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Ryan Hoover — Product Hunt
Yo, @dustin. I don't see any cats. What's the deal?
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dustin senos — Former Head of Design at Medium
Hi folks! Excited to share Wallcat with the Product Hunt community! Wallcat is a simple app that automatically updates you Mac's desktop to a new a new beautiful image every day. If you've had the same stale image, are still rocking a default Apple background, or are simply looking to keep your computer feeling fresh, feel to check out Wallcat. I'm the sole developer / designer on Wallcat, happy to answer any questions!
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dustin senos — Former Head of Design at Medium
Feel free to read more about the origins of Wallcat over on Medium: https://medium.com/@dustin/wallc...
Joost Schuur — Product manager, Playmob
@dustin I noticed this doesn't seem to change all the desktops (at least in El Capitan), just the first one (or whatever was the active one when I launched the app). Is this within your control?
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dustin senos — Former Head of Design at Medium
@joostschuur unfortunately I haven't been able to find an API from Apple that exposes this. I have another approach in mind that may do the trick. Thanks for the feedback, when I solve this problem, it'll absolutely be in Wallcat <3
Nobel Chang — Co-founder & CIO of Easy Streak
@dustin beautiful! I wonder if there will ever be a day where gifs can be wallpapers.
Patrick Rogers — Developer @realm
Adam C. Engst — CEO, TidBITS Publishing
@dustin A few suggestions: (1) If there are multiple monitors, have an option to load a different image on each. Seeing the same thing on both monitors is a little odd. (2) Have a refresh command/hotkey that will pick a different image, in case you don't like the current one. (3) Have an option to change the image on a user-defined schedule, like the Desktop preferences pane. No reason users should have to go backwards in functionality from what Apple provides, just because they're getting images from an outside source.
doug williams — keyboard typist
👊I've been loving the serendipity for months now. Congrats on getting Wallcat out there, @dustin.
Alex Rosen — Working on something new
Been really enjoying having this on my computer while testing. It's fun because you forget about the app and then suddenly there's a great new image you notice. And the curation's top notch. People have complimented me on my background image a few times already.
Eric Wuebben — Founder, Highly
My daily routine: Get to my desk, commence trackpad gesture for Show-Desktop (a lot like giving your computer a high-five), breath in the Wallcat “Structure” channel newness. A nice little eye-candy gift waiting for you every morning. Bravo @dustin!
Nick O'Neill — Cofounder, @treathq
This app is worthy of your precious menubar space. *blink* *blink* *blink* Also: Gradients on the macbook, Fresh Air on the iMac.
Chris Messina ✁_____ — Developer Experience Lead at @Uber
@dustin What do you think of Irvue?
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dustin senos — Former Head of Design at Medium
@chrismessina looks like a great resource for images, as well. I was already in development with Wallcat when Irvue shipped. I decided to keep moving forth—If more people use these apps and are inspired by the images, I’m happy :)
Chris Messina ✁_____ — Developer Experience Lead at @Uber
@dustin it's curious how similar they are, and that Unsplash is the source for both. I like Irvue's automaticity. Is there a reason you took the manual wallpaper change approach?
Yay for wallcat. As @alexmr mentioned, I also have been getting compliments on my desktop. A fun escape.
Brenden Mulligan — Founder, LaunchKit & Cluster
Been using the beta for months [omg #humblebrag i was in early and you should be jealous and think i'm amazing #blessed #honored] and my favorite part is that @dustin has kept it very simple and light. I'm delighted every day to see a new background. Bravo on a great, great product!
Abi Tyas Tunggal — Independent
This is awesome man, been looking for something like this for awhile. :)
Harsha Halvi — Founder @ Contactz
I missed a Dropbox app that used to fetch me images from unsplash and i had set it up in such a way that i would get a new wallpaper everyday.! :)
Joey Tawadrous — Software Dev, Designer & Entrepreneur
I was only thinking this morning of creating something like this myself.
Fantastic job @dustin, I will definitely be using this.
Fantastic job @dustin, I will definitely be using this.
Love this! The icon is super cute, and I really appreciate that it's white :).
Brian Lovin — Product Designer, Facebook
Congrats on getting up here on PH, really love the photos in here Dustin!
Julian Bialowas — Head of Design, Hipcamp
Congrats @dustin ! Everyone here in our product room had Gradients running at one point, such chill vibes.
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dustin senos — Former Head of Design at Medium
@julianbialowas awesome! Glad to hear the team was enjoying it :)
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dustin senos — Former Head of Design at Medium
Thanks everyone for trying out Wallcat, and sharing it with your friends, I really appreciate it! As I mention in the Medium article, if you’re a photographer and are interested in having your photos featured, get in touch: https://medium.com/@dustin/wallc...
Jenny Shen — UX/UI Designer at TravelBird
Love it, thanks! Kind of wish the images come from different sources though because I've used unsplash a lot
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dustin senos — Former Head of Design at Medium
@jennyshen thanks for the feedback! Working on new sources at the moment. If you know any photographers you think would be great, please send them my way photography+wallcat@dustinsenos.com :)
Samson — Product Owner, Synergy Marketing
I didn't know until now that .cat domain is reserved for people promoting the Catalan language and culture and has to be at least partly be in Catalan language within six months. https://www.gandi.net/static/con...
Still ever so tempting.
Still ever so tempting.
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dustin senos — Former Head of Design at Medium
@yeesamson yes, hoping to add a Catalan version of the site soon :)
Great app, I love that the first image right out of the box already gave me a breath of fresh air!
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