You can set up your computer so that refreshing your wallpaper is as easy as double-clicking on a batch file or as right-clicking your desktop as in this picture (instructions to do this are on the site).
Browser Support
Chrome Firefox Safari Microsoft Edge ver. 18+ Microsoft Edge before ver. 18 (if you use Edge and it doesn’t work, try updating or switching your browser) Internet Explorer
On my site, paste your API key into the login form, and click “Log In”
Adjust the settings and click “Save Settings” (that’s important!)
Scroll down to the bottom and click “Download Wallpaper”
That’s it for the basic usage. If you want to enable the advanced features (like automatic updating, multiple monitors, or updating the Windows 10 lock screen), follow the instructions on the site.
How to contribute
If you have an idea, then post it down below. If you know how to code, then check out the source code here.
If you like this, let me know! I would love to hear your feedback, and I will gladly accept new feature ideas, public-domain fonts, and color schemes to add to this.
Wow, this is VERY cool! It also puts in perspective how little kanji I’ve seen so far, haha.
Not sure if you plan on developing it further - but I think it would be interesting to see if a GIF form is possible. One that could show your over-time progress - turning each character the color(s) as you progressed them.
I’m not sure if the API gives you that information (although it might!) and it would be a lot of data to parse/order, but seemed like an interesting concept.
Thank you very much! Yeah, I have so little kanji learned that I needed to borrow someone else’s key for testing and development because I only have, like, 18 Apprentice kanji and over 2000 unseen kanji , lol
I do plan on developing this further, actually, and that is a great idea! Regular gif wallpapers aren’t really well supported, but there is this one program called Rainmeter that you can use to add custom, interactive features to your desktop (including animated wallpapers). Your idea intrigues me, so I’ll look into it!
Thank you! And also, seeing your wallpaper as gradient as it is gave me an idea for an easy way to reverse colors, so I just implemented it, and then I had another idea. So here is two more buttons that do stuff:
If you do want better relative resolutions, though, you could always decrease the number of kanji that are showing on the page. For example, with JLPT, you could do just JLPT N5 to N3, since N2 and N1 will take a while to get to. Or with WaniKani levels, you could just do WaniKani Pleasant to Painful until you get to Painful.
This is sooo cool and now my iPad background (which a majority of my studies is done on). Thanks so much. It’ll be neat to watch it fill more as I level.
Chrome
Microsoft Edge before ver. 18 (if you use Edge and it doesn’t work, try updating or switching your browser)
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It’ll be neat to watch it fill more as I level.
Really great work with this background though.
