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Re: Bay12's Desktops
« Reply #2265 on: February 12, 2012, 02:50:03 pm »
Fuck yeah scooters.
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« Reply #2266 on: February 12, 2012, 04:42:41 pm »
Quote from: lordnincompoop on February 12, 2012, 02:46:18 pm
Quote from: Poltifar on February 11, 2012, 11:22:35 pm
Also, fuck yeah minimalist icon use. I can't stand a single icon more. Ever.

I cannot tolerate icons on my desktop at all.


For some reason, having absolutely no icons creeps me out. It just makes my desktop feel... I duno, like a static picture or screensaver or something (Especially since I set the taskbar to autohide too). So I keep the absolute minimal amount of icons, with appropriate style to match the background, to make it feel like an actual desktop.

Though I've been toying with the idea of having one single icon right in the middle of this background, called "Everything" or somesuch.
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Re: Bay12's Desktops
« Reply #2267 on: February 12, 2012, 05:07:48 pm »
Quote from: Poltifar on February 12, 2012, 04:42:41 pm
Quote from: lordnincompoop on February 12, 2012, 02:46:18 pm
Quote from: Poltifar on February 11, 2012, 11:22:35 pm
Also, fuck yeah minimalist icon use. I can't stand a single icon more. Ever.

I cannot tolerate icons on my desktop at all.


For some reason, having absolutely no icons creeps me out. It just makes my desktop feel... I duno, like a static picture or screensaver or something (Especially since I set the taskbar to autohide too). So I keep the absolute minimal amount of icons, with appropriate style to match the background, to make it feel like an actual desktop.

Though I've been toying with the idea of having one single icon right in the middle of this background, called "Everything" or somesuch.
This, If I wanted a picture, I'd by a damned pictureframe :P
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Re: Bay12's Desktops
« Reply #2268 on: February 12, 2012, 10:18:55 pm »
I've grown quite fond of the 'no icons' look.

On Linux (Arch) I've got a sidebar on the right with clock, tray, etc. (Including custom ASCII art)

On Windows (7) I have the taskbar on the same side, with about 6 pinned apps, and a toolbar pointed at my desktop folder. All the convenience, none of the clutter!

Now that I think about it... I guess it's been a little over a year since I've had any icons on my desktop...
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« Reply #2269 on: February 12, 2012, 11:12:06 pm »
Quote from: Japa on February 12, 2012, 04:56:13 am
I horribly abuse my start menu and taskbar.

This. If I'm gonna have a purdy desktop, I'd like to be able to see it. Having it cluttered up with icons is like buying a picture and putting it behind my CD collection.
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« Reply #2270 on: February 12, 2012, 11:42:44 pm »
If I want minimal icons, i can double click and let Fences hide most of them for awhile, then bring them right back up later. But other than that, the only limit to how many are on my desktop is my refusing to make the fences groups any bigger than currently (41 icons in 5 sections). my desktop hasn't changed though, so no need to repost it again in here to show that I think.
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« Reply #2271 on: February 13, 2012, 08:16:05 am »
I'm the minimal desktop type.  First, because I love my wallpapers.  Second, because having a neat arrangement of auto-hiding docked menus is far more convenient than a crazy mess of icons vomited onto the screen.
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« Reply #2272 on: February 13, 2012, 08:52:00 am »
I use my desktop as it's intended to be used, not as some Liberal arts showcase to myself. The background is called a background for a reason, it's the background of the foreground.
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« Reply #2273 on: February 13, 2012, 09:40:02 am »
Exactly! The wallpaper is the background, the little animated ponies are the foreground!

Can't say I agree with you there. At least in my case, it is basically a line between 'no icons at all' or 'screen covered in icons', and given that I have a sort of obsession with that type of order, combined with a desire to actually see my wallpaper, I go with the former.
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« Reply #2274 on: February 13, 2012, 09:51:55 am »
Quote from: klingon13524 on February 13, 2012, 08:52:00 am
I use my desktop as it's intended to be used, not as some Liberal arts showcase to myself. The background is called a background for a reason, it's the background of the foreground.
Is it a showcase to myself if I have no icons and a black background... because I rarely see the stupid thing anyway.
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« Reply #2275 on: February 13, 2012, 05:56:19 pm »
Swanky. I just have the default gray of X11 without anything on it.
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« Reply #2276 on: February 13, 2012, 06:16:25 pm »
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Re: Bay12's Desktops
« Reply #2277 on: February 17, 2012, 12:54:53 am »
I'm one of those who is firmly in the icon minimalist camp.
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« Reply #2278 on: February 17, 2012, 01:37:52 am »
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« Reply #2279 on: February 17, 2012, 11:43:56 am »
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Swanky. I just have the default gray of X11 without anything on it.

Dude, that is hardcore. Like, wow.

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