Computer wallpaper backgrounds biography
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A Brief History of Windows Desktop Backgrounds
The photographer of the famous Windows XP desktop background landscape picture didn't anticipate it becoming one of the most iconic Windows images of all time. This realization inspired me to look back through time at some of the designs that have adorned our screens.
Windows 95
Anytime I see this teal color—with the hexadecimal code #00807F—it reminds me of the Windows 95 desktop background. While this choice of color might seem unpleasant and unimaginative by today's standards, it offers a certain nostalgic vintage appeal that takes me back to the early days of the Windows desktop setup with those clunky PC units and monitors that were deeper than they were wide. Also used in earlier Windows NT versions in 1992 in pre-release builds, the teal color was pretty much the unofficial color of the 1990s. Not much is known about why this shade was chosen, but given that electric pink would have been a little more eye-searing, it seemed a wise choice and made its unforgettable mark on Windows history.
Windows 98
In 1998, Windows launched the blue-sky theme that has been commonplace on our desktop background ever since, introducing white, fluffy clouds to distinguish it from its plainer predecessors. Windows
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Dawn
Day
Dusk
Night
Wallpaper is animated.
Artists:
- Kyle R. Conway
- Máirín Duffy
Dawn (used for non-animated version)
Day
Dusk
Twilight
Full suite of F32 artwork
Artists:
- Marie Nordin
- Máirín Duffy
Wallpaper is animated.
Artists:
- Micah Denn
- Samuel Iuri
- Máirín Duffy
Dawn (used for non-animated version)
Day
Sunset
Twilight
Full suite of F30 artwork
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Full suite of F29 artwork
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Full suite of F28 artwork
Artists:
- Máirín Duffy
- Mary Shakshober
- Kyle R. Conway
Full suite of f27 artwork
Artists:
- Kyle R. Conway (the waveform pattern is also Kyle's voice!)
- Máirín Duffy
Full suite of F26 artwork
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Full suite of F25 artwork
Artists:
- Maria Leonova
- Máirín Duffy
Full suite of F24 artwork
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Full suite of F23 artwork
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Full suite of F22 artwork
Artists:
- Sirko Kemter
- Alexander Smirnov
Full suite
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