An inspirational quotes desktop widget you actually read
A quote of the day buried in a browser tab gets seen once, if that. This inspirational quotes desktop widget puts a small paper calendar page on your Windows desktop instead: today's date at the top, one quote set in large type, and its author credited underneath. It stays on that page until the day changes, then a new sheet takes its place.
The collection is 195 quotes from 90 people, and 167 of them carry a source. Shakespeare, Thoreau, Twain, Emerson, Franklin, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius and Helen Keller are all in there, and with Show where it is from switched on, the book, speech or letter appears under the name. Turn it off if you want only the words and the author.
Every PC shuffles the collection into its own order, and nothing repeats until you have been through everything you have switched on. A week of mornings never shows the same line twice.
Quote of the day for your desktop, or every 15 minutes
The setting called A new page decides the pace. Every day is the default. Every 4 hours, Every hour, Every 30 minutes and Every 15 minutes suit people who like a steady stream, and Only when I tear one off hands the timing to you.
To move on early, click the torn edge at the foot of the page and the sheet comes away to reveal the next one. The right-click menu adds Previous page and Later page for stepping through the 60 pages you saw most recently, plus Copy quote, which copies the words along with the author.
Choose motivational quotes by theme, or write your own
Quotes are grouped into five themes you can switch on or off individually: Courage and perseverance, Work and learning, Wisdom and time, Kindness and joy, and Wit and wonder. Someone after a push at work might keep only the first two; someone who wants a lighter desk can leave Wit and wonder running alone.
Click the heart on any page to save it. Under Quotes from, pick Only my favorites to replay the ones that landed. The Your own quotes section has an Add a quote button with a Quote field of up to 300 characters and a Said by field, so a line from a mentor, a book you are reading or your own resolution can join the rotation or be shown on its own with Only my own quotes.
Three ways to show it on the desktop
Shape offers Calendar page in Small, Medium or Large, a One-line strip for the top or bottom edge of a monitor, and Just the words, which drops the paper and writes the quote straight onto your wallpaper in a text color you pick.
Typeface accepts any installed font; Georgia gives it the look of print. Text size runs from 70% to 160%, Alignment is Left or Centered, and Paper is Light, Dark or Match Windows. Sits keeps it On the desktop beneath your apps, or Above other windows. It remembers where you dragged it.
