Comments on: How to find high quality wallpaper images on any topic

By: Carmelia

Carmelia — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:24:34 +0000

@Nick, as you said I too am pretty sure that Bing is detecting the resolution.
I searched for Hawaii with 2 different resolutions, filter = wallpaper.
1680×1050 gave me 103 results.
1024×768 320,000 results.

I think it’s awesome to get wallpapers already perfect for my current resolution.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:16:57 +0000

@XD

Works just fine for me, Opera 10.01

By: XD

XD — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:40:09 +0000

I was unable to set the filters in Opera, so this (like so much other stuff from MS) is a no-go for me.
But thanks anyway, maybe some day it will work but I won’t switch my browser, if it doesn’t work in Opera it’s bye bye.

By: Sreekanth Menon

Sreekanth Menon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:05:29 +0000

Thanks..
Found it very useful…

By: Ben l Awesome Wallpapers

Ben l Awesome Wallpapers — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:46:18 +0000

Very useful. Bing looks easier than google to find images.

By: Nick Smith

Nick Smith — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:24:26 +0000

Interestingly I think bing is using some sort of resolution detection. I’m using triplehead 19″ monitors on an ATI graphics card with Ubuntu 9.04, and a wallpaper search gave me 10 results all in the correct 3840×1024 size.

I’m impressed.

By: Curt@dk

Curt@dk — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:59:50 +0000

I am not too sure about Bing. I made a search, and Bing gave me 4 results but Google gave me 4.940 results. Quite a difference, I would say.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:55:34 +0000

the filters are right there in the sidebar whereas in Google you have to dig for them

Google Image Search interface may differ, depending what localized version you use. For me it shows controls in sidebar, exactly like Bing.

As for quality of results it is subjective, personally I think Google and Bing are about same.

By the way another cool trick is using image searches with app that rotates wallpapers. John’s Background Switcher for example.

By: RG

RG — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:43:38 +0000

From day one I have noticed that Bing is superior in image search.

By: Ano

Ano — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:04:04 +0000

Just wanted to quickly say thanks for this. I never bothered to take a look at bing as I am a google user however had a look at the images search because of your article and was impressed. Seems I’ll have to remember google isn’t the only game in town

Ano