What's on your Desktop?

[Swampy]

ooo.. I love that wing thing, Ro!

[Janet Petty]

I'm certainly enjoying seeing the different things we put on our desktops. I change mine almost often enough to say I change it with the weather. This is currently enjoying its place of prominence on the desktop. It was a lucky shot that I've liked a lot.

Like Swampy, I love the winged ??? Ro. Did you make it?

Janet

[Littlecoo]

Well Ro, you could drag all of those pesky icons down onto the task bar (well most of em at least) One of the things I really like like about the Mac OSX GUI, it's not so 'clutterific'.

[WayDen]

Mine's a picture from National Geographic. I absolutely love this photograph. First time I saw it, I didn't understand the enormity of the cave until I notice the light on the right side is attached to a person...

http://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=caveco8.jpg

[Cameraken]

I used to have a pretty island with Palm trees and sea but I can’t see it any more for icons.

Gary.
Where can I find that calendar (I just about have space left for that)

Ken.

[chrishoggy]

I have a pic of my identical triplet boys
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OK it's fake, I only have one boy

[byRo]

Originally Posted by Janet Petty

Like Swampy, I love the winged ??? Ro. Did you make it?
Janet

Wish I could do something that pretty!
It was "digged " some days ago.
Direct link: http://content.techrepublic.com.com/...1-33277-8.html

Originally Posted by Littlecoo

Well Ro, you could drag all of those pesky icons down onto the task bar

That's full too. Guess I've got some housekeeping to do.

Thanks again to Swampy for this thread - great stuff!

Rô

[johnnieB]

Great stuff everyone.

There is a way to hide your desktop icons. I am running Windows XP.

-right click on a blank spot on the desktop
-arrange icons by
-uncheck show desktop icons

They are all still there, just hidden. You can click desktop on your taskbar on the bottom of the screen and the desktop items will appear in a list.

It's a great way for you to enjoy the picture on your desktop.

[chillin]

pic from my town

[Swampy]

There is a similar way on a Mac.

Make a folder in your User folder (I call mine "My Apps" and have made sub-folders like Graphics, Media, Office, Utilities etc.) Put alias' of your applications or documents inside that folder then add the folder to the far right side of your dock (beyond the very thin separator line)

[Gary Richardson]

Originally Posted by Cameraken

Gary.
Where can I find that calendar (I just about have space left for that)

Ken.

Hi Ken,

http://www.ipi.fi/~rainy/download/Ra...Lite-2.0.1.exe

It's Rainlendar, the lite version (linked above) is free. It can be customised by adding new skins.

Ro,

Try creating pop-up folders on your taskbar, that's where I keep all my icons.

[byRo]

Originally Posted by johnnieB

-right click on a blank spot on the desktop
-arrange icons by
-uncheck show desktop icons

Thanks, johnnieB - I didn't know that!

Rô

[Cameraken]

Thanks Gary

Now I can watch the days and months whiz by.

Ken.

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by Gary Richardson

...Try creating pop-up folders on your taskbar, that's where I keep all my icons.

That's cool, Gary! I've added quickstarts for programs in my taskbar, but hadn't thought of folders -- neat!

[Gary Richardson]

You're welcome CJ.

I've got so much junk on my box that you wouldn't be able to see the screen if I left the icons there, so I keep them categorised in folders on my toolbar.

Occasionally I keep things in the right category as well.