Desktop Goose

One sound you'll never expect to hear coming from your desktop is a quack. After you're introduced to Desktop Goose, not only is it going to seem normal from there on in, but it will become somewhat of a habit to check and see how your desktop goose is holding up. In case you're still wondering what this app is all about, you should know the name says it all. With this small program, a desktop goose will be spawned on your screen, a funny and useless little critter.

This nifty little app is not your average functionality-filled piece of software. On the contrary, it's a funny, even hilarious, small application that spawns a pixelated goose on your desktop, and yes, it's alive! The small critter will be stealing your cursor, dragging all sorts of amusing texts on your desktop, showing you funny memes, and generally quacking around for no apparent reason. While you could use it as an activity reminder of sorts, it really doesn't look like it was designed with too much functionality in mind.

Well, with apps like these, the developer might just want to remind us to take a few minutes off now and then. Whether you want to prank someone or simply play with your virtual duckling while you take a short break from work, in the end, the program wants us to actually remember to stop and simply relax/laugh once in a while. It could turn out popular with kids too. The most interesting part is you can customize both the texts and memes the goose will push around so, in the end, you can customize the message, and use the app for a plethora of reasons.

While this application may seem to most a waste of time, do note that functionality may sometimes be redundant in the case of some select apps. In such cases, it's the philosophy behind them that matters. With Desktop Goose you get mostly philosophy but you can also siphon some functionality out of it, too. It could be a very cool way of wishing someone a happy birthday or congratulations or extracting a laugh out of your best friend. In other words, this application is eggcellent.