Desktop show-off

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Got windows? Thought so :D. This thread is dedicated to the art of customising your desktop. How does yours look like that fits your needs? Post a picture of it here and share your ideas about the ultimate desktop layout, colours, skins, settings, and more. :cool:

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Here is my desktop :evolved: . Notice the style XP skin. It's called luminair, a hybrid between a linux theme and windows longhorn i believe. Furthermore, the start menu is on the left for better overview and quickstart is filled with all my favourite programmes. This way i avoid polluting the desktop with icons ;). Also notice the time and date in the lower left. The day and date only appears when you move the taskbar to the left. Very nice :D

[Sheepeh]

Spread the Luminaire love people!

I made the little tweak of italicising my title text for the pure fact that it looks nicer in that font when ClearTyped.

The Wallpaper isn't the usual paper but it changes very often so I captured what was on there at this second in time (it's a subscribers only GU Comics wallpaper, which was release yesterday so it's still up...for now!)

[Assmongrel]

Forget you and your style xp... its all about the 3d colour changer... plus you guys and your shiny curved surfaces... it saddens me... its all about flatness!

Of particular note on my desktop is the completely flat taskbar, the altered start button and menu, plus I threw in my command line window just to show off ;)

[Darin]

Hey, neat thread. Someone posted a Desktop thread on another Forum, so I actually took a picture of my Desktop about a week or so ago! The screen doesn't have any Windows open or anything, so it's just my Desktop. I'm using some Icons I found I believe on Deviant Art many many months ago. The theme I'm using is Metallic Shades (Compact Mode). My Wallpaper is from Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (on GameCube).

My friend got it a few weeks ago... and it's one of the most fun multiplayer games I've ever played. It's a really odd experience, but in a good way. It's sort of like playing a single player quest and bringing some friends along. I'm having a blast. So I found this Wallpaper online, and redid it adding new background, and changing the characters to match the ones we're playing as. My character is the guy with the bucket on his head. :cool:

http://home.insightbb.com/~ice643/Boards/Wallpaper_2003-03-21.jpg

I'm having a problem attatching this as a file so I'll just add it to my post. If anyone would rather the image not be posted in the post let me know and I'll take it down or replace it with a link to it.

- Darin

[hedge]

Well, seeming i already went to the bother of posting my desktop into another thread, i might as well post it here too...

First off, for some reason i went icon crazy on my desktop, so i then decided to create some sort of order in the confusion... and hence came my idea of grouping similar apps together...

QCD skin = phaseless 1 (twilight mode.. soon to be changed... :()
Windows xp theme = 521 (compact mode)
wallpaper is from some anime... don't ask me where i found it, just one of those random events...
And good ol' rainlendar is sitting in the bottom right, reminding me of those things i always forget...

And another thing i found quite by accident, if you drag the my documents folder to a corner of your screen, you get a toolbar, which i find really usefull... and saves on the clicks....

(attachment removed to get back some attachment quota...)

[Sheepeh]

Forget you and your style xp... its all about the 3d colour changer... plus you guys and your shiny curved surfaces... it saddens me... its all about flatness!

Of particular note on my desktop is the completely flat taskbar, the altered start button and menu, plus I threw in my command line window just to show off ;)

Who said owt about StyleXP :cheerful: Luminaire's running completly native on my Windows, what with it being an MSStyle and all. No extra apps for me, thanks =)

[Qaz]

http://koti.mbnet.fi/qaznet/filut/qazscreen.jpg
Just plain Win2k look, no fancy title bars or anything like that.

Hedge. What's that calendar you got? Looks pretty handy.

<OFFTOPIC>And Todd (if you happen to read this thread), what's qazfienne. Noticed it when takins the screen shot.</OFFTOPIC>

[Matt]

Hey hedge, whats the name of that calendar program on your desktop?

[Sheepeh]

Hey guys, Hedge's calender is a freeware program called Rainlender (http://vapaa.dc.inet.fi/~rainy/Rainlendar.html) .

Great little app.

[Qaz]

Thanks Sheepeh. You can add that to bottom-right corner of my desktop. And yes, it's Finnish :D

[Matt]

here's my most recent desktop (with that fancy calendar!)


http://www.mquinn.org/images/desktop.jpg

[acozz]

That rainlender is awesome; I love having a todo list right on my desktop. The only problem is it crashed once when I right clicked, I'll just hope it doesn't happen often until it is fixed.

[Assmongrel]

Am I the only one who finds it ironic that more than half the desktops posted so far are using a theme or major elements that are associated with non-MS operating systems? Two of them are using a linux-hybrid theme, and matt's has the taskbar at the top and the apple icon, looking to me like an attempt to "Mac-ify" windows...

In any case, I'd just like to plug WinT's website (http://wint.virtualplastic.net)... its a great resource for anyone who really wants to get into the guts of windows and a few windows programs and alter things that you can't change any other way.

[Sheepeh]

Well personally I love the way Linux can be made to look like anything, but I always end up finding if I try such things on Windows I either don't know how to use it or it ends up trying to hardlink to programs that aren't there and looks really cheap.

I use WinXP because I need the compatability with hardware and games, and the ease of installing things. My Linux partitions are rarely used these days because even though I agree with the ideals of it it just doesn't run my games, and installing ATI's gfx drivers took me 3 days last time I tried (I'm a linux newb).

Making XP look a bit more like Linux gives it that nice bit of indiviuality while keeping the compatability I guess, if Linux managed *easy* insstallation and running of Windows stuff I'd be over to it in a shot, but that ain't happening any time soon.

[Assmongrel]

Oh, I fully agree... linux would be great, if it were easier to set up, and was more compatible with the programs I use and games I play... of course, thats the old contradiction... finding the balance where things are easily changeable, but still stable, where you can change things if you want to, but you don't almost need a masters to set it up properly... the problem is, in order for it to get more user-friendly, you need more people using it, working with it on a daily basis, but before that can happen, it needs to be more user-friendly.

In any case, I wasn't saying that its bad to try to make windows look like something else, its just ironic. You use XP because of its stability, its ease of use, and its compatibility, but you would prefer to use linux, so you try to make windows look like linux.

Now if only QCD was available for linux.... :evolved:

[Sheepeh]

Maybe Longhorn is really just going to be an overblown Linux distro with an MS front end? Kinda like Lindows, only with a Linux backend powering a Windows frontend.

Maybe that's why MS are suing Lindows for the name...Longhorn...Lindows...

*Runs away from the black car approaching his house*

[Matt]

Am I the only one who finds it ironic that more than half the desktops posted so far are using a theme or major elements that are associated with non-MS operating systems? Two of them are using a linux-hybrid theme, and matt's has the taskbar at the top and the apple icon, looking to me like an attempt to "Mac-ify" windows...
It's definitely an attempt of mac-ification. I much prefer the taskbar at the top of my screen. I think when MS decided to copy and improve on mac's title bar they didn't place it on the top because they would have had to many people saying win95 was a rip (more then it already was). The 'start' button is a glorified apple menu, so I might as well pay homage by replacing the 'start' with an apple.

[chicubs]

It's definitely an attempt of mac-ification. I much prefer the taskbar at the top of my screen. I think when MS decided to copy and improve on mac's title bar they didn't place it on the top because they would have had to many people saying win95 was a rip (more then it already was). The 'start' button is a glorified apple menu, so I might as well pay homage by replacing the 'start' with an apple.

isnt it ironic that despite your apple love, you are still using windows?

[Assmongrel]

isnt it ironic that despite your apple love, you are still using windows?
I don't think its ironic, so much as intelligent.... while mac's may be leaps and bounds ahead in industrial design, and possibly o/s design, the pc is far more flexible, and ultimately the superior machine.

[Matt]

isnt it ironic that despite your apple love, you are still using windows?I never said i loved apple... I am just giving them kudos in the GUI department. If I really did love apple, i would own a mac. Personally I think the hardware is overpriced glossy poop nor is the software as good or diverse. (Come on apple developers, make a better FTP program!! fetch is soooo lame).

[Matt]

I don't think its ironic, so much as intelligent.... while mac's may be leaps and bounds ahead in industrial design, and possibly o/s design, the pc is far more flexible, and ultimately the superior machine.

amen brother!

I wish windows had a terminal alla OSX. I really like how its based on unix.

[hedge]

Whilst we're all excited about rainlendar here, does anybody know any other good skins for it? I haven't been able to find any better than the shadow one included...

[manymosi]

Matt, Glad to see you use MYIE2 ! Once I tried tabbed browsing I was hooked! It makes it so easy to follow multiple threads on different sites even.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Looks like i'm the only one placing the start menu on the left side of the screen :scared: I thought more people did this.

As for the linux based theme, i too have linux on my pc. However, I use linux just for 2 purposes; to mess around with and to do programming in fortran. The console (or command terminal) is really useful for the latter :cyclops:

It's indeed a pity QCD is not build to work with linux. Now i have to use Xmms and it looks so winamp :grimreape . I tried wine once and emulated QCD on linux, and everything worked except when i tried to play a song nothing happened :(

[-swt-]

just my desktop...

Wallpaper changes weekly
Icons mostly around the Motive ^_^

Resolution : 1600x1200
File-Size : ~170 kb

---> SilentWaters Desktop (http://home.pages.at/ashtaroth/MiscPics/Desktop 5th March 2004.jpg) <---

[Qaz]

I tried wine once and emulated QCD on linux, and everything worked except when i tried to play a song nothing happened :(
Didn't I get this right or are you saying that it worked otherwise, but listening to music was problematic. What else can you do with QCD?

-swt-: That link is broken.

[-swt-]

Link is no longer broken ! http://chaosforum.linuxpower.at/phpBB2/images/smiles/d_schaut.gif

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Didn't I get this right or are you saying that it worked otherwise, but listening to music was problematic. What else can you do with QCD?

-swt-: That link is broken.

Wine is a windows emulator in linux. You can load just any windows programme under wine in linux, especially the simple ones like notepad and solitaire. So i decided to try out installing QCD in the wine environment. Installing went fine, except that the license agreement was blank :). Loading of QCD went fine, except for some minor glitches on the default skin. Opening a song or directory worked as well, but glitches became more evident. Then i tried playing a song, nothing happened. I went to preferences and thats where it became clear to me it will never work. The reason being is that all the text in the preferences is shown like this: ????????? :ponder: Obviously the output plugin isn't going to work when everything is shown in questionmarks and the whole player is basically a mess. :D

[brian]

Whilst we're all excited about rainlendar here, does anybody know any other good skins for it? I haven't been able to find any better than the shadow one included...
There are nearly 200 skins on the Skinbase website. My own favourite is Kneb, which as well as having a pleasing, functional design is also one of the few large skins for this program, which I happen to prefer to the usual tiny ones.

[fatal error]

here's what my desktop has looked like lately:

[hedge]

here's what my desktop has looked like lately:
Wow, a qcd skin you made yourself? I couldn't handle not having icons on my desktop though, seems like wasted space (even though qcd is never wasted space!)
And what program is that you're using on the top there for the shortcuts???

[Zayoos]

Yea, fatal error is one of the best skinners here. :cool:

[fatal error]

objectdock up top.

and, thanks Zayoos

[nddst]

Well, seeming i already went to the bother of posting my desktop into another thread, i might as well post it here too...

First off, for some reason i went icon crazy on my desktop, so i then decided to create some sort of order in the confusion... and hence came my idea of grouping similar apps together...

QCD skin = phaseless 1 (twilight mode.. soon to be changed... :()
Windows xp theme = 521 (compact mode)
wallpaper is from some anime... don't ask me where i found it, just one of those random events...
And good ol' rainlendar is sitting in the bottom right, reminding me of those things i always forget...

And another thing i found quite by accident, if you drag the my documents folder to a corner of your screen, you get a toolbar, which i find really usefull... and saves on the clicks....

Nice desktop Hedge. How did you adjust the taskbar to have such short-height buttons? I'd like to do it on my new laptop which only supports 1024x768.

P.S. DL'd Rainlendar too!

[drewkeller]

i really should organize some of this stuff off of my desktop. but it doesn't really matter since i always have several windows open covering most of it.

i had rainlendar on my desktop for the longest time but i never used it so i took it off.

i have a double-tall task bar at the bottom so that the quick launch toolbar is accessible without interfering with the active application buttons. another advantage of the taller area is having the day of week and date show up in the clock area and bleucanard's tray control plugin.

i don't remember where i got the visual style or the wallpaper

www.drewkeller.com/download/desktop.jpg

(when i tried to attach the image, it said the limit was 530x0 which i think is a bit extreme so i uploaded to my own server)

[hedge]

Nice desktop Hedge. How did you adjust the taskbar to have such short-height buttons? I'd like to do it on my new laptop which only supports 1024x768.

P.S. DL'd Rainlendar too!
The short height buttons is just the quicklaunch bar, which i resized to a 4*4 layout...

[Zayoos]

here's what my desktop has looked like lately:
fatal, could you share that skin with us, please? It looks awesome :)

[fatal error]

its a skin factory convert to qcd @ 1280x1024 screen res.

it's not finished and I don't think I'll be distributing it.

[hedge]

The short height buttons is just the quicklaunch bar, which i resized to a 4*4 layout...
Adding to that, i think the size of the quicklaunch shortcuts also depends on the visual style... the minamalistic styles generally have smaller shortcuts and allow more to be fit into a smaller area.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

i really should organize some of this stuff off of my desktop. but it doesn't really matter since i always have several windows open covering most of it.

i had rainlendar on my desktop for the longest time but i never used it so i took it off.

i have a double-tall task bar at the bottom so that the quick launch toolbar is accessible without interfering with the active application buttons. another advantage of the taller area is having the day of week and date show up in the clock area and bleucanard's tray control plugin.

i don't remember where i got the visual style or the wallpaper

www.drewkeller.com/download/desktop.jpg

(when i tried to attach the image, it said the limit was 530x0 which i think is a bit extreme so i uploaded to my own server)

Drewkeller, how did you manage to dock the QCD player in the start menu? That's what i've been after for so long. Similarly, I once discoved a utility that is basically an empty window which is always on top where you can drag programmes in. I never managed to find it anymore :(

i.e. i like certain programmes to be "always on top", but i dont like how other windows sit behind the "always on top" programmes.

[drewkeller]

Drewkeller, how did you manage to dock the QCD player in the start menu? That's what i've been after for so long. That is bleucanard's tray controls plugin with the toolbar enabled http://beta.quinnware.com/list_plugins.php?plugin=55


Similarly, I once discoved a utility that is basically an empty window which is always on top where you can drag programmes in. Windows PowerPro makes a very nice quick launch bar although setting it up is not the easiest thing to do ... there are so many things you can do with PPro. Mine is a hidden bar at the top so you don't see it in the screenshot.

if you have XP, you can make a new toolbar and drag it so it's a floating palette and then set it to stay on top. maybe that is what you're looking for. it would be easy to use.

[T_Dogg]

Whats a good program or website to find some nice skins for the taskbar and start menu and stuff? I've noticed a few of you guys have some nice ones and I've been wanting to change mine up for a little while now.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

That is bleucanard's tray controls plugin with the toolbar enabled http://beta.quinnware.com/list_plugins.php?plugin=55


Windows PowerPro makes a very nice quick launch bar although setting it up is not the easiest thing to do ... there are so many things you can do with PPro. Mine is a hidden bar at the top so you don't see it in the screenshot.

if you have XP, you can make a new toolbar and drag it so it's a floating palette and then set it to stay on top. maybe that is what you're looking for. it would be easy to use.

What i really mean is shown below. A window, or something like it, where applications can be placed. The window stays on top of other applications and other applications cannot be placed behind it. Of course i created the whole thing in paint shop pro, you can see in the taskbar. So i'm not fooling around ;)

I'll check out window powerpro nevertheless, it looks pretty cool and is freeware! :D I'll also check out the plugin.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Whats a good program or website to find some nice skins for the taskbar and start menu and stuff? I've noticed a few of you guys have some nice ones and I've been wanting to change mine up for a little while now.

I use style xp, too bad it is not freeware. There are ways around the problem though like installing a certain file that will make windows xp recognise other mmstyles theme files. I think someone mentioned it in the forum, you might wanna try a search.

[Sheepeh]

Yeah that was me. All it does is allow Windows to load unsigned MSStyles, so you can dispense with StyleXP and just use the Control Panel to change skins. Works a treat. I've got the file and instructions sitting on my desktop if you want them drop me a line, they're not big.

[DeltaGuy]

I don't think its ironic, so much as intelligent.... while mac's may be leaps and bounds ahead in industrial design, and possibly o/s design, the pc is far more flexible, and ultimately the superior machine.
It's a good thing we don't have any Mac users around here, or else all Hell would break loose... ;)
I wouldn't be so quick to call Windows or PCs superior, just because most people use PCs doesn't necessarily mean so (Macs are Mighty Pricey)...
They have their advantages and disadvantages. Even though I have a PC, I'd prefer a Mac and have vowed for my next computer to be a Mac Laptop...
Oh, and here's my desktop...
Phoenity (http://www.angelfire.com/space/writers_corner/avatar/phoenityyea.JPG)

[nddst]

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Link works, but there is nothing there!

[Assmongrel]

Although I don't want to have this thread degenerate into a mac vs. pc argument, I have one last thing to say: Macs are more stable, and definitely have advantages in certain areas (such as media manipulation, ie: photoshop and film editing) I believe pcs are better because of their malleability... you aren't restricted to just using the supplied O/S, there isn't just one hardware vendor, and the architecture of apple software is so closed (at least in my admittedly limited experience) that power-users would find it restrictive. All that being said, if/when I buy a laptop, it will likely be either a Mac, or a windows box that can be upgraded. If theres anything left to be debated, we should start a new thread, rather than cluttering this one up further.

As far as software to customize the start menu/taskbar, I use TClock2 (http://home.inreach.com/2tone/tclock2/tclock2.htm (http://home.inreach.com/2tone/tclock2/tclock2.html)) to alter my clock (obviously), give it the "flat" look, and to alter my start button.... as far as altering the start menu itself, I used one of the tutorials on WinT's website (http://wint.virtualplastic.net as previously mentioned)

[Qaz]

Macs are more stable, and definitely have advantages in certain areas (such as media manipulation, ie: photoshop and film editing) I believe pcs are better because of their malleability... you aren't restricted to just using the supplied O/S, there isn't just one hardware vendor, and the architecture of apple software is so closed (at least in my admittedly limited experience) that power-users would find it restrictive.
I want to something too. the fact that macs are more stable is because of the restrictions mentioned. It's not hard to get two things working together but to get everything work with each other, that's another thing. Balance was mentioned before, goes for this too.

[DeltaGuy]

Link works, but there is nothing there!
There isn't supposed to be. Read This Thread (http://www.quinnware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1252)
As soon as I get authorization and legal documents from Matt, we start selling...
Join the Forums (http://quinnmarketforums.50free.org) for Product Design or General Shop Chat...

[nddst]

There isn't supposed to be. Read This Thread (http://www.quinnware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1252)
As soon as I get authorization and legal documents from Matt, we start selling...
Join the Forums (http://quinnmarketforums.50free.org) for Product Design or General Shop Chat...

Looks like a lot of fun. If I had a creative bone in my body, I would def. help out!

[rsplitter]

For all your visual customizing, look at www.wincustomize.com Here's a list of some of the excellant apps they got going (most are free :cool: )

WindowBlinds: this app lets you totally change the GUI of windows
Icon Packager: Really good looking icons can be applied easyily
CursorXP: super animated cursor app
BootSkin: download images to use instead of the Win logo at boot (only 8 bit color)

There are more, I just can't remember them. Also, here (http://skins2.wincustomize.com/rsplitter/screenshots/desktop_1024_22.jpg) is my desk.
EDIT: just uploaded my more recent one. Here (http://skins2.wincustomize.com/rsplitter/desktop.jpg)

[Matt]

I noticed that a lot of people use that OSX bar? what is the name of the app?

does it work well in windows? never was really fond of it when i used OSX.

[rsplitter]

I noticed that a lot of people use that OSX bar? what is the name of the app?
What bar are you refering to?

[fatal error]

I noticed that a lot of people use that OSX bar? what is the name of the app?

does it work well in windows? never was really fond of it when i used OSX.i use ObjectDock across the top. but there are a couple different ones like Desktop Sidebar (i think thats its name...) out there too.
...if thats what i think you mean.

http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

[rsplitter]

I also have ObjectDock. Though another one I know is ObjectBar (by Star Dock too)

[Matt]

Does it work well? what are your thoughts on it.

[rsplitter]

Does it work well? what are your thoughts on it.
Personally, I think it runs really well. I have XP Home Edition. Plus, going to wincustomize.com, you can get a style to suit you. I have encountered some problems though. If the CPU is in overdrive (working to the max), it can close suddenly. PS.: It's free

[Matt]

I noticed that you can use large bitmaps for object dock. Here is a PNG of the qcd icon that might look better.

[rsplitter]

I noticed that you can use large bitmaps for object dock. Here is a PNG of the qcd icon that might look better.
Where did you get that :shocked: As for the bitmap, ObjectDock uses the icon for the app. But you can choose your own nice png's (I have lots :ditsy: ). I degraded my screenshot so to load it quicker.

[Matt]

Where did you get that :shocked: As for the bitmap, ObjectDock uses the icon for the app. But you can choose your own nice png's (I have lots :ditsy: ). I degraded my screenshot so to load it quicker.
It was the basis for the QCD icon. I installed the app, its pretty neat. Drop the above image into the objectdock folder and then you can select it to appear with the QCD app. Much better looking vs the 48x48 icon. This is a PNG 256x256.

[rsplitter]

Thanks Matt! It looks the best. :cool:

[fatal error]

Does it work well? what are your thoughts on it.
it's still got some things i'd like to see as far as features and performance, but mostly meets my needs.
replacing use of quicklaunch and eliminating annoying desktop clutter.

nothing annoys me more than a desktop with a bajillion icons

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

it's still got some things i'd like to see as far as features and performance, but mostly meets my needs.
replacing use of quicklaunch and eliminating annoying desktop clutter.

nothing annoys me more than a desktop with a bajillion icons

Cheap/quick/non-CPU intensive solution -> Put em all in the quick launch ;)

[fatal error]

Cheap/quick/non-CPU intensive solution -> Put em all in the quick launch ;)
i do believe i said replacing quicklaunch was one of my needs......

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

i do believe i said replacing quicklaunch was one of my needs......

Sorry, misunderstanding :o

[rorythedog]

I've no doubt that this is the above-mentioned, but how do I take a screenshot? :confused:

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Press the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard, then go to paint and paste the image. Or get a good paint programme like Adobe Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. They have a screengrabber build in.

[Todd The Kiwi]

this is my current desktop i quite dig it ... :skull:

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Here is an update version of my current desktop :evolved:

[Roj]

Where did you get that :shocked: As for the bitmap, ObjectDock uses the icon for the app. But you can choose your own nice png's (I have lots :ditsy: ). I degraded my screenshot so to load it quicker.This is my current desktop. I have an applet that cycles my background wallpaper every half hour and I have several hundred of them ranging from nature scenes tot he abstract art you see in this screen shot.

[thetribe]

here's my current background. I like a nice tidy desktop and everything I use is in quick launch

http://www.thetribe.fsnet.co.uk/desktop20040529b.jpg

[Todd The Kiwi]

here's my current background. I like a nice tidy desktop and everything I use is in quick launch

whoah man 17 tray icons and some are hidden?! heavy ...:skull:

[thetribe]

whoah man 17 tray icons and some are hidden?! heavy ...:skull:

currently 33 in there, I also forgot to mention that when I open something I just minimise it to the tray for easy access and it keeps the taskbar tidy too. :)

[Todd The Kiwi]

dude man you must have some serious processing power/ram then...
what's the thing to the right of qmp? :skull:

[Todd The Kiwi]

This is my current desktop. I have an applet that cycles my background wallpaper every half hour and I have several hundred of them ranging from nature scenes to the abstract art you see in this screen shot.

ROJ am i seeing a truelaunchbar on the right side of your screen man ? :skull:

[fatal error]

here's mine lately:

[hedge]

dude man you must have some serious processing power/ram then...
what's the thing to the right of qmp? :skull:
i think thats trillian. :carrot:

[thetribe]

dude man you must have some serious processing power/ram then...
what's the thing to the right of qmp? :skull:
not really, just an XP 2200 with 512mb RAM

And Hedge is correct, it's Trillian to the right. :)

[ataplata]

Hey people, I'm quite new here :evolved:

My desktop:
http://freeweb.siol.net/alesp8/ozadjje.JPG

I'm using MultiPatcher instead of StyleXP and progs like that :P

[Todd The Kiwi]

Hey people, I'm quite new here

g'day ataplata
welcome to the forum :skull:

[ataplata]

Tnx, nice to be here :)

[J44xm]

'Tis I!

http://www.uhstudents.com/uploads/j44xm-desktop.jpg

Let'sa go!

[Todd The Kiwi]

'Tis I!

http://www.uhstudents.com/uploads/j44xm-desktop.jpg

Let'sa go!

out of it man , i couldn't see anything but "'Tis I! Let'sa go!"
i was going to reply with a "you lost me there man" kind of thing
but when i did a link popped up! bizarre man...:skull:

[hedge]

this has happened to you before hasnt it todd? Maybe one of your multiple firewalls is blocking these images? Because i'm seeing the desktop fine. (twas a mario filled playground of mushroom destruction ;))

[rorythedog]

Aye, I see it fine too. Are you running more than one firewall? If so, why? I think you only need one good one.

[rorythedog]

Having said the above I realised I had a question. That screengrab is clearly too big for the page so how would someone like me , after doing a grab, reduce it's size so it fits on the page a bit better? Hope someone can help.

[rorythedog]

Just noticed, two posts to go before the big 200. Better not make them gratuitous :silly:

[Todd The Kiwi]

i've only got one firewall (ZoneAlarm)
do your screenshot and then paste it as a new image etc... then resize it and save.
the max width of an image is 530,i think the height is a bit more negotiable but considering most people want to keep the same aspect ratio it's almost always less than whatever the max height is , help? :skull:

[hedge]

i've only got one firewall (ZoneAlarm)
do your screenshot and then paste it as a new image etc... then resize it and save.
the max width of an image is 530,i think the height is a bit more negotiable but considering most people want to keep the same aspect ratio it's almost always less than whatever the max height is , help? :skull:
Ah right, last i heard you were running a couple firewalls or something. Hmmm wonder whats blocking these images for you then?

[Todd The Kiwi]

Ah right, last i heard you were running a couple firewalls or something. Hmmm wonder whats blocking these images for you then?

weird aye it blocked that cool dodgy looking skeleton too ...:skull:
i think i might have to mutate mo' fox a bit... :evolved:

[hedge]

weird aye it blocked that cool dodgy looking skeleton too ...:skull:
i think i might have to mutate mo' fox a bit... :evolved:
How much more mutated can it get, it just changed from a bird to a fox hehehe.
Anyway, can't see too many options in mo fox that would change the way it handles pics from different places, but maybe someone who knows the program a bit more can help ya out there.

[rorythedog]

No. 200

[matty28carter]

ROJ am i seeing a truelaunchbar on the right side of your screen man ? :skull:

I think its either smartbarXP or desktop sidebar? i'm not sure. anyone elaborate?

[rorythedog]

I think its either smartbarXP or desktop sidebar? i'm not sure. anyone elaborate?

It's Desktop Sidebar. As you can see above, I've got it too. After seeing it on Roj's desktop. Installed for 2 days, no probs so far. Using XP.

[matty28carter]

Cool, thanks rory. I've downloaded desktop sidebar, but then i came across smartbarXP and it looks pritty cool so i'll give that a try see what its like. :scared:

[matty28carter]

The Doobrie... (the gif made it loose its colour a bit)

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Hey Rory. nice wallpaper! Where did you get it? :grin:

[rorythedog]

Hey Rory. nice wallpaper! Where did you get it? :grin:

Here you go.


Lisa Snowdon (http://www.sexydesktop.co.uk/snowdon.htm)

[hedge]

Hey Rory. nice wallpaper! Where did you get it? :grin:
yeh that is sweet!

[hedge]

on the topic of sick wallpapers, where did you get yours matty28?

[matty28carter]

on the topic of sick wallpapers, where did you get yours matty28?

i got it off devantART (http://www.deviantart.com/) it was called Crowns of Fury http://www.deviantart.com/view/4415315/ its a massive picture Resolution: 2000x1500

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

You guys knew that you can paste a shortcut of restart and shutdown on the desktop or in the taskbar? Just use the command line executable shutdown.exe its a really nice shortcut :)

shutdown:
%windir%\System32\SHUTDOWN.exe -s -t 01
restart:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 01

[rorythedog]

You guys knew that you can paste a shortcut of restart and shutdown on the desktop or in the taskbar? Just use the command line executable shutdown.exe its a really nice shortcut :)

shutdown:
%windir%\System32\SHUTDOWN.exe -s -t 01
restart:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 01

I know I'm a bit thick but I haven'y a clue what the above means.

What's it about, RMI?

[hedge]

Instead of having to click start then shut down or logoff, rex is showing us a method by which we can do this through a desktop shortcut, which is more accessible and possibly quicker.

[rorythedog]

Instead of having to click start then shut down or logoff, rex is showing us a method by which we can do this through a desktop shortcut, which is more accessible and possibly quicker.

Aye Hedge, I understand that but where does the text go? That's the question.

Sounds like a good idea though. Maybe step by step instructions might help.
:puzzled: Please :cool:

[J44xm]

Rory, you'd have to create new shortcuts and plug in the text there. I've attached the pair I made. Maybe this'll help. (Note: These are untested.) You can place them on your desktop, if you like.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Uhm, sorry guys. Here is a step by step:

1) Right click on desktop
2) click 'create new shortcut'
3) for shortcut for restart computer, enter the following into the box:
'C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 01'
4) click OK to make the shortcut.
5) go to its properties to change the icon to whatever you like ;)

Do the same for the shutdown shortcut only paste this into the target box:
'C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 01'

Note that when you use these two command lines, windows must be on your c:\> drive else change the path accordingly.

ps. J44XM, that zip file contains the executable, everyone who has windows should already have it in their windows\system32 directory ;)

[rorythedog]

Works perfectly. Not sure I want these functions on the desktop but I've learned something new so it's all good. Thanks all.

I've just been trying out Windowblinds & CursorXP but I've uninstalled Windowblinds already. I find it too fussy. The styles tend to get in the way of the information IMHO. I'll keep CursorXP though, it's good for a laugh, if nothing else.

Thanks again for those instructions folks.

Hedge, J44xm & Rex Mundi Incarnit. You know who you are.

PS RMI Did you know that when you type your name into Google there is only one result. There's a word for that.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

PS RMI Did you know that when you type your name into Google there is only one result. There's a word for that.

Hahaha I made a couple of posts on that forum about 10 months ago because there was a thread on the geological fieldwork i did in Spain. Strange though that that is the only hit :confused:

THe QCD forums must have a google protection of some kind :ponder:

[J44xm]

s. J44XM, that zip file contains the executable, everyone who has windows should already have it in their windows\system32 directory ;) Now how the heck did THAT happen? Oh, I see. When you try to zip shortcuts using WinRAR, it actually zips the target file. Oy. Well, you learn something every day. Sorry, folks. ^_^

[rorythedog]

This looks pretty cool, don't you think?

[Sheepeh]

My current Windows theme...

[Tokelil]

Looks cool rory!!

Mine looks like this at the moment:

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Tokelil, is that the winamp5 windows theme i see? :evil:

[Tokelil]

:paranoid: Well... I prefer calling it something else when someone asks! ;)Besides the icons for my computer etc. aren't from that theme as far as I remember. (Created my own combo theme)

Anyway, the Winamp5 modern skin isn't bad... Just the player! ;)

[hedge]

Heres mine at the moment (http://users.tpg.com.au/maria777/desktop.jpg). Includes a fiddled version of the old phaseless graphite mode, made resizable.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Heres mine at the moment (http://users.tpg.com.au/maria777/desktop.jpg). Includes a fiddled version of the old phaseless graphite mode, made resizable.

Wow! Just look at those games. That's cool man. From that list i can say I only have UT2004 ;). Is Morrowind any good?

[hedge]

Wow! Just look at those games. That's cool man. From that list i can say I only have UT2004 ;). Is Morrowind any good?
Is it any good? Oh hell yeah its good, only game i played for months on end without getting sick of!

[Roj]

Is it any good? Oh hell yeah its good, only game i played for months on end without getting sick of!
Hear hear although I play it on the XBox (I don't do PC gaming).

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Is it any good? Oh hell yeah its good, only game i played for months on end without getting sick of!

Oh yeah woo hoo. :cool: I finally got my hands on this game and, man, do i like it. I thought all adventure games were extinct already. Thank goodness it's not true. :pirate: There are so many possibilities in this game straight away from the beginning. I'll take a while before i can figure it all out. I'm already starting to like my mage ;) :p. Funny,too, how i called him rincewind, the most incapable wizzard on Terry Pratchett's Discworld.

[teedoff087]

Back to desktops. Here (http://webpages.charter.net/teedoff087/desktop.jpg)'s mine. :biggrin:

[hedge]

Oh yeah woo hoo. :cool: I finally got my hands on this game and, man, do i like it. I thought all adventure games were extinct already. Thank goodness it's not true. :pirate: There are so many possibilities in this game straight away from the beginning. I'll take a while before i can figure it all out. I'm already starting to like my mage ;) :p. Funny,too, how i called him rincewind, the most incapable wizzard on Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
Good to see your enjoying it, it truly is unbelievable the depth of quests available. I've done mages, fighters, thieves and main quests, yet theres still so many... :puzzled: And make sure you get the expansion packs for it, tribunal and bloodmoon, both are good, maybe not as a good as the original game, but do add alot more quests and storyline.

[rorythedog]

Here's what I'm using for the now. It's pretty CPU intensive, but if the 'puter's only doing background music, who cares? Notice SmartbarXP (announcing horrendous weather) co-ordinating very nicely with Windowblinds Longhorn Slate. Not to mention the QCD TrayControls blending in very nicely. Also, please observe the VERY handy Google Deskbar (no need to open your browser, works very well with Firefox).

Who am I kidding, tomorrow I'll be back to extreme minimalism. Swings and Roundabouts. Never mind.

[Tokelil]

Changed skin to something a little more... dark. :grimreape

Desktop.jpg (http://qcd.noer.it/images/desktop1_1.jpg)
(It isn't resized so I link to it instead of placing it here)

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Does anyone know a style xp skin that still looks good when the taskbar is placed on the left side of the screen in a vertical position? Right now i have luminair, and it's almost as if that is the only skin that is designed for what i want.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Here's how my desktop looks right now. Check out how everything is just a click away ;)

[rorythedog]

Hi 'King'. Where'd you get that wallpaper? Very cool :calm:

And what are those sliders for?

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

The sliders represent my volume control, wave, and synth. Below it you see my computer up time. These are plugins from "true launch bar." The wallpaper belongs to the "aluminium alloy" desktop theme. Here is the link (http://www.maxthemes.com/themes/?theme=Aluminum%20Alloy). There are many others included as well like this one.

[Tokelil]

While I like the idea of programs being only a click away (which is why I have been using Hiddenmenu for a few years...) the desktop space taken up by a setup like Rex is just too mush IMO. There is nothing wors than programming on a 1024x768 desktop or a desktop where the menu takes %30 of the space.

(Once again... Spelling errors due to :beer: )

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

While I like the idea of programs being only a click away (which is why I have been using Hiddenmenu for a few years...) the desktop space taken up by a setup like Rex is just too mush IMO. There is nothing wors than programming on a 1024x768 desktop or a desktop where the menu takes %30 of the space.

(Once again... Spelling errors due to :beer: )

I know, i changed the resolution to 1152 x 864 ;)

[hedge]

I know, i changed the resolution to 1152 x 864 ;)
Hehe, 1600*1200 here, if i tried going back to 1024... well i don't even wanna think about all that giantness... :grin:

[rorythedog]

Here's a pic of my latest. Note the "Traycontrols". Also the custom QCD skin with exactly the correct buttons. Very functional. IMHO.

Please feel free to comment.

[Veloxi]

My desktop is pretty simple and clean. I use a program called Kana Launcher to keep all my programs a mouse click away. Oh yes, I'm a die-hard Firefly fan too, so sue me. ;)

http://www.brubin.net/Img/desktop072204.jpg

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

After accidently deleting my post that was here. I decided to make another one. This desktop looks better, in fact. Lol, i cant stop changing things but now i think im done for awhile :biggrin: I put the truelaunchbar at the bottom and is always on top. I added a plugin that shows daily news headlines from SkyNews. The four menus (containing applications) at the bottom of the screen after the volume sliders are games, office, utilities, and multimedia folders respectively. Windows theme is called Artemis and that is pretty much it. :)

[bmc152003]

the desktop to rule all desktops

[acozz]

Rainlendar is like the best thing ever. I'm glad this thread (I think it is this thread) showed me the light.

[ace2701]

Rainlendar is like the best thing ever. I'm glad this thread (I think it is this thread) showed me the light.I'm using TimeLeft (free) at work to tell me how much longer I have left until I retire.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Woah! Ace, that looks like a really old version of windows, windows NT perhaps? And Office 97 and Internet Explorer 4 wow! I like the Star Trek emblem on your start menu button ;) And what's this 'Spillman summit 3'? Cool qcd runs on that system with visualisation! :biggrin:

[ace2701]

Woah! Ace, that looks like a really old version of windows, windows NT perhaps? And Office 97 and Internet Explorer 4 wow! I like the Star Trek emblem on your start menu button ;) And what's this 'Spillman summit 3'? Cool qcd runs on that system with visualisation! :biggrin:
Hey, Rex.. Nope, it's actually W2Kpro. The startrek emblem is my configuration on the TClock app I have for my taskbar time & date. Spillman is our law enforcement program that keeps track of our officers & calls. QCD works perfectly on this and all earler systems I've used. And, of course, the visual I'm now using (after figuring it out), is G-Force.

[bmc152003]

hmm i like the look of mac http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/bmc152003/untitled.jpg

[Heigar]

Desktop (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Heigar/screenshot.jpg)

This is what I have right now but will change soon.

no start button,all my apps and stuff are all menued in truelaunch bar and the theme is a WB theme called airlock,but curentlly working on my own.

[Todd The Kiwi]

curentlly working on my own.
aha! so this explains why the forum has been less one smart arse for a few weeks ha ha ha ha :nervous: ;)
what version of TLB are you using?
i stick with the 'old' version (2.2)
the 'new' one is too damn busy for me
auto popup on mouse hover enabled and my text highlights (hot tracks?)
when i mouse over it

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Thats sweet Heigar. Ha ha no start button either. :grimreape With tlb i agree ya dont really need the start menu anymore. I see you are all using photobucket, so i created an account for myself too.

Here (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/RMI/screen.jpg) is a recent screenshot of my desktop with lots of cool utilities and shortcuts.

Photobucket rules! :biggrin:

[Heigar]

I like my screen to be as least cluttered as possible so i even put the trash bin in one of my menues.

Todd; I'm using 2.2 also,and yes that is why i have been gone from here for awhile(plus working way to much at my normal job).

[Dwight Maverick]

Some cool desktops out there, guys.

Thought I'd show mine off too. Keep in mind that this is on Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop running a Pentium II @ 300 mhz. How's that for being behind the times? :silly:

By the way, the bar on the right is Office '97.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/124598120/186919619koNosI

[Qaz]

http://www.qaznet.x3fusion.com/temp/desktop.jpg
Oddly there's no QCD in the picture :shocked:

[madjo]

Shall post my desktop here too..
http://www.madjo.nl/images/desktop.jpg

I know, I know.. a lot of icons on the desktop... still need to clean that up someday :-)
QCD is loaded in the systray... the track I listen to is shown in the taskbar (and the red behind it is the progressbar)

[Todd The Kiwi]

"find a drug"?
only users lose drugs... :grin:
nice background pick too,intentionally wonky i take it :paranoid:

[madjo]

"find a drug"?
only users lose drugs... :grin:
hehe... well I help users find it again :P
no, it's just a distributed computing program :-)

nice background pick too,intentionally wonky i take it :paranoid:
It was a picture I once found on a wallpaper site (don't ask which one, can't remember :( must be them drugs :D)

[fatal error]

here's my latest config.

modified windowblinds skin: Multipass carbon
ripped wimpamp skin to qcd of same name.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

This is how my desktop currently looks like. The wallpaper shows Mount St Helens, photo taken on 28 October 2004 (source: USGS website). The toolbar below is the True Launch Bar. Visual theme is 'xp amp green'.

screenshot (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/RMI/screenshot.jpg)

[Todd The Kiwi]

this is mine at the moment
i dig this sort of stuff, this is courtesy of webshots
and is somewhere in kentucky i think.
i should really get a photobucket...

[appurve]

Hi guys just wanted to share my desktop with ya.

http://www.geocities.com/amit_14_99/desktop.jpg

[BALTY]

here's my latest config.

modified windowblinds skin: Multipass carbon
ripped wimpamp skin to qcd of same name.

I did something like that too for my desktop, in a class I was taking (MS WIN2000) only I just snapshoted the existing desktop with all the Icons on it. Then made it my desktop, slightly hiding a lot of mine real icons confusing eveyone who tried to use my PC. I changed it after my instructor was trying to fix a bug on my PC, and he didn't think it was too funny when reboots didn't fix the appearent lockups!
Wild! :confused:

[BALTY]

http://www.qaznet.x3fusion.com/temp/desktop.jpg
Oddly there's no QCD in the picture :shocked:

You must be a gamer with such few icons!

[BALTY]

[COLOR=Magenta]Some cool desktops out there, guys.

Thought I'd show mine off too. Keep in mind that this is on Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop running a Pentium II @ 300 mhz. How's that for being behind the times? :silly:

By the way, the bar on the right is Office '97.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/124598120/186919619koNosI
NICE ;)

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Here be a screendump (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/RMI/screenshot_linux1.jpg) of my linux desktop. The fancy infomation you see about my computer are themes that work with a programme called Superkaramba. It is basically the same as Samurize for windows.

[Todd The Kiwi]

whoah man that looks REALLY cool
what's "nicotine" ?
so all that stuff stays on your desktop while you do other stuff ?
are they all 'standard icons' ? or are you armed to the teeth with icon libraries?

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Nicotine is the equivalent of soulseek in windows, a p2p client ;)

All that stuff stays there, yes. It is all transparent and i can lock these items to the desktop. What you see is a mixture of 3 themes. They all have their own icons and stuff. The taskbar theme is different, thats just like style xp. The theme for that is called acqua-graphite.

I think its cool too. There are so many of these graphical niceties out there, personalising the linux desktop in different ways is endless.

[rorythedog]

Here's my latest desktop. Obviously it's inspired by Half-Life 2. Note the True Launch Bar and QCD skin. I think it all looks pretty cool.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

That is cool man. Where did you get the hl2 qcd skin from? I could only find an orange version for WMP.

[fatal error]

That is cool man. Where did you get the hl2 qcd skin from? I could only find an orange version for WMP.
i ported it over to qcd a while back, recolored per request too.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Here's how my screen looks at the moment (in linux). Note how little memory is used, only 200 MB of 512MB and no swap. The XFCE desktop rules!

Go here (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/RMI/screenshotxfce.jpg)

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

After figuring that i can have the same layout in kde as in xfce plus the cool stuff from superkaramba (aka samurize in windows) i changed back to kde.

here (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/RMI/screenshot_linux5.jpg) is a pic of my new, real smoooth desktop :p :cool:

[ace2701]

I've just discovered Sysmetrix. A whole lot of useless
information conveniently placed in the upper right
corner of my desktop :) . Check it out

[fatal error]

nice one ace

here's mine lately

[madjo]

nice one ace

here's mine lately
wow, very slick! what program do you use for that? :) (the top bar etc.)

[fatal error]

wow, very slick! what program do you use for that? :) (the top bar etc.)
it's just the quicklaunch dragged up there with qcd over it, and modified windowblind called Atlantek2

[ace2701]

nice one ace

here's mine lately
Cool .. I Robot, eh?

[fatal error]

Cool .. I Robot, eh?
audi concept, yup

[rorythedog]

I just love this car, and The QCD.

It's an Aston Martin, btw. By Henrik Fisker. And that's Halo2. And the Windowblind is called "Grift" by Essorant.

[Sheepeh]

Rory, is that Halo2 skin a rip of the Windows Media Player one? And more to the point...where can I get a copy =)

[Zayoos]

Here - http://www.quinnware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2851

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Sweet car aye Rory ;) The Aston Martin is also my favourite. Check out this baby, the Vanquish model :cool:
http://www.igsourceout.com/aston-vanquish-large2.jpg

[Roj]

Sweet car aye Rory ;) The Aston Martin is also my favourite. Check out this baby, the Vanquish model :cool:
http://www.igsourceout.com/aston-vanquish-large2.jpg"My name is Roj... Lord Roj."

Gawd, I'd look deadly in that superb piece of automotive machinery.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

This is how my desktop currently looks like:

Screenshot (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/RMI/screendump.jpg)

StyleXP theme is from deviantart and is called 'OpusOS'
System panel on right is from the programme 'rainmeter'
Bar on bottom is the Truelaunchbar

[Seal]

http://www.jmcardle.com/storage/jan605.jpg
Samurize designed by me. QCD skin designed by me.

[rorythedog]

Hehe. I resisted the temptation to quote your post Seal. It's a very nice desktop - maybe a little on the large side? Hmm? :cross-eye

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

This is how my desktop looks like right now. I think i'll keep linking it, i dont want to mess up the forums: Screendump (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/RMI/Desk.jpg)

Nuttin' much changed except in the righthand corner you see the MS powertoys multiple virtual desktops enhancement. The screenshot comes from Morrowind of course. I recently found a cool plugin that changes the faces of all the characters to something more pretty. 10 points for the one who can tell me where in morrowind this screenshot was taken :)

Im looking for 4 icons with themes: games, audio, office apps, and utilities. Anyone know some cool icons?

[Qaz]

Im looking for 4 icons with themes: games, audio, office apps, and utilities. Anyone know some cool icons?
http://www.kapsi.fi/~qaz/temp/Ikonit.zip There's pretty nice ones.

Can't remember where I originally got them :/

[Angeli-Ka]

here's mine..
no fancy themes and colors :))
just 2 programs that are always on my desktop : QSD and MIranda
MyDesktop (http://www.angeli-ka.nm.ru/New.jpg)

[Hanzo]

here's mine..
no fancy themes and colors :))
just 2 programs that are always on my desktop : QSD and MIranda
MyDesktop (http://www.angeli-ka.nm.ru/New.jpg)

Looks cool, I bet that in the wallpaper there is a pic of yours blocked by QCD.

;)

Also one question, what is that thingy that you have in the left hand that has all those icons ??

[madjo]

Looks cool, I bet that in the wallpaper there is a pic of yours blocked by QCD.

;)

Also one question, what is that thingy that you have in the left hand that has all those icons ??
Yes, I'm curious too... would love to clean my desktop up that way ;)

[Angeli-Ka]

Looks cool, I bet that in the wallpaper there is a pic of yours blocked by QCD.
Also one question, what is that thingy that you have in the left hand that has all those icons ??
-First of all: the QSD player is in the right upper corner of my desktop ;-P
-second: is not my pic on wallpaper (I'm not suffering from narcissism) it's the man of my dreams (not an artist, just a very handsom and tender guy that I love very much).
His pis is covered by message dialog from my IM - Miranda (http://www.miranda-im.org/)
-and for last: that "thingy" is tne programm called getStarted (http://www.computentsystems.de/)

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

If you go here (http://www.wallpaperlinks.be/eng/my_wall05.htm) then you can find some really cool hi res wallpapers of Stargate SG1, StarTrek, StarWars, Andromeda, Galaktika, and Farscape. :ninja:

Speaking of StarWars, when will the third episode be finally in the movie theatres? It's been quite a while since the second episode.

Edit: There is a real nice LOTR wallpaper too :P

[madjo]

If you go here (http://www.wallpaperlinks.be/eng/my_wall05.htm) then you can find some really cool hi res wallpapers of Stargate SG1, StarTrek, StarWars, Andromeda, Galaktika, and Farscape. :ninja: cool wallpapers :)

Speaking of StarWars, when will the third episode be finally in the movie theatres? It's been quite a while since the second episode.
I hear in the Netherlands it will be out in May or in June.. Don't worry, there will be a mass-media hype as soon as the releasedate gets nearer... I'm sure.

SBS will no doubtedly be giving away dvd-boxes using some sort of sms-sweepstake...

[Young Twig]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/youngtwig/Crap/ss_2_3_2005.jpg

[rorythedog]

For those who are getting tired of colour. Plenty of depth in this look, I think anyway.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Looks great Rory! :) Too bad of the 'my computer' icon :cross-eye ha ha

[rorythedog]

Looks great Rory! :) Too bad of the 'my computer' icon :cross-eye ha ha

I know, you're right. I'm buggered if I know how to change it. :carrot: :carrot:

[fatal error]

running the same as me, rory

[Todd The Kiwi]

yo rory, what's the story with your taskbar man?
what are you using to invoke the badness, what fatal posted?
(i like it)

[rorythedog]

yo rory, what's the story with your taskbar man?
what are you using to invoke the badness, what fatal posted?
(i like it)

Taskbar is Cabal for Windowblinds and Rainlendar uses a Cabal skin also. Wall is called... :carrot:

[rorythedog]

And Truelaunchbar is responsible for the cool clock and taskbar buttons. Here's a better pic.

[Todd The Kiwi]

you know what skin would suit your TLB at the moment aye... :cheeky:

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

I know, you're right. I'm buggered if I know how to change it. :carrot: :carrot:

With styleXP you can change all the icons, but you probably wont feel like installing that having got windowblinds already ;) I'm sure there are other programmes/utilities you can use.

[Phelyne]

You all may think it's kind of lame, but, my desktop is my web site. That way I can click to places I want to visit when the thought hits me. I still have TONS of work to do on it, as I'm doing the images and everything, but, if you'd like to have a look, it's http://www.phelynes.net

[Roj]

You all may think it's kind of lame, but, my desktop is my web site. That way I can click to places I want to visit when the thought hits me. I still have TONS of work to do on it, as I'm doing the images and everything, but, if you'd like to have a look, it's http://www.phelynes.net (http://www.phelynes.net/)

That's not lame - that's Active Desktop at its finest. :) And I *love* Paint Shop Pro although I must confess that *my* daughter is considerably more talented in its use than I.

[Sheepeh]

You all may think it's kind of lame, but, my desktop is my web site. That way I can click to places I want to visit when the thought hits me. I still have TONS of work to do on it, as I'm doing the images and everything, but, if you'd like to have a look, it's http://www.phelynes.net

Works flawlessly in Opera as well. I congratulate you on good website design, and implementation.

And your choice of husband was surely based on first name. Top class name, that. Oh yes. Spelt right, too. Damn "K"ers. :cheeky:

[Hanzo]

Looking good ! Surely more work to it than my (http://hanzox7.8m.com/) website...

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Looking good ! Surely more work to it than my (http://hanzox7.8m.com/) website...

Layout looks great! So far no flash or macromedia, i like that.

ps. There is a very noticeable spelling mistake, it's 'coming' ;)

[Hanzo]

Layout looks great! So far no flash or macromedia, i like that.

ps. There is a very noticeable spelling mistake, it's 'coming' ;)

Lol :o

Will fix that later... didn't realize. That was done with the host's HTML editor and templates. Just to have something there while I figured out what type of website I want to create... I might work on that soon... but thanks for visiting my website !

[rorythedog]

Hehe. Before I looked I thought you'd spelled it in an even more embarassing way. ;) Nice site though.

[Aaron]

Layout looks great! So far no flash or macromedia, i like that.

Me too :)

Putting flash in your website is like picking Carlos Spencer for the All Blacks.

Sure its a lot of flash and dash but it's too likely to end in tears (ala World Cup Semi).

I like the layout btw (just add the html header comments and validate...)

Aaron

[rorythedog]

This is the way my desktop is set up when my pc is doing jukebox duty.

[Todd The Kiwi]

are you trying to break my eyes mate :cross-eye
check this out (http://photobucket.com/)

[Sheepeh]

Yes, it's a log in screen. Woo, and indeed yay.

;)

[Todd The Kiwi]

Yes, it's a log in screen. Woo, and indeed yay.smart arse ;)
i was trying to subtly steer rory toward photobucket (it's bouquet ha ha ha)
p.s rory, just in case you misinterpreted my prior post, i meant it would be cool if we could see your desktop without squinting as they look quite the business.

[Sheepeh]

Sheepeh's current desktop (http://www.sheepeh.co.uk/black.JPG)

Linked as to not break the forums.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Cool desktop sheepeh. Is that samurize on top?

[rorythedog]

Hehe. Todd, I didn't get that at all. Anyway, it's done. Never again will my desktops darken this particular forum. Cheers man. :apple:

[cudelleirbag]

Here is mine:
http://img1.imagevenue.com/loc298/th_9f9_desktop.jpg (http://img1.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc298&image=9f9_desktop.jpg)

Sheepeh what is your theme. It looks good.

CL

[Todd The Kiwi]

Here is mine:
http://img1.imagevenue.com/loc298/th_9f9_desktop.jpg (http://img1.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc298&image=9f9_desktop.jpg)
hey Gabriel, why can't i see this link mate?
Rory - login screens make poor screenshots heh heh ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/toddthekiwi/login.jpg

[rorythedog]

hey Gabriel, why can't i see this link mate?
Rory - login screens make poor screenshots heh heh ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/toddthekiwi/login.jpg




Bloody hell, I'm good at this eh? NOT! I'd like it to display the same way as Rex has his. Any suggestions?

[cudelleirbag]

hey Gabriel, why can't i see this link mate?


Does the link work for other. Or is just the evil Todd?
What happens if you put this in the address bar?
http://img1.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc298&image=9f9_desktop.jpg
Or try this one
http://www.freephotohost.com/21/desktop.jpg

[Todd The Kiwi]

Bloody hell, I'm good at this eh? NOT! I'd like it to display the same way as Rex has his. Any suggestions?i suggest asking rex ;)
seriously i don't know how to do it either (photobucket sig link)
Gabriel - BLACK SABBATH! :skull: wicked mate :laugh: i'm not sure what was going on there aye :cross-eye
i'm not as evil as i make out man :carrot:

[Zayoos]

Does the link work for other. Or is just the evil Todd?
All 3 links are working on my system.

Todd always had problems with links and animated pictures ;)

[Todd The Kiwi]

All 3 links are working on my system.

Todd always had problems with links and animated pictures ;)
it's because it's so far away, so far away from me (dire straights) ha ha ha
i can't explain the .gif problems either, that still doesn't work even after reinstalling windows
IE and mo'fox both don't display them :ermm:
i'll get it right one day :cheeky:

[Todd The Kiwi]

zonealarm was just doing its job, i should pay more attention.
thanks lads

[Sheepeh]

As I mentioned before, Sheepeh blames ZoneAlarm - Sheepeh hits the problem on the head.

ZoneAlarm = Poop.

[Sheepeh]

Cool desktop sheepeh. Is that samurize on top?

Nope, it's SysMetrix.

http://www.xymantix.com/sysmetrix/

[Sheepeh]

Here is mine:
http://img1.imagevenue.com/loc298/th_9f9_desktop.jpg (http://img1.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc298&image=9f9_desktop.jpg)

Sheepeh what is your theme. It looks good.

CL

The WindowBlinds is "ThunderStorm", and the wallpaper is my tank from PlanetSide. The SysMetrix theme along the top is part of ThunderStorm.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Bloody hell, I'm good at this eh? NOT! I'd like it to display the same way as Rex has his. Any suggestions?

In your profile, you want to put a setting that says everyone can see your pics in photobucket. (Account options -> Make public; yes)

When you upload a picture of size no more than 250KB to preserve the resolution, you can post it directly using [IMG] tags, you can link it or you can tag it (never tried this one before). You see the addresses you want below each uploaded picture.

[Todd The Kiwi]

ha ha ha we fixed this while you were sleeping mate.
rex your photobucket is wicked man :bulb:
those linux desktops phwoooor!

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

ha ha ha we fixed this while you were sleeping mate.
rex your photobucket is wicked man :bulb:
those linux desktops phwoooor!

Thanks :) I must confess, that whatever i upload remains present in my photobucket until i probably run out of space. I have no idea how much i can upload anyways. Does one of you guys know what the limit is?

[Todd The Kiwi]

i had to resize it to avoid busting the skinny forum :cross-eye
but it appears to be a fair amount of space for a free account...nice.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/toddthekiwi/comparrison.jpg

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

I decided to upload a high res version of my avatar here (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/RMI/rmi462.jpg) for everyone to enjoy. I decided against smoothening the graphics i think it looks better this way. :grimreape

[Willow of Oz]

that's fully sick, rex!

[rorythedog]

Here's a nice orangey (http://photobucket.com/albums/v724/rorythedog/Desktops/?action=view&current=Copperdeckqcd.jpg) theme

:carrot: :carrot:

[Todd The Kiwi]

"qcd drone" did i miss something lastnight? ;) ha ha ha

p.s rex just in case "sick" isn't used up there it means the same as "bad" or "wicked"
ie it looks good :P

[Qaz]

Here's (http://www.kapsi.fi/~qaz/temp/screen1.png) my current one. Though it usually looks more like this (http://www.kapsi.fi/~qaz/temp/screen2.png).

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Here's (http://www.kapsi.fi/~qaz/temp/screen1.png) my current one. Though it usually looks more like this (http://www.kapsi.fi/~qaz/temp/screen2.png).

Is that windows ME im looking at? lol :silly: Nice qcd skin btw, if it is qcd. ;)

[Qaz]

Is that windows ME im looking at? lol :silly: Nice qcd skin btw, if it is qcd. ;)
Nah, 2k. And skin s fatal's newest port.

[Todd The Kiwi]

newest port.man i knew i missed something :cheeky: :cross-eye

[moose]

heres mine
modified the background from dragon style

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

heres mine
modified the background from dragon style

Holy Cow! Your CPU is at 100C! :shocked:

What is the panel called that displays weather, audio, etc? I like it :P

[moose]

Holy Cow! Your CPU is at 100C!
nah, thats F, but its usually at 85ish (30c)

What is the panel called that displays weather, audio, etc? I like it :P
Sysmetrix, with Future Blue Extended (http://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=1480&LibID=28&comments=1) skin

[a-1wave]

Here's mine. Kudos to PhYrE ArMs at customize.org for the wallpaper.

http://www.imageweb.info/viewimage.php?file=/images/AmZ45539.jpg

[BALTY]

I'm a Winer too! :disappoin

[moose]

good god, i cant hardly see it :P

[fatal error]

back to Colony (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/f8tal/colonydesk.jpg) theme for me...

[Ferahgo]

Check out mine: http://home.arcor.de/moritznisius/desktop.jpg

Quality is quite bad, I know.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Check out mine: http://home.arcor.de/moritznisius/desktop.jpg

Quality is quite bad, I know.

I like all the green ha ha. If im not mistaken that is the Talisman desktop, right?

[Ferahgo]

I like all the green ha ha. If im not mistaken that is the Talisman desktop, right?
Haha? Means that you dislike it?

Maybe. It's the desk that was included with the Aston Theme I use.
Wait, I'll look.

It's 'Narcosys' by Demix ft. Bliz.

[Qaz]

Haha? Means that you dislike it?
Nah, I think it was jus a reference to this thread: http://www.quinnware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=860&highlight=green :)

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Nah, I think it was jus a reference to this thread: http://www.quinnware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=860&highlight=green :)

That's right. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Green is my favourite colour :P

[ulmas]

Here.. This is my first desktop post ever. How's it guys (and girls...)?

..is it attached..

[Todd The Kiwi]

Here.. This is my first desktop post ever. How's it guys (and girls...)?

..is it attached..nah man, make sure it's not more than 530 pixels wide or it will look terrible.

try this out for a host if you want one - photobucket (http://photobucket.com/register.php)