[Robin Hickman]

GREETINGS !!!

I've been thinking about finding photos of the American Flag (and others, too), and if they are somewhat unique, posting them here. Now it's not like I've been hunting & searching for them 24/7. More like, OK, when I come across one that I think is "Site-worthy", I'll post it.

This morning when I turned on my computer, I was greeted by the sight (as usual) of my desktop wallpaper. It was there. It was RIGHT there. It was right there in FRONT of me!

My Windows XP American Flag (w/Blue background) Wallpaper !!!

I got the "XP USA Blue" wallpaper a few years ago and I couldn't remember WHERE I found it. So after multiple Google searches this morning, I found where I got the wallpaper.

HERE's the web site page where I found it. Scroll down to the eighth (8th) item listed (NOT the 6th - which are tiny icons). The download will be in the form of a ZIP file (2.92 MB).

There are a total of TEN (10) Wallpapers in the file, featuring the Flags of FIVE (5) countries : England, Scotland, Spain the UK, and the USA. There are TWO wallpapers of each country's Flag (a blue background and a green background). The wallpapers measure 1600 x 1280 pixels.

Here is the link :
http://www.iconaholic.com/downloads-2.html#xp-flags-w

I am ATTACHING (or trying to) FOUR (4) samples (400x320) of the FLAG Wallpapers (BOTH UK's & USA's). I will also try to imbed them in this entry via the "editing" process.

XP FLAGS Wallpaper Samples


XP UK Blue :
XP UK Blue.jpg

XP UK Green :
XP UK Green.jpg

XP USA Blue :
XP USA Blue.jpg

XP USA Green :
XP USA Green.jpg


My personal choice is the USA / BLUE !!!


Robin "Busier Than A One-Armed Paperhanger!" Hickman

[Robin Hickman]

Here are FOUR (4) more examples :



XP England Blue :
XP England Blue.jpg


XP England Green :
XP England Green.jpg


XP Scotland Blue :
XP Scotland Blue.jpg


XP Scotland Green :
XP Scotland Green.jpg



I'll pop the last two (Spain) in the next entry.

Robin "XP USA Blue Flag On My Desktop" Hickman

[Robin Hickman]

Last two (2) XP Flag Wallpapers :

[ NOTE : These last two are for the Flag of Spain, BUT..... they are missing the "usual" coat-of-arms (Seal? Crest?) that normally occupies the left side (Near header) of the center stripe. ]


XP Spain Blue :
XP Spain Blue.jpg


XP Spain Green :
XP Spain Green.jpg


That's ALL TEN (10).

The Iconoholic website says that they are FREE for PERSONAL use.


Robin "All Done Here" Hickman

[american_flag_uk]

personally - i dont like any of them.

None are in proportion- or near to it.. there is only one proportionatly square international flag, and that is the flag of Switzerland

The other reason - is because they all look like the flags have been divided into quarters.

I dunno.. they just look really bad to me!
My wallpaper is a big close up shot of the Statue of Liberty, and I have my 'deskfalg' - a small animated US flag flying happily in the bottom right corner of my screen

[Robin Hickman]

Hi, American_Flag_UK !

Well, the idea was to use the logo for Windows XP, then turn it into desktop wallpaper. Yes, the XP logo is almost square. The main thing though is changing the colors of the logo's individual squares into a "four square" Flag, if you will.

In my case, I have a Dell 18.1" flat panel monitor with a native resolution of 1024x768 pixels. So, I just made a copy of the "XP USA Blue" and carefully cropped its dimensions to fit my monitor's resolution.

Windows XP Logo :
Windows_XP_Logo.jpg


XP USA Blue :
XP USA Blue.jpg


Anyway, it's just another "artistic" rendition of the colors.

Robin "Be There Or Be..... Rectangular!" Hickman

[american_flag_uk]

i did know that already... the windows flag logo is very well known!

[Robin Hickman]

I tried a "slight" re-working on four (4) of the XP Flag Wallpapers.

It's kind of a "crop & stretch" exercise so that the XP Flag Wallpapers would fit my monitor's resolution and the "Flags" would be more in "proportion" and less "square".

The XP Flag Wallpapers are 1600x1280 pixels. I scaled them down by 40% so they were 960x768. Then I cropped 96 pixels of width off the left side and 96 pixels off the right side (total 192). That made them 768x768 pixels. Then, all I had to do was s-t-r-e-t-c-h the width to 1024 pixels so that the XP Flag Wallpapers would "fit" my monitor's resolution of 1024x768 pixels.

Here are four (4) small (320x240) samples to check out :

XP UK Blue
XP UK Blue 320x240 (WP-Stretch).jpg


XP UK Green
XP UK Green 320x240 (WP-Stretch).jpg


XP USA Blue
XP USA Blue 320x240 (WP-Stretch).jpg


XP USA Green
XP USA Green 320x240 (WP-Stretch).jpg


So..... do the "stretched" wallpapers look any better than the "square" ones ???

Robin Hickman

PS. [Edited] The smaller sizes (320x240) don't really do the "stretched" wallpapers justice! They really do look a whole lot better FULL size! REALLY !!! I've got the USA Blue one as my desktop wallpaper and it looks GREAT !!!

[coasterville]

Put me in the camp of not liking those samples, primarily for the reasons already mentioned. It makes a bit more sense when you said the idea was to replace Microsoft'a flag as the logo.

I have the deskflag application and use it from time to time. Then again since I have a physical flag on a pole and stand sitting next to the computer desk it's sort of overkill.

[Robin Hickman]

OMG !!!

Tiger Technologies no longer makes "Desk Flag" !!!


They do, however, still allow downloads of "Desk Flag" for Windows XP (or earlier). I don't know how long that will last, though.

DOWNLOAD Page (Scroll down to about 2/3 page) :

http://support.tigertech.net/old-software


I got MINE !!!


Robin Hickman