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jefftktoday at 2:37 PM2 repliesview on HN

They're scraping to automatically update the wallpaper on their desktop. That's not something a website can do, even with fantastic UX.


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lightedmantoday at 4:21 PM

"That's not something a website can do, even with fantastic UX."

Actually, I used to have a live-updating website AS MY BACKGROUND. Windows 98 and Me, website used AJAX and Comet to make it happen.

You used to be able to set websites as your desktop background.

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