Shaggy Bears Screensaver 2.0

Here’s a question for you: which is your favorite animal out of them all? If you answered “ I like bears most of all”, here’s a second question for you: would you like a screensaver that, when it kicks in, displays images of bears on your desktop. If you answered “you know I do”, then you may want to check out Shaggy Bears Screensaver, a free Windows screensaver that displays numerous images of bears.

The screensaver kicks in when your computer goes idle and displays images of polar bears, panda bears, black bears and grizzly bears. The screensaver is a classic slideshow screensaver, which means it will display an image of a bear for a bit (the default value is of 3 seconds) then use a transition effect to move to another image of a bear, and so on until it runs out of images and starts all over again.

The screensaver lets you play with a few settings, such as:
- Specify for how long an image will be displayed before the screensaver moves on to the next image. You can choose one of several preset values, like 10 seconds, 1 minute, or 5 minutes.
- Select which transition effect you would like the screensaver to use.
- Adjust the speed of the transition effects.
- Choose if you want the screensaver to “Cycle through all effects”.
- Select the background color.
- Check the “Put wallpaper on desktop” option and one of the screensaver’s images will be turned into your wallpaper.

Before you go get Shaggy Bears Screensaver and put it to the test, take a look at the technical details presented below:
Download – the download weighs in at 3.6Mb, which means it will complete in no time at all (even if you have to contend with a lousy internet connection).
Supported OS – at the time of writing this and according to the developer, the screensaver provides support for Windows 9x, NT, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
Limitations – there are none, you can use the screensaver free of charge for as long as you want.

Pros

• Numerous transition effects
• Select which transition effects to use
• Adjust the amount of time an image will be displayed
• Free

Cons

• Comes bundled with AutoComplete Pro (make sure to opt out if you don’t want it).
• Redirects you to the 7art-screensavers.com site once the installation process completes. Cancel the installation and you will still be directed to the aforementioned website.
• Creates desktop shortcuts without asking (a launch screensaver shortcut and a 7 art screensaver shortcut)

Additional information on free-slidehshow.com is available here.

Shaggy Bears Screensaver has been reviewed by George Norman on 21 Feb 2011. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Shaggy Bears Screensaver 3 out of 5 stars, naming it Very Good