Topic: End of 2013 Desktop Thread.

!hEyBrieeXM started this discussion 13 years ago #32,962

Post your desktops. Thanks.

Here's mine~ ;3

!hEyBrieeXM (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #458,343

Stop cleaning. Just post.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 21 minutes later, 26 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #458,347

Fox !FXYGNx1XR. joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 46 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #458,350

but there's nothing to clean

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 3 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #458,353

!hEyBrieeXM joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #458,363

@458,347 (B)
Is that your're desktop?

vocalon !74TdoRkjCc joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #458,368

jokes on you my desktop is always clean

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 7 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #458,439

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 7 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #458,441

@previous (G)
> iphone
> t-mobile
Bad company on a bad phone.

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 20 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #458,448

Anonymous G replied with this 13 years ago, 31 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #458,450

@458,441 (H)
I love my phone. You sound very jealous. Would have made more sense to say bad company, good phone.

(Edited 2 minutes later.)

Anonymous I replied with this 13 years ago, 10 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #458,451

@previous (G)
Anonymous H is a butthurt poorfag

Fox !FXYGNx1XR. replied with this 13 years ago, 24 minutes later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #458,454

Oh phones too? Alright.

Ash !bbKEtchUp. joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 3 months later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #473,600

Continuing this into 2014

HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 18 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #473,601

dw skg II distribution co. llc joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 11 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #473,602

HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY replied with this 12 years ago, 15 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #473,603

@previous (dw skg II distribution co. llc)
> Joran
Murderer detected.

Meowth joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 5 hours later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #473,656

@458,441 (H)
My iPhone 4S was amazing on AT&T. Then I guess I went to T-Mobile, and the speeds are amazing (in San Diego). It's a shame that iOS 7 killed the iPhone series for me, as for T-Mobile where I currently live at, it sucks major donkey balls.

dw !jdTkvovFCQ joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 2 days later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #473,979

dw !jdTkvovFCQ double-posted this 12 years ago, 4 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #473,980

advi !!3gpAcg/hF joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 33 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #473,981

@previous (dw !jdTkvovFCQ)
The start screen would actually be pretty nice if it at least optionally only covered a small portion of the left half of the screen.

decibelmilliwatts !!beW+FQoWB joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 16 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #473,983

@previous (advi !!3gpAcg/hF)
They're adding that in Windows 8.2.

dw !jdTkvovFCQ replied with this 12 years ago, 34 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #473,992

@473,981 (advi !!3gpAcg/hF)
try start8, it kind of has that

Triptych !IupsXZPnnU joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 7 hours later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,042

hi.

Ustaše !dBGi/iH4eY replied with this 12 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,050

@473,981 (advi !!3gpAcg/hF)
I quite like the idea of having the Start Menu as the desktop itself. The desktop icons being metro icons.

squeegee !first/o5zA joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,054

are the metro live tiles or whatever even useful? What are they, just icons? I've got 7 still and i haven't dicked with 8, but it all looks like a bunch of useless noise to me. like a bunch of "eye candy" that has limited functionality or to replace simple things like folders or icons. I guess they're apps? I still have yet to find many useful apps. At least what i think will be useful ends up being only semi-usable or i end up not using it because it's not really helping me do anything.

So i really hate desktops with dozens of icons anyway, and that's all metro looks like to me, a big noisy useless bunch of icons that mostly clutter the desktop and get used infrequently. I use the desktop as a sorting space and shuffle things in and out as i'm installing or making things. All that ultimately ends up getting placed into a folder and tucked away so it's not always in my face begging me to click it.

If their goal is to make it look like my program files got puked onto the desktop, they succeeded.

squeegee !first/o5zA double-posted this 12 years ago, 25 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,058

well, i couldn't find the image i was looking for, but this will serve.
What i was looking for was a 30 year old version of the Atari computer system "gui" which was basically rows and columns of colored rectangles that you could tab between to launch programs stored on the disk. It wasn't graphical really, it was all old ascii stuff, but it looks a lot like microsoft just made a version of that but with pictures instead of text as if people have grown too stupid to read.

but i guess the almost 20 year old AOL for kids garbage looks even more like 8 than even the Atari 800 ui

(Edited 3 minutes later.)

Foxygen !FANATICibM replied with this 12 years ago, 19 hours later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,169

@474,054 (squeegee !first/o5zA)
@previous (squeegee !first/o5zA)

I feel like their thought process was to make big icons and big spaces to make touch nav easy. I've got a Win8 touch device and I don't really dislike the Metro Start like I do on my desktop. It's pretty convenient especially on high dpi devices where you can barely even see regular icons, much less touch them easily. 3200x1800 on 13.3"? Those icons measure like 3mm across. I'm actually grateful for Metro here when I want to be all touchy.
The real area they fucked up was not giving any option for the vast vast majority of users still on non-touch desktops to keep something resembling the old menu.

(Edited 1 minute later.)

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 11 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,170

This topic inspired me to clean my desktop (fuck you, brie, I did it anyway, and I'm glad I did). It then inspired me to take a screenshot of my desktop and post the screenshot in this topic. What an inspirational topic.

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx double-posted this 12 years ago, 10 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,172

actually fuck why do i have that firefox shortcut there i just have it pinned on my taskbar

same for steam

and webroot doesn't really need to be out there does it

i never go to documents directly anyway so that can go away

itunes opens by itself when i plug my ipod in anyway so that can fuck off

aw yes, we clean now

squeegee !first/o5zA replied with this 12 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,194

@474,169 (Foxygen !FANATICibM)
yeah, i just don't understand why they need an all inclusive all encompassing all everything format,
and not just have Windows PC, Windows Tablet, and Windows Phone. Can't they make them seamlessly integrate without having to bloat tablets with useless PC processes and ruin PCs with a touch optimized UI?

i'm betting they could've made surface a tablet only OS and really streamlined the code for tablets instead of compromising every aspect of it to force a single OS for every platform. it's stupid.

And why can't it fucking detect that i don't have a fucking touchscreen TV and load the desktop instead of metro. It should at the very least be disableable like Aero.

but i guess they can't cram shit down our throat if they don't push shit on people they don't want.

squeegee !first/o5zA double-posted this 12 years ago, 10 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,196

@474,169 (Foxygen !FANATICibM)
oh yeah, and i do have a surface and i like it pretty well, it can be a bit buggy and unresponsive and it's hard to use things like excel on it, but metro does navigate well for tablets. i also have an ipad i got for christmas and i've been using that a lot for media, the screen is excellent, but the surface has kind of become my "third screen" and use it to pull up web info when i've got my other monitors occupied. But it has no real killer application for me. it's useful, kinda like any old screwdriver is useful. but nothing real special or groundbreaking, imo.

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Meta joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 6 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,200

@474,194 (squeegee !first/o5zA)
Because that would be smart. Instead, it would be much better to take a smartphone UI optimized for fingers on a 4" screen and use it on a 24" monitor with a keyboard and mouse.

squeegee !first/o5zA replied with this 12 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,202

@previous (Meta)
this is what we're all headed for

squeegee !first/o5zA double-posted this 12 years ago, 28 seconds later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,204

Dw ltd joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,206

@previous (squeegee !first/o5zA)
wtf is going on there

squeegee !first/o5zA replied with this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,207

@previous (Dw ltd)
humongous ipads. i mean look at the mounts they need to support those things.

(Edited 1 minute later.)

Meta replied with this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,209

@474,202 (squeegee !first/o5zA)
Microsoft noticed that smartphones are the hot new thing these days, so why not make the PC into a really big smartphone? I mean bigger is better right?

Meta double-posted this 12 years ago, 5 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,211

@474,058 (squeegee !first/o5zA)
Also your're wrong: AOL Kids™ didn't have live tiles. Also they weren't called "tiles" back then, but "really large buttons for kids". See, this changes everything.

squeegee !first/o5zA replied with this 12 years ago, 43 seconds later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,212

@474,209 (Meta)
i'd have preferred they put their money into optimizing the UI with voice recognition and clever voice navigation instead of gestures and touch. but both are equally useless when it comes to business software, but they really should've put their money into cortana and given up on "surface" when apple beat them to a touch based device.

HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY replied with this 12 years ago, 46 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^] [v] #474,216

@474,050 (Ustaše !dBGi/iH4eY)
Here we go.

advi !!3gpAcg/hF joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 month later, 4 months after the original post[^] [v] #479,451

Anonymous W joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 3 minutes later, 4 months after the original post[^] [v] #479,452

i dont have desktop wallpaper/riced out desktop because i use my computer for work and not for feeding my already malignant autism

advi !!3gpAcg/hF replied with this 12 years ago, 8 minutes later, 4 months after the original post[^] [v] #479,453

@previous (W)
A little rice never hurt anything. Customizing your workspace makes one comfier, assuming it's not solely for the sake of looking good in a screenshot.

Anonymous W replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 months after the original post[^] [v] #479,454

@previous (advi !!3gpAcg/hF)

> A little rice never hurt anything. Customizing your workspace makes one comfier, assuming it's not solely for the sake of looking good in a screenshot.

shut up cunt..

Anonymous X joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 59 minutes later, 4 months after the original post[^] [v] #479,456

U fuccin bitch

dead dw !jdTkvovFCQ replied with this 12 years ago, 2 weeks later, 5 months after the original post[^] [v] #481,824

@474,216 (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
is that that rainmeter skin?

dead dw !jdTkvovFCQ double-posted this 12 years ago, 44 seconds later, 5 months after the original post[^] [v] #481,825

also can you make the taskbar more translucent?

HaikerensGuide !TBODHONKEY replied with this 12 years ago, 2 minutes later, 5 months after the original post[^] [v] #481,826

@481,824 (dead dw !jdTkvovFCQ)
Yeah. http://omnimo.info/
@previous (dead dw !jdTkvovFCQ)
http://glass8.berlios.de/

dead dw !jdTkvovFCQ replied with this 12 years ago, 5 minutes later, 5 months after the original post[^] [v] #481,827

@previous (HaikerensGuide !TBODHONKEY)
> http://glass8.berlios.de/
that gives a gross blur though

dead dw !jdTkvovFCQ double-posted this 12 years ago, 17 minutes later, 5 months after the original post[^] [v] #481,830

censored edition

Foxygen !FANATICibM replied with this 12 years ago, 20 minutes later, 5 months after the original post[^] [v] #481,834

many minidoges

HaikerensGuide !TBODHONKEY replied with this 12 years ago, 12 minutes later, 5 months after the original post[^] [v] #481,840

@previous (Foxygen !FANATICibM)
At least they aren't gross obese beagles.

dead dw !jdTkvovFCQ replied with this 12 years ago, 1 day later, 5 months after the original post[^] [v] #482,110

lockscreen

squeegee joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 2 hours later, 5 months after the original post[^] [v] #482,153

@481,826 (HaikerensGuide !TBODHONKEY)
nice. i put omnimo on my dad's win 7 machin yesterday and he's been playing with it all day. he said, "windows should just come like this!"

14burger88 !TBODHONKEY replied with this 12 years ago, 6 minutes later, 5 months after the original post[^] [v] #482,156

@previous (squeegee)
LOL! It's really nice for the system. In fact, it is how I feel the Win8 Metro interface should've been implemented instead of the useless segregated system.

dead dw !jdTkvovFCQ replied with this 12 years ago, 6 days later, 5 months after the original post[^] [v] #483,295

@previous (14burger88 !TBODHONKEY)
I like the idea of having the startscreen replace the desktop. No one uses it except for random junk files anyway. I think they thought a huge change like that would make everyone buttmad though.

dead dw !jdTkvovFCQ double-posted this 12 years ago, 28 seconds later, 5 months after the original post[^] [v] #483,296

@previous (dead dw !jdTkvovFCQ)
also that is my steam skin
http://metroforsteam.com/

HaikerensGuide !TBODHONKEY replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 months after the original post[^] [v] #483,299

@483,295 (dead dw !jdTkvovFCQ)
I wouldn't mind it as an option, but it seems the current paradigm in the tech industry is to say FUCK OPTIONS and force unnecessary bullshit on everyone with no way out.
@previous (dead dw !jdTkvovFCQ)
I got that skin too. Metro is really nice but goddamn is it poorly implemented.

haribo41296 !jdTkvovFCQ replied with this 12 years ago, 4 days later, 5 months after the original post[^] [v] #483,702

http://imgur.com/a/rDuaF#0

Cool wallpapaeae

Minichan