Coral Reef 3D ScreensaverComments on:

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:28:36 +0000

I have viewed this screen saver for several days now and compared it to other fish / ocean type styles. This is just the best that I have seen.

Too many other screen savers, free or not, of any type contain spyware so be warned before you download.

Running XP SP2 2.8 gig 1.5 gig ram with 9.0c video card 256 meg with a 22 inch Samsung. What can I say but absolutely beautiful screen saver. This is relaxation for me to watch the never ending activity.

I believe that no one can fully evaluate a developer’s hard work in a day or two. Again, this is entertainment for me and relaxation – just beautiful.

This development team is at the top of my list to consider for purchasing screen savers.

I would like to see an added feature with a manager where I could select and load any screen saver including M$ OEM’s.

Thanks 3DPlanesoft and GAoTD for another fine offering.

Ken

By: snafuguru

snafuguru — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:59:50 +0000

Waste of time. What’s up with a “free program” that has a large banner across the aquarium and it looks so fake anyhow with just a bunch of bubbly noise. Thumbs down on this one. Deleted this within a half hour after of installation.

By: Fubar

Fubar — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:03:18 +0000

To all the people saying that the 3Planesoft screensaver manager installs other adware, no, it doesn’t, period. As with other screensaver managers, you could characterize the manager itself as adware, because it advertises their other screensavers, but it doesn’t hook into anything. Emsi Software (a-squared, etc.) is crap.

In some respects even worse than what Astro Gemini does, this 3Planesoft screensaver and some others (but not all of them) uses shortcuts which open the Windows screensaver manager and sets this to be the default, even if you don’t use the 3Planesoft screensaver manager. It also calls another executable; I haven’t tested to see what impact that might have on Windows power management.

Regarding my comment #6, it was clearly referring to a comment which cleared moderation but was later deleted. I notice I get a lot of thumbs-down when moderation delays or changes make it look like my comments are mean-spirited. This isn’t a forum, I have no control over when comments get posted, deleted, etc., which is why I always use both the numbers and names of the comments I’m referring to. I generally don’t post a follow-up to clarify things, because of the moderation delays, insertions, and deletions, and because this isn’t a forum.

By: Syrinx

Syrinx — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:07:17 +0000

Installed and registered without probs here.
As far as I’m concerned, 3Planesoft makes much better and nicer screen savers than Astro Gemini, though they are somewhat similar. So let’s get some more of them :)

Btw, if you look at the other screen savers in the manager, you will find that “The One Ring” (the last one) is free to download/add :)

By: Rocky

Rocky — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:37:23 +0000

Its an okay screen saver

By: Ash

Ash — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:26:56 +0000

Installed fine on my Vista 32 Home Premium. Ran overnight to find the screensaver frozen and had ton use ctrl-alt-delete to gain access back. Uninstalled and using Vista’s default screensaver with no overhead on memory either!

By: Skye-hook

Skye-hook — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:42:21 +0000

Nice screensaver! :) Really good graphics! I think probably any reports of something suspicious in the file are simply due to the manager part of it, as it has a kinda “ad”(if ya wanna think of it that way) so you can download all the other savers they offer, within the manager.

ZoneAlarm and Windows One Care did NOT find anything wrong with this file!
Thank you GOTD & 3planesoft!

By: Clayton

Clayton — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:26:17 +0000

I love screensavers,Thanks GOTD

By: MO

MO — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:02:24 +0000

Stupid people depress me.

By: accessbob

accessbob — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:24:17 +0000

For Windows Vista users, if you have UAC enabled, you must right-click on the ACTIVATE.EXE file and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR because it makes changes to the registry. For those who don’t do that, it appears that it is fine but then is why you get the “unregistered” version.

This is the same thing that needs to happen for ALL GOTD givaways.