What my desktop currently looks like

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The discussion revolves around participants sharing and commenting on their computer desktop setups, focusing on organization, aesthetics, and personal preferences. The scope includes conceptual reflections on desktop organization and user interface design.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express pride in their organized desktops, claiming they can find anything quickly.
  • Others criticize cluttered desktops, suggesting that a tidy appearance is preferable for usability.
  • One participant describes their desktop as organized into sections based on importance.
  • Another participant mentions a spiral arrangement of icons that they find useful despite its unconventionality.
  • A participant shares their minimalist approach, emphasizing simplicity and efficiency by keeping files tucked away and using multiple desktops for different tasks.
  • Some participants note that they can find items easily on cluttered desktops due to memory, challenging the notion that organization is always necessary.
  • There are humorous exchanges regarding the perceived boring nature of certain desktop setups compared to others.
  • One participant reflects on the relationship between physical and digital clutter, suggesting that their physical desk is more organized than their digital one.
  • Another participant shares a desire for a more advanced electronic note system to manage paper clutter.
  • Several participants engage in light-hearted banter about the aesthetics of their desktops and the implications of having a cluttered or clean workspace.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally express differing views on desktop organization, with no consensus on what constitutes an ideal setup. Some prefer minimalism while others embrace clutter, leading to a variety of opinions on usability and aesthetics.

Contextual Notes

Participants' preferences are influenced by personal habits, memory capabilities, and the specific tasks they are working on, which may affect their views on organization and usability.

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this is what my desktop currently looks like:

mydesktop.jpg


as you can see, I am perfectly organized and can find anything I need in a matter of seconds :biggrin:
 
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Ughh, makes me want to throw up :smile:

Here is mine:

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/7319/mydesktop3vp.jpg
 
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Mine, as you can see, is neatly divided into 7 sections and then ordered by importance.
 

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I wish I was working on my computer right now. All the icons are arranged in a butifull commpletlly ilgocal but streangley usful spirale.
 
how can you find your way around that desktop?
 
Moonbear, you're confused. You seem to have lost the ability to distinguish between "neat and tidy" and just plain "boring".
 
Smurf said:
Moonbear, you're confused. You seem to have lost the ability to distinguish between "neat and tidy" and just plain "boring".
I don't like clutter, and I find all those wallpaper scenery things make it hard to view what's on the screen. Trees and landscapes make it look like a kid's computer to me.
 
Here is my desktop:

http://umsis.miami.edu/~dduardo/my_desktop.png

OS: Gentoo Linux
Desktop: FVWM
Wallpaper: Mine
Icons: None
Resolution: 1280x1024
# of Desktops: 4

My desktop is about simplicity and efficiency. All my files are tucked away in my home directory where they should be. I have access to all my programs with a simple left mouse click anywhere while I have access to all my active programs with a simple right mouse click anywhere.

Having multiple desktops is nice. If I have the TV in full screen mode on desktop 1 I can have Firefox in full screen mode on desktop 2. Just moving the mouse over to the edge switches desktops.
 
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desktop.jpg
 
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dduardo said:
Here is my desktop:

http://umsis.miami.edu/~dduardo/my_desktop.png

OS: Gentoo Linux
Desktop: FVWM
Wallpaper: Mine
Icons: None
Resolution: 1280x1024
# of Desktops: 4

My desktop is about simplicity and efficiency. All my files are tucked away in my home directory where they should be. I have access to all my programs with a simple left mouse click anywhere while I have access to all my active programs with a simple right mouse click anywhere.

Having multiple desktops is nice. If I have the TV in full screen mode on desktop 1 I can have Firefox in full screen mode on desktop 2. Just moving the mouse over to the edge switches desktops.

Well, if Smurf thought I was boring, I can't wait until he sees your desktop! :biggrin: Hmmm...you're making me want Linux! Usually, the only thing on my desktop is my hard drive icon (which I can't make hide) and one or two files that I'm actively working on. I have more than that right now because I'm actively juggling a few projects, and just like having the documents on the desktop to remember what I'm working on. All the other related files are tucked away in folders where they belong too. It used to drive me crazy when I had to share computers with people and they'd leave stuff all over the desktop.
 
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GNU/Linux is customizable all the way down to the kernel. Notice how I placed the close, expand, minimize buttons on the left rather then the right. You could easily remove them completely and use mouse gestures instead of buttons. You could make the titlebar larger or smaller or have none at all. Every key is programmable and can execute whatever type of script you want. You can enable/disable desktop icons. You can choose to have expose program switching. You can choose to have a OSX dock. The options are endless.

You can't get this type of customization anywhere else. As the old saying goes: Buying proprietary software is like buying a car with the hood welded shut.
 
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-pfft-

My desktop pwns all.

http://www.1337moose.com/pfimg/desktop.jpg

I mainly use the quick launch bar thingy. When I click the arrows, I can get to my ftp, ConText, AIM, etc.


EDIT: When I work on a large school project, I may have up to 10 separate icons of txt documents, imgs, and so on. Usually if it exceeds 10, I make separate folders "images" and so on.
 
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Lol at having your class schedule on your desktop.
 
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loseyourname said:
Lol at having your class schedule on your desktop.

LoL at having an actual period called lunch
 
  • #16
loseyourname said:
Lol at having your class schedule on your desktop.

:smile:

Forgot that was still there. I had that before school started because whenever I wanted to remember what classes I was taking in which order, I would forget. So I had a solution... Time to take it off
 
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Pengwuino said:
LoL at having an actual period called lunch

It's like a study hall to me, so why not
:-p :biggrin:

I did in fact just copy it from my schedule though :rolleyes:
 
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My computer desktop is as cluttered as my real desktop. But I can find anything instantaneously because I remember where everything is. Clutter doesn't matter to people with photographic memories. :approve:

One of my favorite sayings is "a clean desk is a sign of a cluttered mind". :biggrin:
 
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Evo said:
My computer desktop is as cluttered as my real desktop. But I can find anything instantaneously because I remember where everything is. Clutter doesn't matter to people with photographic memories. :approve:

One of my favorite sayings is "a clean desk is a sign of a cluttered mind". :biggrin:
My desktop and my desk are two completely different animals. Well, maybe not. I tend to keep my desk uncluttered, it's the whole rest of the office that is cluttered. :biggrin: Once I reached the stage of having my own office instead of having to share one, I could return to old habits of stacking stuff in piles on the floor. I only lose things when I clean.
 
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half the programs On there I don't use/don't know they exist, or don't know what they are. It used to be organized. I like this better.

I can actually find stuff better. :confused:
 
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Moonbear said:
I only lose things when I clean.
YES! It's the times when I succumb to pressure to "organize" that I can't find anything.
 
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Moonbear said:
Well, if Smurf thought I was boring, I can't wait until he sees your desktop! :biggrin:
No. Your's is boring, his is linux. There's a difference. :biggrin:
 
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Smurf said:
No. Your's is boring, his is linux. There's a difference. :biggrin:
Pbbbbbbbbpppppbbbttttttttt! :-p
 
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supercalifragilisticexbealidocious yes I know I can't spell it[/color]
 
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Smurf said:
supercalifragilisticexbealidocious

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Use spellcheck fool :P
 
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Moonbear said:
My desktop and my desk are two completely different animals. Well, maybe not. I tend to keep my desk uncluttered, it's the whole rest of the office that is cluttered. :biggrin: Once I reached the stage of having my own office instead of having to share one, I could return to old habits of stacking stuff in piles on the floor. I only lose things when I clean.

My desk is very cluttered. I have a stacks upon stacks of scratch paper that just keeps on pilling up. I tend to refer weeks later back to previous notes, so I don't like to throw the paper away. It would be nice if I had electronic paper that could upload its content to my computer when not being used. When I needed a particular note I could simply do a search on the computer. If I want to edit the page, I could re-upload it to the e-paper and continue writing.
 
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One of my favorite sayings is "a clean desk is a sign of a cluttered mind".

There's a much better quote:

"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, then what is an clean desk a sign of?"
 
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my new, improved, squashed, desktop:
adesktop.jpg
 
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yomamma said:
my new, improved, squashed, desktop:
[IM]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a71/i-cant-find-a-username/adesktop.jpg[/QUOTE]

GAH! Classic theme


I remember in 8th grade, when I just had one binder and I placed things from all my classes right on top in it. Bassically, everything was in chronological order naturally. Although it wasnt divided into classes, I could usually find something easily.
 
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yomamma said:
my new, improved, squashed, desktop:
adesktop.jpg
It gives me a headache! :devil: :devil: :devil:
 

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