"My messy desktop" snapshot

Never really changes.
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I took this without any cleaning.
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here is mine:
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no cleaning... but usually more messy ... :)

Here's mine first thing this morning while having my coffee and catching up on news feeds.
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Okay I'll bite, here's mine.
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i like toast!

Hehe, that's actually my hard drive. I got the icon from Diesel Sweeties and I just named it toast because it's a toaster.

I love these threads because I always try to make it devolve into taking screenshots with other people's screenshots in it, making an infinite loop.

Oh, you messy people! :P

BTW, hello all!!! :D

Ok, maybe it's something everyone else knows, but how did you get that search bar up in the menu bar? I want one too.

I wanna know too!!

ThankZ

iSeek - great little app.

sweet. can you add any new search engines? nowadays i prefer a9 to google.

Hello Mississauga! Welcome to our little corner of the web.

Check it out. Lot's of additional search sites can be added, including a9.

Hey Jimmy, I use at least 1/3rd of those and half of them I remember what they are!

:wink:

I suffer from Macheimer's Disease.

Right now we are buying car parts for the MG but oh payback is going to be a payoff. If I can't get my hands on a G5 laptop soon, I may have to get an iMac and and an iBook for the road. But I really want a Powerbook. Then I can take advantage of a real high speed system. :D

I suffer from Macheimer's Disease.

you got me for a minute :D you're sick iRock! :)

Here is my first contribution to the forums. Looks like my dock is pretty filled up too. Amazingly, I use every single one of the programs regularly.
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clean desktop for a change! :) look out you're running out of juice!

here is my work desktop.. messy i know... but it's all work..
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I definitely win the messiest desktop prize! I also have about 46GB left out of 180. :?

My 2nd display has only the BKG on it...
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I used to have a HUGE dock, and the dock became pretty pointless! I switched over to Launchbar http://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/ and I have never looked back. Now my dock has a maximum of nine items, the most frequently used. The rest is accessed by launchbar. For anyone out there who has not AT LEAST tried this program, do so now!

i use overflow.. as seen in my desktop pic.. it's pretty useful.. don't like having a huge dock..

Here is my desktop.. It usually runs 1920x1200 but hey I shrink it down in order to post it 8)

The wallpaper I got from InterfaceLift or something like that..
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Until I get my new powerbook on the 20th I'm stuck with windows:( Still its cool to have 3 screens....

Updated snapshot.

Click here for full size snapshot

i like dark backgrounds, it also saves your monitor.

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A larger version that I actually could see would be better :)

Notice the link right below my thumbnail preview that says "Click here for full size snapshot." :wink:

Someone give me back my glasses.. this isn't funny anymore :lol: :happydance:

OK, for those who hate clicking links! :wink:

those are nice icons.

are they yours?

Tidied up a bit but you get the general idea
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what's that messenger doing in your dock???? ;)

Here is mine. No 3rd party skins or icons. Pretty plain, fresh installation. And, those stickies are the bits i'm working on.
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Emm... I decided I needed a new Icon for OD4Contact (great app, woeful icon) and this was lying around so...always recycle....it says so on the box

Emm... I decided I needed a new Icon for OD4Contact (great app, woeful icon) and this was lying around so...always recycle....it says so on the box

Even a iconmaker has the right to be lazy or what :P

Hey Ivan, what are the apps in your dock that are to the right of Illustrator and to the right of Flash? Just curious...

do you think I have enough apps!

although half of them are on the other screen!!

:D
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now i know, who to ask about video production...

I haven't got the apps, I just like the icons!!

:D

Seriously though, I have just been told that I need to clear my machine as it needs to go away for repair. It's going to take a day or 2 to install all them apps onto a new machine!

:(

I've noticed that some people have all their application icons in the doc. I was wondering what's a reason in putting there such application as QuickTime or RealTime. These applications are launching automatically when you click on the relative file.

I also have another question. How often any of you is using MS Excel or Entourage. I have seen in the dock of many of you, but I haven't noticed these application to be launched.

I am just being curious about how people organize their workspace and why.

Believe it or not i end up using all of the apps in the dock at least a few times a week, actually, no ... I just noticed the address book. I haven't used that for ages!

The reason that I keep real and quicktime in there is because sometimes I need to check files that are not associated with the app, ie an mpeg that might want to launch WMP, so I can then drag it onto the icon.

Also, sometimes after exporting from FCP, the icon says FCP but I want to test it in Quicktime. This doesn't happen very often but it does sometimes.

I just noticed that I don't have all of my apps in the dock either, those I use rarely or are secret and I don't need them on show!

Interesting. Personally I have only those programs in the dock to which I turn on a daily basis. I don't mind pressing Apple-Shift-A for those I use more seldom. I tried to have all apps in the dock too, but in that case I had troubles finding the one I needed so I would actually spend less time by launching Finder.

Secret applications... I hope you are not designing atomic weapon :-)

if you want to clear your dock you need to check out programs like LaunchBar and QuickSilver. After I got used to using launch programs, I hardly use my dock anymore.

here is a good article about the two programs. i promise, if you start using them seriously, youll get hooked.

http://www.submitresponse.co.uk/archives/quicksilver_vs_launchbar.php

I actually do use Quicksilver – it's incredible. It takes a short while to get used to, but after that you wonder how you got along without it.

I keep the dock available more or less for appearance sake and the occasional drag of a file to an application icon.

lemme try quicksilver again...

you can't beat these desktops :)

http://files.macbidouille.com/transparent/

hehe... funny

Custom wallpaper... i like a pretty face on my desk....take like 15 mins... i had to put it.. long time ago!!!
and.. far far away......

I really love this, it's nice and dark on the sides so it doesn't interfere with my work too much. At work I run it at 1920x1200 pixels [ 23" is sooo cool! :-) ]

100% looks like this:
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for the time being...
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Heres mine

Pretty basic desktop for a pretty basic guy. I don't like backgrounds very much anymore because I find they distract me and make me feel "cluttery"

By the way, YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT ON YOUR DOCKS! wow. I'm extremely anal about my desktop, things have their place and if its not in progress or being worked on its not on my desktop!

I will install OSX x86 on my machine when it comes out.

i'm using windozer but i try to change it the best possible to mac os x.

so here's my desk:
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it's a windozer xp + windowblinds, avedesk, samurize, miranda, nice wall, nice icons and yzdock!

My current desktop - I have about 20 Rustboy wallpapers on rotate, but this is probably my favourite one.

Thank goodness for Dock Spacer Icons to help me out here lol