Move over stock nature images, personal photos, and trippy ,
pre- installed moving scenes, screensavers just got way more useful.
Earlier this week, Life hacker shared a tool that allows users to use
live websites as their screensaver in just a few simple steps. Whether
it's your favorite cat-related Tumblr or the site beloved by curious
knowledge junkies everywhere, your away screen can now display what's
happening in real time out there on the world wide web.
To get it, download the Web View Screensaver program
posted by Github user liquid. Once installed, the program will present
you with a window like the one shown above, where you can add or change
the URL for a new screensaver. The preview will show how the page will
appear when your computer takes a nap, and there are other settings to
tweak the new gadget to perfection.
Life hacker came up with the smart idea to use one of Giphy's TV pages
as a screensaver so that the animated images can play automatically on
your screen. A weather site or news site would also be helpful; since
the program loads the screensaver from the URL, you can still see all
the updates even when we're not actively browsing.
The
Web ViewScreensaver program also works with GIF URLs and has sound
capabilities, so at the very least you can have a little fun with your
coworkers by using classic videos in the place of pretty pictures.
Its cool and amazing you get the latest web updates whether its music ,news ,videos or whatsoever while your offline.
Monday
WHATSAPP CAN QUOTE MESSAGES YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO
WhatsApp now has the ability to quote messages you want to reply to, which sounds especially useful for group chats with friends or family. Only problem is, it's unclear if everyone already has access to it. It first came out a day ago or so as an experimental feature for the Android app's beta version (v.2.16.118). However, we were able to quote messages on our stable apps (v. 2.16.6) for Android and iOS without having to update either of them. Note that we also didn't see a new update on iTunes or Google Play.
According to NDTV and some other sources, the Facebook-owned application already began rolling the feature out to the general public, so it's possible that you can already use it. To find out if you have access to it, simply press on the message you want to respond to for a few seconds until the action bubble/bar pops up. Next to star, trash, copy and forward is a new option that looks like the arrow typically associated with reply. Click that, and the message you want to quote will show up right above your text box like in the screenshots below. If you can't seem to make it work, try reinstalling your app or checking again in a day or two -- you might have it then
All the images and information from MSN.
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