desktop-Cube Burning Windows: https://github.com/Schneegans/Burn-My-Windows
razemio on HN
Wayfire
From 1 comment
Wayfire is like compiz but as an independent Wayland compositor: https://wayfire.org/
b1ue64 on HN