18 Name: pusher : 2005-11-21 05:13 ID:EVEVBeeb [Del]
hi,
i love your lotsawater too, and i use to force mi screensaver with a combination key, but the screen turn complitely black!!!
i suppose that the screenshot that the program take catch a blank screen and not my real wallpaper.
If i try from the prefpane everything is ok..
is it possible to fix it?
i would appreciate it..
thnx
p.
19 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2005-11-21 05:36 ID:Heaven [Del]
I guess that the program you use to start the screensaver makes the screen black before starting, or something along those lines.
Where can I download it? I could test and see what happens.
20 Name: pusher : 2005-11-21 06:27 ID:EVEVBeeb [Del]
i use to start screensaver by a customized shortcut that launche the "lock screen" option in the keychain icon in the menubar...
thnx
21 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2005-11-21 06:42 ID:Heaven [Del]
Ah yes. The thing is, the Lock Screen option blanks the screen first, exactly to prevent screensavers from taking a screenshot. The idea is that if you lock your screen, you probably don't want anybody to see what's on it. So there's not really anything that can be done about that.
Although I must say that LotsaWater actually looks pretty cool running on a black screen.
22 Name: pusher : 2005-11-21 07:03 ID:EVEVBeeb [Del]
i see... i used to do that cause i work in an open space, so when i stand up from my desk i need to lock (as windows system) with a pwd, i dont need to prevent others to not look on my desk, but just to not interact with it...
i did that shorcut by reading a hint on macosxhints, i wanted a fast shortcut to lock, and since macosx doesnt have that funciton, i did that...
hope my english isnt too bad
what do u suggest me? (i want your screensaver!)
23 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2005-11-21 09:59 ID:Heaven [Del]
There's probably nothing that can be done with the current version if you want locking (unless you can find some hidden Mac OS feature to turn the blanking off).
In a future version, I might add support for using other pictures than the desktop as a background, but that won't happen until later.
