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AppleStore computers and the Embedded Program icons
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I was in an applestore today for the first time in awhile, and i noticed they had icons embedded in the wallpaper. for like Genius bar, and some other things.
i noticed that this would be an awesome thing for a Kiosk mode for my iMac during parties etc.
any idea what it is?
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There was a thread about this (including the files) somewhere on the forums, but the search seems to be down again (  ), so I can't find it.
It's just a little app that runs, basically a launcher that sits at the desktop level, nothing exotic.
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P.S. Windows: "wallpaper". Mac: "desktop picture".
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Originally posted by tooki:
P.S. Windows: "wallpaper". Mac: "desktop picture".
Many people incorrectly call them "screensavers" too, regardless of the platform. 
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I personally like to call them "this is what anal people call desktop pictures but for the layman they are wallpaper images".
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I believe what Apple uses is something they cooked up in-house. It's called something like DesktopButtons or somesuch.
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Originally posted by tooki:
P.S. Windows: "wallpaper". Mac: "desktop picture".
I like calling them "desktop wallpaper picture"
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Originally posted by Person Man:
Many people incorrectly call them "screensavers" too, regardless of the platform.
I HATE that! Every day I have a new wallpaper on my windows computer at work and 5 people come by my desk and want to see my new screensaver. Where did they get that?
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Typical example of Windows' designers not getting concistency (sp? it's not in the cocoa dictionary) in the UI metaphors - since when do you put wallpaper on your desk?
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Originally posted by amsalpemkcus:
I like calling them "desktop wallpaper picture"
Hum, I like "backgrounds" myself...
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Originally posted by Diggory Laycock:
since when do you put wallpaper on your desk?
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Originally posted by Diggory Laycock:
since when do you put wallpaper on your desk?
Around the same time we started putting trash cans there I guess.
The desktop was never really a "desktop" but a "working space" or your own little office.
That includes wallpaper and trash cans.
And in some OS's Windows. 
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Windows XP:
Display Control Panel - Desktop Tab - Background: (then the list of files)
OS X: Context click on the desktop - Change Desktop Background...
Neither side seems to call it wallpaper, nor picture anymore.
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Originally posted by mrtew:
I HATE that! Every day I have a new wallpaper on my windows computer at work and 5 people come by my desk and want to see my new screensaver. Where did they get that?
Are they the same people who refer to the case all the computer guts are in as a hard drive?
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Originally posted by Diggory Laycock:
concistency (sp? it's not in the cocoa dictionary)
It's "consistency."
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