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John Simmons has a lot to answer for.

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  • P phannon86

    Add RocketDock and away you go :) I prefer this setup too!

    He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

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    hairy_hats
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    RocketDock and the Stacks docklet, there's just not enough room otherwise!

    I hope you realise that hamsters are very creative when it comes to revenge. - Elaine

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      Today is the start of a new regime. As of half an hour ago I no longer have any icons on my desktop and my taskbar is set to auto-hide (which I have never done before). All my former desktop icons are squirrelled away in 'All Programs' or are pinned to the Start menu. My colleagues give me 3 days before I revert to my old ways. :)

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      PIEBALDconsult
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      Indeed, that's as it should be. I'm always amazed when I see a Windows system that looks like a Mac; all that crap cluttering up the desktop.

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      • M Michael Bookatz

        Some explanation please?

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        Rage
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        Point 1) of his first list.[^]

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        • L Lost User

          Today is the start of a new regime. As of half an hour ago I no longer have any icons on my desktop and my taskbar is set to auto-hide (which I have never done before). All my former desktop icons are squirrelled away in 'All Programs' or are pinned to the Start menu. My colleagues give me 3 days before I revert to my old ways. :)

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          leppie
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          What is the desktop? I never see it! :)

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          • L leppie

            What is the desktop? I never see it! :)

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            Michael Bookatz
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            I hear what you're saying man...

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            • L leppie

              What is the desktop? I never see it! :)

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              PIEBALDconsult
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              Indeed. I click on the "My Computer" icon on the "Quick Launch toolbar", then click the "Up" button, and there it is. :-D

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              • L Lost User

                Today is the start of a new regime. As of half an hour ago I no longer have any icons on my desktop and my taskbar is set to auto-hide (which I have never done before). All my former desktop icons are squirrelled away in 'All Programs' or are pinned to the Start menu. My colleagues give me 3 days before I revert to my old ways. :)

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                Good choice! I like to think of the initial open desktop as a zen garden of peacefulness and relaxation. When I sit down to work I want the first thing I see to be positive and encouraging I don't want to be instantly stressed out by 5000 icons all over the place blaring out at me.


                "Creating your own blog is about as easy as creating your own urine, and you're about as likely to find someone else interested in it." -- Lore Sjöberg

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                • P phannon86

                  Add RocketDock and away you go :) I prefer this setup too!

                  He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

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                  realJSOP
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                  I don't think I'm going to need rocketdock anymore...

                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                  "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                  • M Member 96

                    Good choice! I like to think of the initial open desktop as a zen garden of peacefulness and relaxation. When I sit down to work I want the first thing I see to be positive and encouraging I don't want to be instantly stressed out by 5000 icons all over the place blaring out at me.


                    "Creating your own blog is about as easy as creating your own urine, and you're about as likely to find someone else interested in it." -- Lore Sjöberg

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                    What do you do when you want to hide something from your boss (like boobies from your favorite auto-internet-wallpaper tool)? :laugh: Those icons are actually useful, but people don't see it yet. At home, my desktop is clean as a whistle and it's about the only thing I stare at most of the time. ;P EDIT: Good thing they made them sizable (as in "bigger") in > Vista. :)

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                    • realJSOPR realJSOP

                      I don't think I'm going to need rocketdock anymore...

                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                      "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                      phannon86
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                      Weven and it's Stacks-like toolbar instead?

                      He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

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                      • M Member 96

                        Good choice! I like to think of the initial open desktop as a zen garden of peacefulness and relaxation. When I sit down to work I want the first thing I see to be positive and encouraging I don't want to be instantly stressed out by 5000 icons all over the place blaring out at me.


                        "Creating your own blog is about as easy as creating your own urine, and you're about as likely to find someone else interested in it." -- Lore Sjöberg

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                        phannon86
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                        John C wrote:

                        I like to think of the initial open desktop as a zen garden of peacefulness and relaxation.

                        Heh, mine's like that too. 2x19" @ 1280x1024 screens with a lovely image of the sun rising over the Earth split over the two, like you're watching from orbit! :)

                        He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

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                        • P phannon86

                          Add RocketDock and away you go :) I prefer this setup too!

                          He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

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                          Judah Gabriel Himango
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                          Never used RocketDock. I use a nifty, tiny little program called SlickRun[^] to launch my apps.

                          Religiously blogging on the intarwebs since the early 21st century: Kineti L'Tziyon Judah Himango

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                          • L Lost User

                            Today is the start of a new regime. As of half an hour ago I no longer have any icons on my desktop and my taskbar is set to auto-hide (which I have never done before). All my former desktop icons are squirrelled away in 'All Programs' or are pinned to the Start menu. My colleagues give me 3 days before I revert to my old ways. :)

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                            realJSOP
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                            I can't publicly accept responsibility, but I enjoy hearing songs about my influence over other civilizations (and the occasional sacrificial virgins are a nice touch).

                            "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                            "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                              What do you do when you want to hide something from your boss (like boobies from your favorite auto-internet-wallpaper tool)? :laugh: Those icons are actually useful, but people don't see it yet. At home, my desktop is clean as a whistle and it's about the only thing I stare at most of the time. ;P EDIT: Good thing they made them sizable (as in "bigger") in > Vista. :)

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                              In my case I'm in a partnership with my wife so we're both the boss and we work from home more often than not, but she has absolutely no problem with me looking at boobies or anything else as long as the code continues to come out. She's an excellent wife in every way and just as likely to be looking at boobies or other stuff as I am anyway. ;)


                              "Creating your own blog is about as easy as creating your own urine, and you're about as likely to find someone else interested in it." -- Lore Sjöberg

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                              • realJSOPR realJSOP

                                I can't publicly accept responsibility, but I enjoy hearing songs about my influence over other civilizations (and the occasional sacrificial virgins are a nice touch).

                                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                                -----
                                "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                Lost User
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                                One more American boasting out of ya', and you're off my list, buddy!

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                                • L Lost User

                                  Today is the start of a new regime. As of half an hour ago I no longer have any icons on my desktop and my taskbar is set to auto-hide (which I have never done before). All my former desktop icons are squirrelled away in 'All Programs' or are pinned to the Start menu. My colleagues give me 3 days before I revert to my old ways. :)

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                                  kinar
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                                  Meh, I prefer the cluttered desktop. Who needs a my docs when you got a desktop? I use the quicklaunch bar (or run menu win+r) to launch all of my apps and use my desktop to house all my projects/documents. I don't need a start menu or a mydocs folder.

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                                  • P phannon86

                                    Weven and it's Stacks-like toolbar instead?

                                    He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

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                                    realJSOP
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                                    Yep - looks adequate to me so far...

                                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                                    "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                    • L Lost User

                                      Today is the start of a new regime. As of half an hour ago I no longer have any icons on my desktop and my taskbar is set to auto-hide (which I have never done before). All my former desktop icons are squirrelled away in 'All Programs' or are pinned to the Start menu. My colleagues give me 3 days before I revert to my old ways. :)

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                                      Rei Miyasaka
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                                      Icons are for sissies.

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                                      • L Lost User

                                        Today is the start of a new regime. As of half an hour ago I no longer have any icons on my desktop and my taskbar is set to auto-hide (which I have never done before). All my former desktop icons are squirrelled away in 'All Programs' or are pinned to the Start menu. My colleagues give me 3 days before I revert to my old ways. :)

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                                        Mark_Wallace
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                                        I wouldn't last five minutes. Mind you, I have Iconoid installed on everything, set to "Always Hide", so desktop icons don't show up until I click on the desktop. The real biggie is that I have directories of shortcuts down the lower left-hand side of the desktop. Clicking on them and holding for half a second opens them up like the Start menu (thanks to KO Approach) -- but they're so much tidier and better organised than the start menu, because they only contain the shortcuts I want (no "uninstall" or "visit the website" clutter, and they're organised exactly as I want them)

                                        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                        • L leppie

                                          What is the desktop? I never see it! :)

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                                          BC3Tech
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                                          I'm surprised nobody's suggested adding the "desktop toolbar" to your taskbar. That's what I do so I can easily get to desktop icons without minimizing all my windows :)

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