A while ago I requested this idea for the Cinnamon desktop. It's now in developers review mode:

http://community.linuxmint.com/idea/view/3242

My computer broke about a year ago, and have since been using more low powered machines. I've got used to using MATE. Since I got my good computer up and running, I've not felt the need to go back to using anything else.

However...

My wife has started using Mint MATE (after being decidedly anti-linux for the last 7 years out of apparent sheer bloody-mindedness). Her only moan so far has been that Windows 7 could switch her wallpaper for her.

If this is the only issue, I think I have won a convert, but if it is something fixable, so much the better.

Plus, I could really use it as well.

Thanks xx