Set any webpage as your screensaver on Mac

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Set any webpage as your screensaver on Mac

July 27, 2006 in | Permalink

Swarmexample1 The prospect of setting a webpage as your screensaver may not sound like the most exciting thing in the world of screensavers, but with new web 2.0 technologies making the most of widespread broadband use, there are quite a few web pages out there that will amply do the job. One of the newest examples is the flashy Digg labs, coming courtesy of Kevin Rose et al at the phenomenally popular Digg.com. With Digg Stack and Digg Swarme, users can see in real time what stories are getting the most attention. Swarme, for example, draws circles around stories and gives bright colours to those that are the most popular.

In an impressive display that looks like something from a magnified petri dish; using the free IdleWeb software supplied by Mac for live web page screensavers suddenly makes a lot more sense.

Download here.