Wally

Wally is a wallpaper changer written in Qt4, using multiple sources like files, folders, Flickr, Yahoo! and Panoramio. It runs under Linux, Win32 ( it can be built with MacOSX, but I cannot change desktop wallpaper, I don't know how to do it :( )

Installation:

Just type:

qmake
make
make install

Binary is installed in /usr/bin.

Supported Linux Window Managers:

· KDE3
· Gnome
· XFCE4
· Fluxbox
· Blackbox
· FVWM (unstable)
· WindowMaker

Acknowledgements

Wally has been deeply inspired by John's Background Switcher, a great software, well designed and much more capable than Wally. Infact, it's still running on one of my PCs.

Anyway, I decided to write Wally for two reasons:
· JBS is based on .NET, a framework that is not installed on every PC, cause of its "heaviness" and system resources' usage.
· And, mainly, it cannot run on platforms like Linux / MacOSX.

Features:

• Runs on Win32, Linux and MacOSX (to be tested) platforms
• Many wallpaper layouts available on all platforms
• EXIF data available over picture and in system tray tooltip
• Save downloaded photos
• Run-time folder change detection in "Folder" mode
• Proxy support

What is new in this release:

• Fixed gconftool-2 arguments bug
• Settings window layout is now suitable for netbook screens

What is new in version 2.4.3:

• Fixed GnomeShell background change issue
• Added Swedish language
• Added Turkish language

What is new in version 2.4.2:

• Added GnomeShell support
• Added Hungarian language
• Added Danish language
• Removed Pikeo module, it is no longer active
• Removed Bing module, M$ didn't accept Wally's way of using Bing

What is new in version 2.4.1:

• Deprecated HTTP Qt classes have been replaced.
• Wally can now terminate after the first background change.
• The splash screen can be disabled.
• A Mac OS X Settings GUI scrollbar issue has been fixed.
• WallyPlugin now uses D-Bus.
• The CMake build script issue regarding language resources compilation has been fixed.

What is new in version 2.4:

• Added OS/2 support
• Added Snow Leopard support
• Added Google module
• Added deviantART module
• Added Vladstudio module
• Added Korean language
• Folder module now supports symbolic links
• More photo layouts on desktop have been added
• BUG FIXED: Panoramio no longer crashes when empty results are returned
• BUG FIXED: Disclaimer translation is now properly applied at boot
• BUG FIXED: Centered auto-fit was not always applied correctly
• BUG FIXED: HTTP engine rarely got stuck

What is new in version 2.3.2:

• Double-clicking icon in system tray advances on next photo
• Improved duplicated photo detection
• Added Catalan language
• Added Greek language
• Added disclaimer to be accepted on first start of Wally
• Removed QtScript dependency, JSON parser has been implemented internally (Qt 4.6 compatibility)
• Run-time folder change detection has been removed from "Folders" module, its use is too resource consuming
• BUG FIXED: search issues occurred when using multiple tags/keywords
• BUG FIXED: EXIF information are now showed correctly when non-Latin1 characters in filename path are used
• BUG FIXED: KDE 4.4 SC was not properly detected
• BUG FIXED: Panoramio was working only with "Original" sized images

What is new in version 2.3.1:

• Added Chinese language
• Added Polish language
• Active Desktop is now detected, and error is reported
• Photo filename is used when title is not available
• XFCE detection improved
• BUG FIXED: GUI bug in proxy selection form
• BUG FIXED: Panoramio coordinates are checked after input terminates
• BUG FIXED: buggy behaviour in MacOSX, Folders module, when too many files are present in specified directories

What is new in version 2.3.0:

• Added French language
• Added Czech language
• Wally can now display wallpapers behind toolbars and docks, using full screen space
• Time period can now be shortened up to 10 seconds
• Automatic border color feature has been added
• BUG FIXED: history data is not stored anymore when Cancel is pressed
• BUG FIXED: HTTP download does not get stuck anymore if HTTP response is wrong
• BUG FIXED: HTTP download in history window does not get stuck anymore at 99%, cause of a QProgressDialog conflict
• BUG FIXED: history viewer misbehaviours have been fixed
• BUG FIXED: Panoramio items save state correctly now
• BUG FIXED: map selection issues in Panoramio items have been fixed
• BUG FIXED: MacOSX Info.plist fixed
• BUG FIXED: regression bug about free disk space check has been fixed

What is new in version 2.2.0:

• Added selection on map for Panoramio items configuration
• History window has been improved, more informations for each item and filter by tags have been added
• Added Bing module
• EXIF support improved. Information window has been added, and EXIF is stored in history.
• BUG FIXED: wrong GUI behaviour in HTTP items when setting photos path, now fixed
• BUG FIXED: wrong GUI behaviour on proxy server selection, now fixed
• BUG FIXED: duplicated items are not accepted anymore
• BUG FIXED: now asks HTTP server first if download is recoverable
• BUG FIXED: segfault no longer happens when GIF/PNG/no-EXIF-compatible photo is downloaded
• BUG FIXED: consecutive downloads of the same photo are not allowed anymore
• BUG FIXED: X shortcuts for older WMs weren't updated to current features

Requirements:

• Qt
• libexif