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posted 09-03-2003 05:56 PM            

Note: there is no guarantee that any of these features will appear in a future version, so please don't make purchase decisions based on this list.

• Ability to play SWF files natively (without going through QuickTime)
  
• In certain cases (when no QuickTime functions are used), allow the creation of screensavers that don't require QuickTime under Windows
  
• Use OpenGL for even better picture transition effects
  
• Smaller installer size / reduce overhead
  
• Big beautiful OS X 128x128 icons, with transparency
  
• Build screensavers for Linux
  
• Full internationalization -- ability to customize all buttons & textboxes for any language.
  

posted 11-04-2003 06:07 AM              

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Originally posted by iScreensaver Support:

• Ability to play SWF files natively (without going through QuickTime)
  
• In certain cases (when no QuickTime functions are used), allow the creation of screensavers that don't require QuickTime under Windows
  
• Full internationalization -- ability to customize all buttons & textboxes for any language.
  

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We are a french non-profit organization and we are looking for a screen-maker with this features to make an adoption programm with virtuals animals - WE NEED FRENCH BUTTONS AND TEXTBOXES.
We are able to help you for the translation iff needed.

posted 11-09-2003 11:55 PM              

I own a product for Windows screensavers that does this now. However, as they are a Win only company, they have no plans of desires to make a Mac version (and their user interface would make Mac users run screaming anyway).

I would like to see a product that allows me the ability to create a single screensaver with this functionality for both platforms.

I had considered your product earlier, but as it did not have this ability - which is key for what I am trying to accomplish, I bought the other product.

One other suggestion that is not so much a feature suggestion, but a marketing one. I think it is great that your product makes cross platform savers. At this point in time however, I am looking for a product to allow me to create Mac screensavers at a lower cost. Maybe you could offer for a reduced price a version (unlimited only maybe) that only offers single platform suport with an upgrade option if the user needs that in the future.

I will keep my eye on your product as I do feel it is a nice one (based on the demo), but no way can I afford $700 for a builder for Mac only and for screensavers I give away. (I would want the customization abilities)

Thanks.

If you want to contact me about any of this you can email me to the product name at the ehome-dot-net domain.

Regards,

posted 04-13-2005 01:49 PM              

Thanks
fotoman at headlinenewstv dot com

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Originally posted by otto:
also....while we're talking about slideshow options, how about the ability to customise transitions?

Had a recent project where longer dissolves and picture zooming was required....had to make a QT movie instead.

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posted 08-15-2007 03:08 PM            

1. Multi-monitor support: while it currently blacks out any monitor but the primary one, other screen savers (esp. check out Google) can display different images on each monitor attached to the system.

2. Icon support: how about letting a user attach a "real" icon as designed by an icon editor - this way multiple resolutions can be available for different view options in Windows Explorer; currently the only option is 32x32.

3. The same goes for the Mac

4. BIG ONE: Add caption functionality to the screen saver. Many competitor products have it. Currently, I have to size all my images manually before applying captions as otherwise they won't have a consistent font size throughout the slide show. Having the ability to add captions within iScreensaver will keep the captions consistent AND allow me to have iScreensaver do the resizing rather than me having to do it.

posted 08-15-2007 05:59 PM            

2. Good suggestions... though we can't give specifics, some of these items were already in the to-do list.

posted 05-05-2008 08:25 AM            

1) Mac OS X Leopard icon size up to 512x512
2) Windows Vista icon size up to 256x256
3) Support for multiple sound files instead on only one. They could play through in order or random.
4) Support for internet radio sound. Just supply the URL for the radio station. This could even be user settable in the screensaver settings panel.
5) Support for video clips mixed in with the slide show. It looks like the current 3.5 version only supports static images or A video clip. I haven't gotten into Flash yet, so I don't know what those capabilities are like.
6) I would really like to see a smooth crossfade effect. The current disolve effect is really jerky, not smooth. The gamma fade is smooth, but I don't like fading through black. Actually, all the current transition effects are jerky, other than the gamma fade.
7) I higly support your Linux screensaver idea.
8) I like your OpenGL idea. That would probably solve most of the jerky transition effects we currently have to choose from.
9) Add the Ken Burns effect.
10) Support for custom music files. User selects files/directory to play music from.
11) I REALLY WANT THIS FEATURE: I want the slideshow option to fill the screen with the image, but without distortion. Currently we can show actual, proportional, and fill screen. I would like to see a fourth option added. I'm not sure what the best name would be, but basically fill screen but retain proportions. The top/bottom or left/right edges may be clipped at times, but for most of my screensavers this looks much better than leaving the black edges.
12) I second the idea for captioning images. Using the filename (minus the file extension) as the caption should be an option as well.
13) Option to overlay a semi-transparent clock on the screen. Preferably an analog clock.

If I think of more later, I'll post again.

posted 12-07-2008 05:28 PM            

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Originally posted by iScreensaver Support:
Thank you all for the great suggestions. While we can't make any promises on the features that will be in 4.0, we do read these lists carefully and pay close attention to what our customers want.

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posted 12-07-2008 05:31 PM            

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Originally posted by snogards:
Just curious if you have an ETA for version 4.0? It seems this thread has existed for over a year now. Something like "early 2009" or Q2 2009 will suffice.

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posted 12-08-2008 06:21 PM            

We are striving for a release in the next three to six months, but please don't take either date as a promise, as there are many things outside our control that can affect our schedule. Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.6, Flash changes, etc., are just a few of the "known unknowns" that we are tracking.