I'm sure some OS X veterans have done this already but you can make an applescript dropplet that changes your desktop to any picture you drag onto it. It can be placed in the dock, and all you do is drag & drop (of course depending on the picture, you may have to go into preferences to change the style (stretch to fit, center, etc..)
In any case, for anyone who doesn't know, I'll show you how since I think it's pretty cool.
Go into Applications/Applescript/Script Editor.app (open it)
You'll get a text edit-like window (with obvious differences).
paste this code into it:
NOTE: This works on Tiger, it may be different in leopard . .
Save it as an Application, place it anywhere, even put it in the dock.
The image you drag will not be moved, it just uses an alias of the image.
In any case, for anyone who doesn't know, I'll show you how since I think it's pretty cool.
Go into Applications/Applescript/Script Editor.app (open it)
You'll get a text edit-like window (with obvious differences).
paste this code into it:
Code:
on open picture_
tell application "Finder"
set myPicture to picture_ as alias
set desktop picture to myPicture
end tell
end openNOTE: This works on Tiger, it may be different in leopard . .
Save it as an Application, place it anywhere, even put it in the dock.
The image you drag will not be moved, it just uses an alias of the image.