Neat real-time earth wallpaper renderer ‘xplanetFX’ has received a refreshed GUI in its most recent update. Here we take a quick look at what’s been revamped and refresh your mind on how to install the app itself.
XPlanetFX was a big hit with readers when I first covered it. So much so that the ensuring demand crashed their website!
But once people were able to try it out the response was positive. One area which did draw criticism was UI inconsistencies present in the application’s configuration window.
Thankfully, many of these, and more, have been fixed in the latest release. The latest version brings UI improvements and changes, all of which are certain to be welcomed by users.
These include:
- Consistency between tabs, padding and buttons used throughout
- ‘Display’ now gives a more accurate preview of changes
- ‘View’ Position widget has colour, a new grid, more
- The application has a new Splash screen and application icon
Amongst those changes come a few new features, notably: –
- Ability to change corona blur
- Star field can be zoomed
- More shadow options
- Faster rendering time
Download
The latest release of XPlanetFX, provided pre-packaged as a .deb, can be downloaded @ mein-neues-blog.de/files/xplanetFX/xplanetFX-latest_deb.
Once installed the application can be launched the from the ‘Applications > Accessories’ sub-menu.