Screen Saver with Dynamic data from WEB

[PackaG]

Hello ,
I want to Develop a Screen saver , which will get some latest information from WEB SERVER and Display it ,

Is It Possible ???

i am a PHP Developer ,
dont have a Clue about Windows Development ,

any Idea will be Really Appriciated ,

Regards.

[Kubist]

Hi, Compiz (at the moment) is GNU/Linux only. So why do you ask that question about Windows Development?

It would be extremely cool however to have something like http://labs.digg.com/bigspy/ or other news sources visualized when the computer is in screensaver mode.

[some-guy]

Hi, Compiz (at the moment) is GNU/Linux only. So why do you ask that question about Windows Development?

It would be extremely cool however to have something like http://labs.digg.com/bigspy/ or other news sources visualized when the computer is in screensaver mode.
Also FreeBSD and Solaris ;)

I think they were referring to window/graphics, not M$'s Windows

[SmSpillaz]

See XScreensaver development on how to do something like that. Do you just want to display the data on screen? Or do you want it to be animated?

If the latter, you should also read up on OpenGL programming (http://www.opengl.org/documentation/red_book/)

Anyways, I don't think compiz is the framework you are looking for here. Compiz was designed to draw window textures on screen with OpenGL, then have a plugin system to manipulate those objects. The screensaver is not really part of it's role (Except for the screensaver plugin, which, on screensaver, either makes your windows fly around and rotate or makes the desktop cube rotate).