Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoMicrosoft shot real lasers through a window to make Windows 10's wallpaper — surprisingly the iconic art wasn't computer generatedwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down122
arrow-up1427arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft shot real lasers through a window to make Windows 10's wallpaper — surprisingly the iconic art wasn't computer generatedwww.tomshardware.comXatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareLojcs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up173arrow-down2·4 months agoAnd then put it into an os that sloppily compresses its wallpapers before displaying them
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·4 months agothis pisses me off so much. You can set an HDR wallpaper too, but only if you insert a special file into its place to trick Windows into working properly
minus-squareBezier@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·4 months agoOh this unlocked a memory of the hassle I went through trying to get rid of jpeg artifacts on my wallpaper on windows 7. It really pissed me off.
minus-squareAltima NEO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoOh? I would like to know more.
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agohttps://superuser.com/questions/1377883/how-to-prevent-wallpaper-compression-in-windows-10/1377887#1377887
minus-squareMoogleMaestro@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up24·4 months agoThe compression artifacts always led me to believe it was computer generated.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·4 months agoLiterally why would it do that
minus-squareAProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·4 months agoIt was written 25 years ago and untouched since probably.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 months agoYes but why? Is it so less data can be stored on disk because compressing raster files absolutely does not make them easier to display.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoSomebody told me that they always use a tiled wallpaper to preserve memory, once. They were sort of an advanced user in the 90s, but haven’t done much computer or engineering related work since then. If we consider what machines Windows 95 ran on - not even that stupid. Back then.
minus-squareFreshLight@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoHahaha that’s exactly what came to mind. Glad I’m not the only one!
And then put it into an os that sloppily compresses its wallpapers before displaying them
this pisses me off so much. You can set an HDR wallpaper too, but only if you insert a special file into its place to trick Windows into working properly
Oh this unlocked a memory of the hassle I went through trying to get rid of jpeg artifacts on my wallpaper on windows 7. It really pissed me off.
Oh? I would like to know more.
https://superuser.com/questions/1377883/how-to-prevent-wallpaper-compression-in-windows-10/1377887#1377887
The compression artifacts always led me to believe it was computer generated.
Literally why would it do that
It was written 25 years ago and untouched since probably.
Yes but why? Is it so less data can be stored on disk because compressing raster files absolutely does not make them easier to display.
Somebody told me that they always use a tiled wallpaper to preserve memory, once.
They were sort of an advanced user in the 90s, but haven’t done much computer or engineering related work since then.
If we consider what machines Windows 95 ran on - not even that stupid. Back then.
Hahaha that’s exactly what came to mind. Glad I’m not the only one!