Show us YOUR desktop - Page 2

Budgie · 5th February 2001, 10:16

Man, guys, I am seriously wondering why the heck you all have desktops looking that clear

. I mean, no overloaded desktop with icons and stuff ... Are you all fans of the Start Menu and the Quicklaunch Bar, or what

. Heh, I am just pullin' your leg. But still ... You're all so neat

.

Hmmm, maybe my desktop looks that messy since the last time I reinstalled Windows is like two years ago (on my old computer running Win95b). On my new computer, which runs Windows 2000 SP-1, crashes more often than my old machine, which is actually a mystery to me

.

Well, keep on posting, guys!

Peace.

@ zxypher: Well, your link leads to this small Fortunecity banner, and that's all ...

.

@ ef280z: Thanks for the info, I was just curious

.

Budgie · 5th February 2001, 10:24

Are you referring to the bigger taskbar which some guys here do have? Well, even under Windows 95, you can make the taskbar larger just like you resize an usual shell window, which gives you more space

. I wouldn't use it in conjunction with a resolution below 1024x768, personally

.

And dammit, your sig is f*cking long ... .. . And it seems to be plain advertisement. That's what I would call sucky.

sgtfuzzbubble011 · 5th February 2001, 16:02

I like the added space of the double-sized task bar, but I also have it set to autohide.

I run at 800x600 screen rez, too. I can't stand a cluttered desktop or Start menu, so I've gotten rid of all the crap that I don't need... My Sart menu is pretty clean, too.

I have a 'My Computer' shortcut right next to my tray (comes in handy quite often).

Budgie-
Thanks for the link. I'm at school right now, but I'll be checkin' that out when I get home.

ef280z · 5th February 2001, 16:19

If I keep my desktop clean, it looks nice.

If I keep my Start menu clean, it looks nice.

If I hide the apps related to my job, I procrastinate.

Budgie - Not a problem. Seems that no one ever recognizes him, but it's a great song.

5th February 2001, 16:36

Mine:
http://194.200.68.190:8080/desktop.jpg

Jstalilwyrd · 5th February 2001, 16:41

Anahka: Holy poop on a stick, that's a lot of desktop icons!

Desktop clutter is bad. Clean desktops are good. I don't use a whole lot of things, so I keep my essential stuff in my quicklaunch bar. I wish there was a way for Windows 98 to have that two-column overflow Start menu so you can gloat about all the nifty stuff you have than have to scroll down. It's not as fun.

5th February 2001, 16:52

Quote:

Originally posted by Jstalilwyrd
Anahka: Holy poop on a stick, that's a lot of desktop icons!

But I use em ALL!

Quote:

Originally posted by Jstalilwyrd
Desktop clutter is bad. Clean desktops are good. I don't use a whole lot of things, so I keep my essential stuff in my quicklaunch bar. I wish there was a way for Windows 98 to have that two-column overflow Start menu so you can gloat about all the nifty stuff you have than have to scroll down. It's not as fun.

Had a look at PaneKiller by MaDDoG Productions? Does just anbout anything you want with your start menu, including transparancy, transitions (Including Proper Alpha-fade), sticky menus an' all that.

It's a very cool program...

http://www.maddogsw.com/panekiller/

Jstalilwyrd · 5th February 2001, 17:10

That looks kinky. But it's shareware

a-arse · 5th February 2001, 17:45

Theres always a very simple answer to shareware,
A crack

http://202.103.100.253/newtrends/200101/ornpk143.zip

Lion King · 5th February 2001, 19:37

what? a crack link?

whocarez · 5th February 2001, 20:40

Here goes...

http://www.haywire.ic24.net/Image1.jpg

goddamn that looks dodgy (compression tradeoffs)

5th February 2001, 23:44

Here's mine.

Matt · 5th February 2001, 23:49

No need for a picture of mine. It's the default Windows 2000 blue colour.
The only alterations are the Windows Explorer and Winamp icons added to the desktop and the Windows Explorer icon added to the quick start bar.

Small start menu as well. Keep it simple, only install what I need.

InvisibleRazor · 6th February 2001, 05:42

Made a new one: http://www.geocities.com/ifisurvive/snowydesktop.png

transparent cmd line: http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt....rion/econsole/
icons: http://members.nbci.com/scrows/index.html
uptime tracker: http://opus80.com/discnode/
wallpaper: http://www.webshots.com
winamp skin: http://www.matrox.com/mga/news/demos...downloads1.cfm

Bizznatch · 6th February 2001, 10:28

Here's Mine with a few proggy's running.

http://www.geocities.com/sharksfan2000/untitled.jpg

Bizznatch · 6th February 2001, 10:32

Here is my NAKED desktop.

http://www.geocities.com/sharksfan2000/desktop.jpg

Bizznatch · 6th February 2001, 10:47

I'm NOT bragging!

http://www.geocities.com/sharksfan2000/brag.jpg

Seriously, I'm not.... LOL

Budgie · 6th February 2001, 12:16

@ Anakha: Heh, referring to the amount of icons, I am coming right after ya

.

@ Sarge: You're welcome. Have phun, dude

.

Oh, if anyone wants to get rid of the ugly background color around the text under your desktop icons, go THAT SITE and download this certain programm called "Transtext". It is a pretty well-written tiny proggie which replaces the background color of the icon text in any color you want, or, which I totally prefer, transparency

. I am using it, too. It rocks

. And no, I am not working @ Chaossoft

...

Well, guys, your desktops all look very neat.

Peace.

a-arse · 6th February 2001, 15:10

Heres mine,
http://pandy.org.***********/yabooo.jpg

Razmoose · 6th February 2001, 15:51

here's mine. There's not a lot there cos it's new

AlieXai · 6th February 2001, 20:17

Ah, off topic, but I have to know. What servers runs on port 8080? I think it's a SOCKS 4 proxy server, but i'm not sure.

bjay125 · 6th February 2001, 21:02

Here's mine, featuring some skins I made...

http://www.geocities.com/bjay125/MyDesk.jpg

6th February 2001, 21:29

Quote:

Originally posted by AlieXai
Ah, off topic, but I have to know. What servers runs on port 8080? I think it's a SOCKS 4 proxy server, but i'm not sure.

Port 8000-8888 is usually HTTP-Proxy. SOCKS4/5 is usually 1080, but I'm using 8080 as our Router at work blocks inbound access below port 1024.

Just so you know.

pixelpusher · 7th February 2001, 12:56

O.k, I have been watching this thread and looking at the desktops. I really like the look of a clean desktop. But I also like my icons and folders alot. So in the last couple of days, I tried different wallpapers, cleared a bunch of crap of my desktop, But it still looked cluttered. So heres what I did. I made my own background with compartments to help organize my desktop and give it a cleaner look, But still have my icons and folders.. Tell me what you think, Here it is now..

http://www.geocities.com/toad_royal/...er-desktop.jpg

a-arse · 7th February 2001, 13:27

I like your background pixel pusher,
sometimes those organiser backgrounds look really bad but that one is nice

pixelpusher · 7th February 2001, 13:59

Thanks a-arse.. Took me about an hour to get it right. Might take me a while to get used to it. I'm used to searching for shit on my desk top..
Actually I was thinking of putting some kind of pic in the middle box where my name is,, What do you think? Do it or no??

a-arse · 7th February 2001, 16:49

yeah. Depends on the picture.
you could have a sort of compass style thing with the names of the sections under arrows

RhinoTrip · 7th February 2001, 17:16

I never know if these HTML tags work in this sort of forum - but I'll give it a shot.

http://wso.williams.edu/~jkaczmar/desktop.jpg <-- Here's my desktop.

Love it or leave it.

Jstalilwyrd · 7th February 2001, 17:32

Quote:

Originally posted by RhinoTrip
I never know if these HTML tags work in this sort of forum - but I'll give it a shot.

HTML is off in these forums, FYI. I dig the wallpaper.

pixelpusher · 7th February 2001, 19:15

Well a-arse, I tried it both ways with a compass thingy like you said and a pic, Didn't like either. Started making it look busy again. So I guess i'll just leave it the way it is. Suits me alright.. Thanks for the suggestion though...

InvisibleRazor · 7th February 2001, 19:58

PixelPusher: If you want to make it cleaner, try removing the thin horizontal lines in the middle.

s1138 · 7th February 2001, 20:18

http://www.geocities.com/s1138/Desktop.jpg
this is my old one, before i started using litestep.
im too lazy to take a screenshot now, but if you want an idea, view the G Series litestep theme.

Aeroe · 8th February 2001, 01:59

http://aeroe.homestead.com/files/screen0.jpg
or
http://aeroe.homestead.com/files/screen2.jpg

Huge web compression which cut it to like 1/6 the original size, aren't I nice?

I was bored and went back to my original Gravity Well (screen0) background and changed 2 of the quicklaunch icons.
They only last about 4 days before the entire set is changed.

InvisibleRazor · 8th February 2001, 03:55

Aeroe, where did you get those icons?

mr_sax · 8th February 2001, 21:26

hey how DO you do links? or other such things? i can't get it straight... HEHE... thanks, and hey, @ the guy who did a link to a wallpaper site instead of his desktop, that website has some AWSOME stuff in it! i'm gettin into bryce 'cause of it..

nateJC · 8th February 2001, 22:07

Quote:

Originally posted by zxypher
hey how DO you do links? or other such things? i can't get it straight... HEHE... thanks, and hey, @ the guy who did a link to a wallpaper site instead of his desktop, that website has some AWSOME stuff in it! i'm gettin into bryce 'cause of it..

Okay, here's how ya do the links!
Remember, kiddies, replace the curly brackets {}, with real brackets [] or these handy tips WON'T WORK!

{url}http://www.yaddayaddayadda.com/{/url}
appears as: http://www.yaddayaddayadda.com/

{url="http://www.yaddayaddayadda.com/"}Click here!{/url}
appears as: Click here!
which links to http://www.yaddayaddayadda.com

Hope that helps ya!

s1138 · 8th February 2001, 22:15

hey Anakha how did you do that with you playlist and the webpage???

whocarez · 12th February 2001, 14:44

Another pic of my desktop, showing the startmenu and stuff.

PNG Version

TIFF Version

5th February 2001, 10:16	#41
Budgie Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Hell frozen up Posts: 1,217	Man, guys, I am seriously wondering why the heck you all have desktops looking that clear . I mean, no overloaded desktop with icons and stuff ... Are you all fans of the Start Menu and the Quicklaunch Bar, or what . Heh, I am just pullin' your leg. But still ... You're all so neat . Hmmm, maybe my desktop looks that messy since the last time I reinstalled Windows is like two years ago (on my old computer running Win95b). On my new computer, which runs Windows 2000 SP-1, crashes more often than my old machine, which is actually a mystery to me . Well, keep on posting, guys! Peace. @ zxypher: Well, your link leads to this small Fortunecity banner, and that's all ... . @ ef280z: Thanks for the info, I was just curious . Please consider the Forum Rules before posting utter crap. Thank you!

5th February 2001, 10:24	#42
Budgie Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Hell frozen up Posts: 1,217	@ Berserker Are you referring to the bigger taskbar which some guys here do have? Well, even under Windows 95, you can make the taskbar larger just like you resize an usual shell window, which gives you more space . I wouldn't use it in conjunction with a resolution below 1024x768, personally . And dammit, your sig is fcking long ... .. . And it seems to be plain advertisement. That's* what I would call sucky. Please consider the Forum Rules before posting utter crap. Thank you!

5th February 2001, 20:40	#51
whocarez Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: UK Posts: 190	Here goes... http://www.haywire.ic24.net/Image1.jpg goddamn that looks dodgy (compression tradeoffs) "i'm not weird i'm gifted"

6th February 2001, 12:16	#58
Budgie Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Hell frozen up Posts: 1,217	@ Anakha: Heh, referring to the amount of icons, I am coming right after ya . @ Sarge: You're welcome. Have phun, dude . Oh, if anyone wants to get rid of the ugly background color around the text under your desktop icons, go THAT SITE and download this certain programm called "Transtext". It is a pretty well-written tiny proggie which replaces the background color of the icon text in any color you want, or, which I totally prefer, transparency . I am using it, too. It rocks . And no, I am not working @ Chaossoft ... Well, guys, your desktops all look very neat. Peace. Please consider the Forum Rules before posting utter crap. Thank you!

7th February 2001, 12:56	#64
pixelpusher Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Left of darkness, Right of light Posts: 860	O.k, I have been watching this thread and looking at the desktops. I really like the look of a clean desktop. But I also like my icons and folders alot. So in the last couple of days, I tried different wallpapers, cleared a bunch of crap of my desktop, But it still looked cluttered. So heres what I did. I made my own background with compartments to help organize my desktop and give it a cleaner look, But still have my icons and folders.. Tell me what you think, Here it is now.. http://www.geocities.com/toad_royal/...er-desktop.jpg Winamp 3 tutorials \| My Winamp 3 skin \| ZX-1100 Preview ]

5th February 2001, 16:02	#43
sgtfuzzbubble011 Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 60,839	I like the added space of the double-sized task bar, but I also have it set to autohide. I run at 800x600 screen rez, too. I can't stand a cluttered desktop or Start menu, so I've gotten rid of all the crap that I don't need... My Sart menu is pretty clean, too. I have a 'My Computer' shortcut right next to my tray (comes in handy quite often). Budgie- Thanks for the link. I'm at school right now, but I'll be checkin' that out when I get home.

5th February 2001, 16:19	#44
ef280z Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 7	If I keep my desktop clean, it looks nice. If I keep my Start menu clean, it looks nice. If I hide the apps related to my job, I procrastinate. Budgie - Not a problem. Seems that no one ever recognizes him, but it's a great song.

5th February 2001, 16:36	#45
Anakha Guest Posts: n/a	Mine: http://194.200.68.190:8080/desktop.jpg

5th February 2001, 16:41	#46
Jstalilwyrd Major Dude Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 948	Anahka: Holy poop on a stick, that's a lot of desktop icons! Desktop clutter is bad. Clean desktops are good. I don't use a whole lot of things, so I keep my essential stuff in my quicklaunch bar. I wish there was a way for Windows 98 to have that two-column overflow Start menu so you can gloat about all the nifty stuff you have than have to scroll down. It's not as fun.

5th February 2001, 17:10	#48
Jstalilwyrd Major Dude Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 948	That looks kinky. But it's shareware

5th February 2001, 17:45	#49
a-arse Banned Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,711	Theres always a very simple answer to shareware, A crack http://202.103.100.253/newtrends/200101/ornpk143.zip

5th February 2001, 19:37	#50
Lion King Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,668	what? a crack link?

5th February 2001, 23:44	#52
Mister Bill Guest Posts: n/a	Here's mine.

5th February 2001, 23:49	#53
Matt Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: England Posts: 3,396	No need for a picture of mine. It's the default Windows 2000 blue colour. The only alterations are the Windows Explorer and Winamp icons added to the desktop and the Windows Explorer icon added to the quick start bar. Small start menu as well. Keep it simple, only install what I need.

6th February 2001, 05:42	#54
InvisibleRazor Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 7	Made a new one: http://www.geocities.com/ifisurvive/snowydesktop.png transparent cmd line: http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt....rion/econsole/ icons: http://members.nbci.com/scrows/index.html uptime tracker: http://opus80.com/discnode/ wallpaper: http://www.webshots.com winamp skin: http://www.matrox.com/mga/news/demos...downloads1.cfm

6th February 2001, 10:28	#55
Bizznatch Forum King Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 4,180	Here's Mine with a few proggy's running. http://www.geocities.com/sharksfan2000/untitled.jpg

6th February 2001, 10:32	#56
Bizznatch Forum King Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 4,180	Here is my NAKED desktop. http://www.geocities.com/sharksfan2000/desktop.jpg

6th February 2001, 10:47	#57
Bizznatch Forum King Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 4,180	I'm NOT bragging! http://www.geocities.com/sharksfan2000/brag.jpg Seriously, I'm not.... LOL

6th February 2001, 15:10	#59
a-arse Banned Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,711	Heres mine, http://pandy.org.***********/yabooo.jpg

6th February 2001, 15:51	#60
Razmoose Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 10	here's mine. There's not a lot there cos it's new

6th February 2001, 20:17	#61
AlieXai Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 233	Ah, off topic, but I have to know. What servers runs on port 8080? I think it's a SOCKS 4 proxy server, but i'm not sure.

6th February 2001, 21:02	#62
bjay125 Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 82	Here's mine, featuring some skins I made... http://www.geocities.com/bjay125/MyDesk.jpg

7th February 2001, 13:27	#65
a-arse Banned Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,711	I like your background pixel pusher, sometimes those organiser backgrounds look really bad but that one is nice

7th February 2001, 13:59	#66
pixelpusher Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Left of darkness, Right of light Posts: 860	Thanks a-arse.. Took me about an hour to get it right. Might take me a while to get used to it. I'm used to searching for shit on my desk top.. Actually I was thinking of putting some kind of pic in the middle box where my name is,, What do you think? Do it or no?? Winamp 3 tutorials \| My Winamp 3 skin \| ZX-1100 Preview ]

7th February 2001, 16:49	#67
a-arse Banned Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,711	yeah. Depends on the picture. you could have a sort of compass style thing with the names of the sections under arrows

7th February 2001, 17:16	#68
RhinoTrip Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Boston, MA Skins: 9 Posts: 897	I never know if these HTML tags work in this sort of forum - but I'll give it a shot. http://wso.williams.edu/~jkaczmar/desktop.jpg <-- Here's my desktop. Love it or leave it. RhinoTrip Working for the man.

7th February 2001, 19:15	#70
pixelpusher Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Left of darkness, Right of light Posts: 860	Well a-arse, I tried it both ways with a compass thingy like you said and a pic, Didn't like either. Started making it look busy again. So I guess i'll just leave it the way it is. Suits me alright.. Thanks for the suggestion though... Winamp 3 tutorials \| My Winamp 3 skin \| ZX-1100 Preview ]

7th February 2001, 19:58	#71
InvisibleRazor Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 7	PixelPusher: If you want to make it cleaner, try removing the thin horizontal lines in the middle.

7th February 2001, 20:18	#72
s1138 Alumni? Join Date: May 2000 Location: joja Posts: 6,936	http://www.geocities.com/s1138/Desktop.jpg this is my old one, before i started using litestep. im too lazy to take a screenshot now, but if you want an idea, view the G Series litestep theme.

8th February 2001, 01:59	#73
Aeroe Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Assembly Hall Posts: 1,446	http://aeroe.homestead.com/files/screen0.jpg or http://aeroe.homestead.com/files/screen2.jpg Huge web compression which cut it to like 1/6 the original size, aren't I nice? I was bored and went back to my original Gravity Well (screen0) background and changed 2 of the quicklaunch icons. They only last about 4 days before the entire set is changed. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

8th February 2001, 03:55	#74
InvisibleRazor Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 7	Aeroe, where did you get those icons?

8th February 2001, 21:26	#75
mr_sax Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: pabuk.com/forums :) Posts: 1,907	wut IS the best website out there? hey how DO you do links? or other such things? i can't get it straight... HEHE... thanks, and hey, @ the guy who did a link to a wallpaper site instead of his desktop, that website has some AWSOME stuff in it! i'm gettin into bryce 'cause of it..

8th February 2001, 22:15	#77
s1138 Alumni? Join Date: May 2000 Location: joja Posts: 6,936	hey Anakha how did you do that with you playlist and the webpage???

12th February 2001, 14:44	#78
whocarez Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: UK Posts: 190	Another pic of my desktop, showing the startmenu and stuff. PNG Version TIFF Version "i'm not weird i'm gifted"

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