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Desktop Puddle Screen Saver... Watch your desktop through a puddle of water with this realistic looking water effect screensaver. As the water ripples around your screen, your desktop is refracted through it, making it amazingly hypnotic to watch!
WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.2 fixes problems with capturing multiple screens on your Mac and adds options to set the detail level of your images.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3 or later.

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Developer:Useless Creations
Downloads:5,918
  - Version d/l:947
Utilities:Screen Savers
License:Shareware
Date:28 Apr 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$5.00
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Desktop Puddle Screen Saver User Reviews (7 posts)Write A Review
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Apr 28 2009
*****

RICHARD HALLAS  All the comments about LotsaWater are all very well, and I agree that that's a great screensaver that's free.

However, Desktop Puddle is better, and it's pretty cheap. I certainly don't regret paying the shareware fee for my copy; it's my favourite watery screensaver.

Some people are saying that LotsaWater is more realistic than this. I disagree; I've just compared the two and find that (a) they're very similar and (b) for me, Desktop Puddle has the edge. Horses for courses, but I wouldn't call it a valid major criticism of either saver; they both look very good, and are very similar. I think that Desktop Puddle's 3D highlighting option for its waves (which LotsaWater doesn't have) helps and make it look a little more realistic.

LotsaWater has a few more options for controlling the detail of the splashes and dimming the screen, but Desktop Puddle has a couple of worthwhile features that LotsaWater doesn't:

(a) the curved screen depth option, which I personally really like;

(b) better image placement choices (current screen, current wallpaper image or random image from specified folder).

Overall I have to say that this is one of my favourite savers, and I like several other of the UselessCreations ones too. Yes, they're shareware, and generally speaking I don't like paying for screensavers, but I've found several of these to be good enough to be worth the modest fee.  
(Version 1.2)

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Feb 26 2009

FONTANA_APPLE  It's ok, but I am cheap.

Check out this one if you dont want shareware nags.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19934/lotsawater  
(Version 1.1)

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May 10 2008
*****

MISSIONMAN  Great screensaver. Realistic look to and great graphics. Highly recommended to anyone looking at a screensaver.  
(Version 1.1)

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Jul 3 2006

GALLET  Not only is lotsawater free and better but desktop puddle has a bad design flaw. When it takes a screen grab with my dock on the right hand side. The puddle contains a dock on both sides of the screen.

Lotsawater does not do this.  
(Version 1.0.5)

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Mar 3 2006

ADRIAN L. D. SAMPSON  Not to derogate this program, but I have to agree with the previous two posters that LotsaWater just looks more realistic -- and is more entertaining -- than this saver.   
(Version 1.0.5)

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Mar 3 2006

SHUNULU  Absoloutly unnecessary. LotsaWater is better and cheap (free :) ) Only LotsaWater uses lot system source.  
(Version 1.0.5)

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Mar 3 2006

MACSTERDAM  Very nice, but I'd like to point out that Lotsawater is free and IMHO looks nicer.  
(Version 1.0.5)

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