Visual Relief

Desktop animations are the next best thing to come out after the smileys. They do nothing really except relieve the motonoy of your computer screen. Sometimes when doing nothing at the office, you just find yourself staring at your monitor because there's no work to do. Imagine sheep coming onto your screen, wandering around, sleeping, yawning, eating, head butting your icons, and performing all other sorts of funny antics. You can even have multiple sheep that interact with each other, butting heads, wrestling, and doing all other manner of craziness for your entertainment.

A problem with the animations is that they use up onboard memory. How much on board memory you have determines the capacity of your computer to perform its calculations. The more programs in use, the slower your computer works. You can max out the memory of your computer so that you don't feel the effects of slowing down.

There are other forms of desktop animations which only do repeated actions. Clacking balls is one of them. These animations do not slow your computer because once they are loaded, they do nothing but repittions and don't have to use up any more memory on your computer. Unfortunately, the novelty of it palls after a time. So as not to get bored with it, try having a stock of different fidgets in your computer and change them as you like.

A word of warning, when downloading these decors into your computer, make sure that it is taken from a reputable web site. Even then, scan the file when downloading is finished. Most trojan viruses are usually hidden in trivial files like desktop animations.

These animations can be of great help to you. If anything else, bringing a smile into your life make it all worth it.

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