[BurpetheadX]

It should allow right click on a image and do "set as desktop". That's probobly the only feature of Windows I actually like.

[Andrew 8808]

Did you send feedback?

[ARENA]

Other thing i'm missing is the option 'Copy image address' when right clicking images.

[KaptainKaya]

Originally posted by BurpetheadX:
It should allow right click on a image and do "set as desktop". That's probobly the only feature of Windows I actually like.

I think that has something to do with the browser being part of the OS. If not, I would love that feature as well.

[jyvin563]

How about Safari allows me to login to my Hotmail without a Java Script error! Maybe Apple wants us to practice typing our password over and over again?

jyvin

[BuonRotto]

If this feature in windows is due to the browser integration (I don't know), maybe the Finder cold make this one of its services? Then you could use it in any app that can open pictures.

[sambeau]

I'm sure that safari could do this - it could just send an applescript command.

But,

WHY?!..

[Fuzzle]

I think that has something to do with the browser being part of the OS. If not, I would love that feature as well.

Then why can Netscape, Opera, Phoenix, IE 3 (before integration!), Mosaic, etc do it?

It has nothing to do with OS integration. What it does is download the image to c%SYSTEM DIR%\%BROWSERNAME% wallpaper.bmp
and then changes the background (i assume through the registry) to point to that file. This could done through an applescript, provided you knew which .plist to edit.

Not everything in the Windows world is due to Browser OS integration.

[clod]

Originally posted by KaptainKaya:
I think that has something to do with the browser being part of the OS. If not, I would love that feature as well.

iPhoto can do it.

[Nonsuch]

I hate how Windows implements that, saving the image as "wallpaper.bmp" even if you're already using a previous image of that name. How hard is it to simply save the image with its native name? If Apple were to implement this, I hope they would at least improve it that much.

[Xeo]

It could be done by downloading the image and running a terminal command to point the desktop at the new file. However, I don't know how they would refresh the desktop without restarting the Finder. It's obviously possible.

[Sal]

There's a script on the Safari scripts webpage

http://www.apple.com/applescript/safari/

that downloads and imports an image from a webpage into iPhoto. You could easily adapt this script to download the image and make it the desktop picture.

You can get the path to the Desktop Pictures folder with this statement:

path to desktop pictures folder

And use this command to set the desktop picture to the downloaded file:

tell application "Finder"
set the desktop picture to this_path
end tell

with this_path an alias reference to the downloaded image.

Happy scripting!

[Floyd]

i cant wait to get my hands on the final version
This is the very best browser for Mac