Gold & Silver Price Screensaver
The Gold & Silver screensaver shows large price panels for gold and silver, each with the latest value, percent change and an animated chart of recent history. It reads prices from a content file that the included automation pipeline fills, so when the page is hosted online the figures stay current. It needs internet for live data and shows a clear notice when the file is unavailable. The prices are display-only and delayed, not financial advice; it is free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
How the Gold & Silver screensaver works
On start the saver fetches content/metals.json, a file the bundled pipeline fills with the latest gold and silver prices plus a short price history for each. It takes the first two series and draws one stacked panel per metal.
Each panel shows the metal's name, current price and a green or red percent change, then animates its history into a line chart that draws in from left to right with a soft gradient fill beneath. Gold renders in a warm gold tone and silver in a cool grey, and a corner stamp shows the date and update time.
The chart re-fetches on the Refresh every interval, so scheduled pipeline updates appear without a reload. If content/metals.json cannot be loaded — for example offline or opened from a file — it shows a plain “metals.json unavailable” message rather than failing.
A worked example
With the defaults — gradient fill on, a 120-second refresh and the gold accent (#f4c145) on a dark background — the screen stacks two panels: gold on top in warm gold and silver below in cool grey, each with its price, percent change and a line chart that sweeps in from the left, while the corner reads “● LIVE” with today's date.
Settings & tips
- Turn off the Fill toggle for clean line charts without the shaded gradient under each curve.
- Lower the Refresh every seconds to pull new prices more often on a hosted display, or raise it to ease network use.
- Set the Accent color to taste — it is used as the chart tone for metals that are not the standard gold or silver.
Frequently asked questions
- Where do the gold and silver prices come from?
- They come from content/metals.json, a file the included automation pipeline fills with recent gold and silver prices and history. The chart re-reads it as it refreshes.
- Is this gold and silver screensaver financial advice?
- No. The prices are display-only and delayed, shown for ambient decoration only. Nothing here is financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell.
- Does the screensaver work offline?
- It needs internet to load fresh prices. When the file cannot be reached it shows a metals.json unavailable notice instead of breaking.
- How often do the metal prices update?
- The chart re-fetches on the refresh interval you set, so updates appear whenever the pipeline rewrites content/metals.json on the server.
- Is it free and how do I exit it?
- Yes, it is free and runs entirely in your browser with nothing to install. Press ESC at any time to exit.