Request - Option to set a live webpage as wallpaper

[Johan Thorén]

Ok, first of all: Nice application. Kudos!

Now, I realize this might be somewhat of an odd request, but I would love to see a feature to set the desktop to a live webpage.

Elements:

* Text box to insert the http.
* Some way of setting how often the page should be refreshed. 10 sec, 10 min, etc.

How it would work:

At the configured interval the wallpaper would silently update to reflect the current status of the webpage.

Optional feature:

* Clickable links open in the default browser.

Comments:

Ok, so this might be outside the scope of your application, but as far as I know there is no simple way to do this in Linux. Thus it would make a compelling feature setting the application apart from the competition. Also, it provides a bit of a challenge. ;)

[Peter Levi (peterlevi)]

Variety does not paint the desktop, so clickable links on the desktop is pretty much out of the question. As for regular screenshots - this might happen one day when Variety supports custom wallpaper-downloading plugins, as a plugin, but is definitely quite low on the priority list.