Ok, So I really don't know anything about how screen savers work. I would really like to try out the matrix screensaver nestor posted with all those kanji. how do I adjust the size, speed and other things? Then how to I add it to my computer to allow it to show up in my options to choose from in the control panel? I downloaded the file but all I'm getting is the matrix feed with random numbers and letters. it looks cool, but it's not the kanji! I'm really a n00b so sorry if this infuriates you guys Thank in advance!

Or you can drag it to the Windows folder, right-click the desktop, select 'Properties', 'Screen Saver' tab then do the drop-down selection/settings thing.

I had to right click and select 'install' on the .scr file once it was in the windows folder before it would show up in screen saver list.

Great idea btw!

Perhaps the font you've chosen doesn't have eastern characters. Try setting the font to arial.

Perhaps it's a system locale issue?  Under region and language, "Current language for non-Unicode programs" or whatever the similar option is for your version of windows.

Just a stab in the dark.

nest0r wrote:

Does it work with kana? Such as: アイウエオカキクケコサシスセソタチツテトナニヌネノマミムメモハヒフヘホヤユヨラリルレロワヲン

Same behaviour - i.e. it works in preview mode, but not when it starts automatically. However, I think it is ignoring the other custom settings too - e.g. multi-colored (which again works in preview).

I'm using Vista, with locale set to English(US).

I'll drop the author an email, to see if he has any ideas.

Thanks for the suggestions; the latest .net framework didn't help, unfortunately.

However, I've just tried the previous version:
http://code.google.com/p/thefzjmatrix/d … n=2&q=

That one works as expected, so perhaps there is a bug in the Beta7 version. I'll email the developers with this info.

fugu68 wrote:

Thanks for the suggestions; the latest .net framework didn't help, unfortunately.

However, I've just tried the previous version:
http://code.google.com/p/thefzjmatrix/d … n=2&q=

That one works as expected, so perhaps there is a bug in the Beta7 version. I'll email the developers with this info.

Cool. Although, it's kind of funny that you waited this long to try a previous version. ;p

For me, the latest version works perfectly, but the older versions crash.

tomhogers wrote:

Hi guys.

You don´t have to re-invent the wheel to have a fantastic Kanji Screensaver for learners.

Take a look at this program (one of the best ever) originally written by Giles Payne a looooong time ago. I´ve been using (and recomending) it for many years.

Kanji Screen Saver from  http://japan-diary.com/kanji/KanjiScreenSaver.zip , based on Jim Breen´s Kanji info data file.


Enjoy,

Tom

Looks like a nice screensaver for learners who want this sort of thing. (I say that last bit as I just participated in the thread because I liked the idea of kanji as Matrix code, purely cosmetic. ;p)

For anyone who is curious before testing it out (readme), it's a black screen that displays the kanji in white in a white box, customizable by font, and gives you the readings and a meaning. It displays kanji for several seconds, one at a time, and you can display kanji by 'grade', I guess that's a JLPT thing?

Last edited by nest0r (2010 June 02, 5:15 pm)

fugu68 wrote:

nest0r wrote:

For me, the latest version works perfectly, but the older versions crash.

For me, version 6 crashed just once: the very first time I tried to change the settings. Since then, it was worked perfectly.

Oh yeah? Well my version's newer.

ocircle wrote:

I made one for windows last year for myself.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/2htfby

You have to use Windows Picture Screenshow (also called "Photo) to point it to the directory where all the slices are kept though:

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7147/ciku.jpg

It was made from a png I copied off of wiki and then lazily sliced up and rescaled in photoshop.

One of the games I used to play with it was to blurt out as many readings or words I knew that contained a certain kanji when it flashed on the screen. Since I was going for JLPT1 at the time I didn't have any trouble looking up kanji I didn't know, which was about a quarter of them.


Like in the original wiki picture, everyday kanji are red.

It looks very nice, but when enlarged the quality is really bad. Is there any way I can fix it?

Ok i tried this program, its very good, but only the kanji appear too short! how can i adjust it so that it stays for several minutes for example?

nest0r wrote:

tomhogers wrote:

Hi guys.

You don´t have to re-invent the wheel to have a fantastic Kanji Screensaver for learners.

Take a look at this program (one of the best ever) originally written by Giles Payne a looooong time ago. I´ve been using (and recomending) it for many years.

Kanji Screen Saver from  http://japan-diary.com/kanji/KanjiScreenSaver.zip , based on Jim Breen´s Kanji info data file.


Enjoy,

Tom

Looks like a nice screensaver for learners who want this sort of thing. (I say that last bit as I just participated in the thread because I liked the idea of kanji as Matrix code, purely cosmetic. ;p)

For anyone who is curious before testing it out (readme), it's a black screen that displays the kanji in white in a white box, customizable by font, and gives you the readings and a meaning. It displays kanji for several seconds, one at a time, and you can display kanji by 'grade', I guess that's a JLPT thing?