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Post by Bill in the rain on Mar 24, 2022 1:49:10 GMT
Mine looks surprisingly like zagibu's.
Not only because I've hacked his computer.
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Post by deebs on Mar 24, 2022 6:09:13 GMT
Mine is blank. Just solid dark blue background and no icons.
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Post by RadicalRex on Mar 24, 2022 7:01:58 GMT
I like to have my permanent shortcuts in the task bar, and those that come and go (i.e. games) on the desktop, which keeps it relatively tidy overall. I'd post a screenshot, but I saw someone speak disapprovingly of watersports in another thread, so perhaps not.
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Post by EMarkM on Mar 24, 2022 9:23:16 GMT
I don’t actually use the Macintosh HD icon, it’s just there for sentimentality. Everything I need is in the dock, finder is still column view for me. I rarely use spotlight. The desktop is my holding pen, anything downloaded or exported goes there for me to organise away This is eerily similar to how I use a Mac. Anyone who doesn't use column view is a masochist. The main thing that I wish I had on MacOS was the directory path in the Finder window, so I can just copy-paste it wherever I like. So annoying having to navigate multiple folders when you already have the path in another program. Similar here,: Dock in column on left hand side (right hand side = scroll bar, innit?), and a heady cocktail of Finder, Spotlight and Alfred for everything. Starting to make more use of Spaces/applications set to Full Screen these days too. |
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Post by Tomo on Mar 24, 2022 12:34:56 GMT
I'm a Dock right kind of guy.
Not heard of Alfred though. Intriguing... Why do I care about that?
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Post by Tomo on Mar 24, 2022 12:38:04 GMT
Infact, here you go:  |
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Post by zagibu on Mar 24, 2022 12:46:34 GMT
You guys could save a lot of energy if you set a black wallpaper as your desktop background.
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Post by dogbot on Mar 24, 2022 12:55:04 GMT
You guys could save a lot of energy if you set a black wallpaper as your desktop background. On an AMOLED screen, sure. Others, not so much. |
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Post by Derblington on Mar 24, 2022 13:00:03 GMT
Never understood this. My desktop above is actually the cleaned up version, it looked way messier before I made the screenshot. My father forced me to always empty my desk when I was still living at his house. But what is an empty desk(top) good for? Same reason we have shelves and cupboards at home, and don't just pile shit up everywhere. |
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Post by zagibu on Mar 24, 2022 13:18:26 GMT
Same reason we have shelves and cupboards at home, and don't just pile shit up everywhere. Which is? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2022 13:28:03 GMT
Mine's empty apart from a word doc containing a list of all the things I've eaten.
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Post by zagibu on Mar 24, 2022 13:30:02 GMT
On an AMOLED screen, sure. Others, not so much. It was more of a joke, but if we were to pursue it in earnest, there is also local dimming on LCDs and there are micro LED screens as well. |
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Post by dogbot on Mar 24, 2022 13:32:32 GMT
On an AMOLED screen, sure. Others, not so much. It was more of a joke, but if we were to pursue it in earnest, there is also local dimming on LCDs and there are micro LED screens as well. Fair enough - hard to get in text sometimes.  Regards the tidying stuff, read Marie Kondo or the Minimalists. It can be enlightening (although it's not for everyone). |
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Post by Derblington on Mar 24, 2022 13:52:50 GMT
Same reason we have shelves and cupboards at home, and don't just pile shit up everywhere. Which is? I'm going to wager that you actually know this, though looking at your desktop I may be wrong. |
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Post by 😎 on Mar 24, 2022 15:02:01 GMT
I don’t want to sound like that guy but I’m bemused that desktop icons are even still a thing. They’re weird legacy things that shouldn’t really be needed anymore, like screen savers.
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Post by mrpon on Mar 24, 2022 15:03:40 GMT
...and marquee signatures.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2022 15:07:11 GMT
Honestly, the only ones I have are there because I always forget the uncheck the "add shortcut to desktop" box when installing. I never manually add a desktop shortcut. The pins on the taskbar at the bottom are the only ones I set by choice.
I do use "save to desktop" when quickly saving photos to upload to imgur, but then I delete them once they're up. It's easier than going through folders to find something.
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Post by Blackmarsh63 on Mar 24, 2022 15:18:16 GMT
I don’t want to sound like that guy but I’m bemused that desktop icons are even still a thing. They’re weird legacy things that shouldn’t really be needed anymore, like screen savers. The screensaver has saved my OLED on a few occasions....👍 |
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Post by zagibu on Mar 24, 2022 15:18:56 GMT
I don’t want to sound like that guy but I’m bemused that desktop icons are even still a thing. They’re weird legacy things that shouldn’t really be needed anymore, like screen savers. How would I know that I still have an unfinished Grandia II save waiting for me without the desktop icon constantly staring at me? |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Mar 24, 2022 15:33:48 GMT
Stick a post it on your monitor
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Post by dominalien on Mar 24, 2022 15:36:24 GMT
That’s for passwords, silly.
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Post by EMarkM on Mar 24, 2022 16:21:51 GMT
I'm a Dock right kind of guy. Not heard of Alfred though. Intriguing... Why do I care about that? It’s a bit like Spotlight but is searching and a bunch of other tools all in one. Might not suit you, but I find it handy. |
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Post by malek86 on Mar 24, 2022 17:03:40 GMT
I keep it simple.  |
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Post by deebs on Mar 24, 2022 17:06:45 GMT
I don’t want to sound like that guy but I’m bemused that desktop icons are even still a thing. They’re weird legacy things that shouldn’t really be needed anymore, like screen savers. Yeah, I never see my desktop, let alone use it as some sort of launcher. I did used to save files to it and sort them into their specific folders later, but I think I'm past that. |
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Post by Tomo on Mar 24, 2022 17:10:16 GMT
I don't want games on my Taskbar because that is too much filth. I don't want the number of clicks it requires to fire open Steam and launch the game because I'm impatient. Desktop shortcut is a happy medium.
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Post by Tomo on Mar 24, 2022 17:10:52 GMT
Also a look at how fucking hard I am kind of thing, cos I've got so many games, my e-peen is massive.
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Post by dominalien on Mar 24, 2022 20:29:38 GMT
I just press the super key (or Win or cmd, depending on what computer I’m at, though it’s cmd-space on macos which might explain a little why I’ve come to dislike it so much) and type a few letters of the name of the thing I want to launch.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Mar 24, 2022 23:02:54 GMT
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Post by zagibu on Mar 24, 2022 23:10:20 GMT
malek86 You have two desktop.ini files on your desktop.
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Post by zagibu on Mar 24, 2022 23:14:16 GMT
I'm going to wager that you actually know this, though looking at your desktop I may be wrong. So, you're putting your shit in your shelves and cupboards? I put mine in the toilet. |
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