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What do you consider a good desktop?
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BBChild
Joined: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:56 am Posts: 6 
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  Re: What do you consider a good desktop?I like to keep mine at the bare minimum, as few plugins as possible.
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BBWise  Joined: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:31 pm Posts: 63 Location: Germany
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Re: What do you consider a good desktop? I have just found out about the *box recently (read: a week ago) , so I'm in the process of arranging my desktop/testing plugins.
So far my desktop consists of my bar (SystembarEx) , bbpager (set to autohide) and a frontend for foobar2k I designed using bbinterface (also set to autohide). I like to have much space, but I also want to have quick access to some important features, so autohide is the logical option. _________________ I made my Avatar while I was drunk. Really drunk. And had watched Number 23 |
| Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:46 pm |
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BBDinosaur  Joined: Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:39 pm Posts: 732
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Re: What do you consider a good desktop? I can't stand autohide, I consider that one of the most useless and annoying features ever because invariably it'll show autohidden things when I don't want to see them, which then get in the way... awful.
So for me, I prefer all important things to be visible all the time. Which is why I have a taskbar at the top, and system meter bar - Trash, bbSystraffic, bbNettraffic, bbSky, bbPager - at the bottom of the screen. I use some transparency with those, but not for any windows... I don't like having the background or underlying windows shine through. For launching applications, I use the right-click menu pretty much exclusively. Last edited by Niniel on Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:20 pm, edited 1 time in total. |
| Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:17 pm |
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BBTeen
Joined: Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:48 pm Posts: 17 Location: Rochester, NY
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Re: What do you consider a good desktop? Clock/bar (icons only)/tray in upper left hand corner, and a background. That's all I need.
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| Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:14 pm |
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BBAdult  Joined: Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:44 pm Posts: 33
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Re: What do you consider a good desktop? first of all, i hate desktop icons, so none of those. not really any plugins, except for bbinterface, like my oh-so loved gnome-style taskbar, which HAS TO be at the top edge of my screen, hidden tray (it's soo ugly), wallpaper that's not too colorful, maybe a dock and some sysmeters, and a minimalistic foobar, since my music's playing 24/7
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| Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:21 pm |
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BBSage  Joined: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:23 am Posts: 104 Location: Surabaya, Indonesia
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Re: What do you consider a good desktop? kettcar wrote: first of all, i hate desktop icons, so none of those. not really any plugins, except for bbinterface, like my oh-so loved gnome-style taskbar, which HAS TO be at the top edge of my screen, hidden tray (it's soo ugly), wallpaper that's not too colorful, maybe a dock and some sysmeters, and a minimalistic foobar, since my music's playing 24/7 same with me for desktop icon and a minimalistic foobar. and i only use these plugins bbColor3DC bbIME bbKeys bbLeanBar bbLeanSkin bbMemClean !bbMemCleanRE bbMemShrink bbRSSFeed !bbSky bbSoundFX though i have a lot another plugins comes with my bbLean folder. _________________ Ask, and it shall be given. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. |
| Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:13 am |
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Site Admin  Joined: Sat Dec 11, 2004 10:51 pm Posts: 102 Location: pittsburgh, pa
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Re: feanne wrote: Minimal + pretty I pretty much agree. I don't like stuff all over my desktop unless it provides some sort of functionality that I want but at the same time I like things to be pretty. You see this in most of my screenshots. _________________ surely there is a way.. |
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BBWise
Joined: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:31 pm Posts: 41
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Re: What do you consider a good desktop? a wallpaper that doesnt distract and a user interface thats practical
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| Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:50 am |
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BBSage  Joined: Fri May 22, 2009 3:26 pm Posts: 94
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Re: What do you consider a good desktop? minimal
everything on my desktop like my desk...whitout overcrowding it. i mean that's why there are drawers in a desk  and most important of all, one that does not eat my memory like a fat tiger on diet. the rest is just a matter of taste. _________________  In an absolute world nothing is really meaningful |
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