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Last post Author Topic: Whats on your desktop?  (Read 155727 times)

Josh

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Whats on your desktop?
« on: August 13, 2006, 10:39 AM »
Post your contents here or just post a screenshot of it!

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7360/desktopuz6.jpg
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2006, 11:30 AM »
Well thanks to Tweak UI which allows me to turn off all the icons and Skrommel's FadingTaskbar, my desktop shows nothing other than the background image when idle.

That said I'll therefore posts a few of my favourite wallpapers (all are from deviantART):


Indeed most of the popular walls from the Abstract category I tend to like :)

[edit]Fixed bad grammar.[/edit]
« Last Edit: August 13, 2006, 12:55 PM by Eóin »

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2006, 12:28 PM »
Well, its good to see I am not the only guy who loves abstract digital art! I have a huge wallpaper folder of stuff d/led from deviantart.

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2006, 12:51 PM »
All I have is the recycle bin.

Sorry.   :(
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2006, 01:14 PM »
Top half is today's mess and my taskbar. (I could make a guessing game out of naming what all the icons are for, in order, and give out a prize to whoever gets the most right?)  ;D

Bottom half is with everything minimized. Taskbar is on autohide.

http://appsapps.info/stuff/currentdesktop.png
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2006, 01:28 PM »
all i have is blue with no icons.

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2006, 02:10 PM »
doesn't look like this anymore but i still find it amsuing - from my original post: https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=2633.0

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2006, 02:39 PM »
That is the biggest Recycle Bin I have ever seen!  ;D

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2006, 03:00 PM »

PowerPro (set to autohide), Rainlendar and usually a lot of icons. I cleaned up my desktop the other day, that's why it looks so tidy...

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/9871/screenshot13082006215106dn2.jpg
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« Last Edit: August 13, 2006, 03:03 PM by wr975 »

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2006, 04:31 AM »
This is mine at the moment, changes often enough tho.


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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2006, 04:33 AM »
Your desktop is interesting, btw, app.
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2006, 04:18 PM »
Nobody wants to see my desktop. Honest. Truly. Believe me.

I use it as a holding area for all the files and projects I'm working on it is TOTALLY full of file icons & a 1600 x 1200 desktop completely full of icons is truly a scary, uhh...wondrous thing to behold.

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #12 on: August 14, 2006, 04:56 PM »
I used to be like innuendo, as im pretty messy by nature. But after trying to scan 343 icons because windows decided to re-arrange them "because it felt like it"  i decided to get organise, and minimal is now my thing. I now shudder and despise messy desktops, a bit like an annoying ex-smoker who down the pub surrounded by smokers.

mydesktop.jpg
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2006, 06:23 PM »
With so many people showing their desktops full of icons I feel compelled to show how I launch programs. I use a custom start menu which is simply just a directory structure of shortcuts set as a toolbar on the taskbar.

Here a pic of it currently:
Tools.jpg

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2006, 10:48 PM »
Here's mine :)

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #15 on: August 14, 2006, 10:51 PM »
What WM is that?

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #16 on: August 14, 2006, 10:58 PM »
Della's screenshot is just plain gnome.

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #17 on: August 20, 2006, 11:11 AM »
Here is a newly updated screenshot! I just discovered unsigned visual styles! YEAY!

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1963/desktopww5.jpg
Whats on your desktop?

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #18 on: August 20, 2006, 03:17 PM »
Josh,
That looks pretty amazing. Where did you get that?
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #19 on: August 20, 2006, 07:00 PM »
Install the UXTheme patch (5.0), and you can use any of the visual styles found on various locations throughout the web. www.deviantart.com is my favorite for finding them :)

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #20 on: August 20, 2006, 11:00 PM »
Fantastic Josh! Thanks for the info.
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #21 on: August 22, 2006, 01:57 AM »
Would you believe mine is the classic blue screen with only four icons on it?

Stop laughing. Please stop.  :o

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #22 on: August 22, 2006, 06:28 AM »
Icons and passwords both drive me crazy, especially when I have to recognize or remember yet another one.

The Start Menu (Classic) and a good file manager - who could ask for more?
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #23 on: February 09, 2007, 01:48 PM »
My desktop is EarthWatcher - thanks to jgpaiva  :Thmbsup:

1.GIFWhats on your desktop?

No icons visible, except when I wanna have a little fun with Desktop Icon Toy v. 2


Icons are hidden in Win2K Explorer and in PS Tray Factory
- not the nicest solution, but efficient:

01Desktop.GIFWhats on your desktop?
(: trick-photo)
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #24 on: September 01, 2007, 04:58 PM »
I think we should revive this thread. PS Tray Factory, True Launch Bar, Desktop Icon Toy and Earth Watcher:


GIF, 256 colours, 1024x768:
2007-09-01.gifWhats on your desktop?