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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: September 16, 2009
- Total Downloads: 60,777
- Downloads last week: 1,836
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 38 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on June 17, 2009
Customizing your desktop and screensaver is a fun way to make your computer feel like an extension of your personality. Webshots Desktop offers a way to add professional quality photos to your desktop, but doesn't offer anything different over similar programs.
With a cluttered screen and perplexing tabs, this program's interface is slightly disappointing. The tabs along the top let users view their wallpaper options, two others require registration for favorite members and online photos, and a final lets users look at the saved pictures on their computer. Below are 12 thumbnails of photos the program offers, ranging from landscapes to penguins, and all are very professionally done. To the right of the larger example photo are a series of commands like: Set As Wallpaper, Send Ecard, Order Prints, and View Slideshow.
Webshots Desktop easily applied the photos in its bank as our wallpaper and performed all its other advertised tasks well. However, we failed to be impressed because it didn't offer anything different over Windows' wallpaper program. The professional quality pictures are nice, but aren't beyond anything users couldn't find on their own. Since this is a free download, users have nothing to lose, but we would recommend handling wallpaper yourself as Webshots doesn't offer enough to make us change.
Publisher's description
From Webshots :The Webshots Desktop displays stunning professional photos as your screensaver and wallpaper, and provides innovative tools for sharing your personal photos on the web. It's easy to upload, store and share photos on your personal Webshots homepage, and you can then add your personal photos, plus millions more from the Webshots website, to your screensaver and wallpaper. Webshots Desktop features download thousands of professional photos, easily upload and share your personal photos online, and create customized photo wallpaper and screensavers.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.1.5.7613 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 38 votes
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Version: Webshots Desktop 3.1.5.7613
"I like the Webshots Desktop..."
Pros: For a free screen saver/desktop wallpaper manager, you can't hardly beat Webshots Desktop. The program has a clean interface, works well, and the Webshots web site has tons of pictures free for the download.
Cons: Webshots Desktop can be a bit of a resource hog at times. This probably depends in part on how you use the program. Since I use it both as a screen saver and a wallpaper changer, it's doing a little more work in the background.
Summary: I've been using Webshots Desktop for several years now, and am thouroughly satisfied with it. The latest version has major improvements over the initial versions I remember using years ago. You might find that some anti-spyware programs flag this ap... read more >>
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Version: Webshots Desktop 3.1.5.7613
"Visually entertaining and stimulating."
Pros: I have been a member of Webshots since it first started. I like the variety and the quality of the photo both from the professionals and the community at large. It is easy to use and modify.
Cons: Nothing comes to mind.
Summary: This is a very entertaining and stimulating software. It can be used and a screen saver or background source. You can upload your own photos for use as well. Searching for photos is easy and there is a wide variety of keywords to use. You can use th... read more >>
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Version: Webshots Desktop 3.1.5.7613
Pros: Extensive collections on several subjects.
Cons: Annoying self-installation of screen-saver when installing. No-cost alternative only covers screens with 4 to 3.
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Version: Webshots Desktop 3.1.5.7613
Pros: Makes your screen a lot better looking.
Cons: To get some of the better pictures you have to pay.
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Version: Webshots Desktop 3.1.5.7613
Pros: I've had Webshots since my first computer over 10 yrs ago.
Cons: I wish I could download more than 5 images a day.
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