Windows Desktop - A place where every installed application likes to place a shortcut and also a place to hold all your shortcuts and favorites. Things can become very messy when you have lots of desktop icons, like mine below:
Well, there's not that many on my desktop, but I still place them in categories. Microsoft Office Apps all reside together and Windows Live Apps reside together. Each time I bring a new shortcut to my desktop, Windows places them in a separate order which it thinks to be right and then I move that shortcut icon to its appropriate group. For example, If I install a new game, I would place a shortcut where all my games shortcuts reside.
For a start, this arrangement looks simple - not a big job - but as days pass by and my number of shortcuts increases, this becomes very hard to find where my shortcut belongs.
Stardock's Fences exactly addresses this issue. It allows you to organize your desktop icons and create fences. Visualize fences as blocks of icons (shaded areas) grouped together. Now it becomes very easy to organize my icons using Fences according to the categories I had arranged earlier!
To create fence, you can just right-click on your desktop, drag it to draw a rectangle and release. Your new fence is now created and you can group your icons to that fence. Fences can be re-arranged anywhere on my desktop and are also re-sizable.
And what about those so many icons issue? - They are still there, except that they are now fenced. I really like to see my icons only when I use them. Using fences, it is very easy to hide & show all your icons with an easy double-click on an empty space in your desktop! Now, this is one such shortcut which I think anyone would love to have!
You can also exclude fences from this quick hide behavior
And here is my fenced desktop
You can download the community-preview of Fences here. Fences runs on all of Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. On Vista and Windows 7, both 32bit and 64bit versions are supported.
Remember, Fences is just an add-on to your desktop and does not replace your desktop
Yes, Love it so simple but brilliant.
My desktop on XP doesn't contain any icons. Only the quick launch.
Wonder if it consumes any considerable amount of system resources.
We all have tons of drive space and ram now. Honestly.
The amount of system resources will always matter. Programmes should be lean and use as little system resources as possible unless of course your only ever going to use that one programme on it's own. honestly.
Either way, the POINT is that this application uses almost no ram whatsoever. So even for those of you still running on more modest computers, it's worth looking into.
We all have tons of drive space and ram now. Honestly.
Using your argument, I assume we should waste the worlds resources right now because we have plenty?
Your logic is the reason vista was so bloated, and why apps keep getting bigger instead of smaller as new programming techniques are supposed to produce more efficient code. Unless you code Microsoft, which bloats all your code into it's own bytecode essentially making things the speed of Visual Basic.
Amount of system resources is a valid complain in my opinion. You need as much as you can get for games today. If you're not a gamer fine, waste your resources on stupid crap. But in reality, if you're not a gamer you would do fine with a $100 used Pentium 4 running WinXP and Firefox (it will play teh youtubez).
The amount of system resources will always matter. Programmes should be lean and use as little system resources as possible unless of course your only ever going to use that one programme on it's own. honestly.
Fences uses fewer resources (far fewer) than most widgets/gadgets, let alone Yahoo Messenger (one of the skinnier IM clients) or even ICQ (still the skinniest single-purpose IM client of all). As far as resource use goes, Fences isn't even in the flyweight division.
Interestingly, the Fences options window uses up to ~30mb of RAM.
And to add my opinion, system resource use is ALWAYS relevant. Apart from anything, an app will be more responsive if the code is lighter. Vista/XP is a perfect example. I'm using XP on a relatively old computer (about 6 years old) and it's far more responsive and snappy than Vista on my other computer, which has 4GB of RAM and a Quad core processor (Q9300). I do prefer Vista in terms of features, but it IS a massive piece of bloatware, and it IS slower than XP.
Free RAM doesn't do anything for you. It doesn't make your computer "faster", it's just RAM that's not being used at the moment.
Until then (if that ever happens), I suppose this is a nice band-aid solution.
Until then (if that ever happens), I suppose this is a nice band-aid solution.
to you it might be the actual problem. but for most of us like having icons on our desktop.this might be one of the greatest apps created in a while. they need to add the option of removing the icon text lables w/o having to do the alt+255 tweak
Until then (if that ever happens), I suppose this is a nice band-aid solution.
First, current Windows Application certification standard require the installed to ask the user if they want a desktop icon, and most do just that, so it's optional. Second, not everyone works like you so some people might like stuff on their desktop. I don't, but choice is good. Third, recall the other day when someone asked why you are allowed to troll every Windows topic?
Until then (if that ever happens), I suppose this is a nice band-aid solution.
First, current Windows Application certification standard require the installed to ask the user if they want a desktop icon, and most do just that, so it's optional. Second, not everyone works like you so some people might like stuff on their desktop. I don't, but choice is good. Third, recall the other day when someone asked why you are allowed to troll every Windows topic?
What I do most certainly isn't trolling. If it was, I wouldn't be here in the first place.
Until then (if that ever happens), I suppose this is a nice band-aid solution.
First, current Windows Application certification standard require the installed to ask the user if they want a desktop icon, and most do just that, so it's optional. Second, not everyone works like you so some people might like stuff on their desktop. I don't, but choice is good. Third, recall the other day when someone asked why you are allowed to troll every Windows topic?
What I do most certainly isn't trolling. If it was, I wouldn't be here in the first place.
Actually it is. The information you posted was off-topic and not related to the application. (ok... it was close but still off-topic to me.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
Anyways back to the topic at hand. This applications appears useful but I've already developed my own method of organization even though it can get pretty bad sometimes still.
Until then (if that ever happens), I suppose this is a nice band-aid solution.
who says its an actual problem? you? its a user's choice if they like keeping icons,shortcuts,documents all over their desktop. i've seen several mac users with their desktop completely covered in icons.
although i do prefer the look of a clean desktop.. i usually dont have any icons on mine at all
Until then (if that ever happens), I suppose this is a nice band-aid solution.
why do you always have to add negative comments to every thread on neowin? to make matters worse, you're nearly always way off with whatever it is your trying to make a point about. How are icons on the desktop a problem?. The desktop is there for icons, it's not a mistake that people have icons on there.
Until then (if that ever happens), I suppose this is a nice band-aid solution.
First, current Windows Application certification standard require the installed to ask the user if they want a desktop icon, and most do just that, so it's optional. Second, not everyone works like you so some people might like stuff on their desktop. I don't, but choice is good. Third, recall the other day when someone asked why you are allowed to troll every Windows topic?
What I do most certainly isn't trolling. If it was, I wouldn't be here in the first place.
My mistake, posting negative comments in every Windows topic is clearly just being a good citizen.
Until then (if that ever happens), I suppose this is a nice band-aid solution.
Wow...Just wow!
I like to have my shortcuts on the desktop.
I realise we are all lost souls in your eyes. But I dont think we are going to convert to the Church of Jobs and the Latter Day McFanboys anytime soon. I commend you on your persistence though.
What OS can't you add shortcuts to your desktop?
Neither Mac nor Linux restrict icon usage. No matter what system is used, dimwitted users always have the option of littering their desktops. I spend several hours a week deleting everything from the desktops on the Macs at school, and the kids still put icons on the desktop. I guess they never learn...
A) Parrot/Regurgitate Apple spin
B) Troll against any windows customization (he doesn't appear to know the definition of the word troll in this context)
C) Make himself feel important and connected by being a center of (negative) attention
The same can be said of XP. When it was released all icons were usually removed from the desktop except the recycle bin. You could enable them or get more shortcuts by installing none default applications. This changed little in Vista (or for that matter Win7).
Therefore, I don't actually think that LTD was trolling because it was related to the topic.
Either way, nice application!
1/2 of the phrases in his post are meant to belittle Windows, insult those who support it, and to present an air of superiority.
Which is an interesting psychological defense mechanism coming from a fanboy of a niche/bandwagon marketed computer. 8P
Either way, if Apple had announced it, he'd be crowing on high about the "masters of innovation" or the "gods of interface design" or some other such hooey.
My desktop combines the best of Vista, OS X, and even things I've been using since the Amiga days. For my use, it's superior to all of the above. And I can only make all of this work MY WAY under Windows. Thanks MS and Stardock.
Agreed! I don't understand the need to litter the desktop with icons when they are hidden mostly when you have windows open. Its much more efficient to use a program like ObjectDock to group programs and keep them out of the way than on the desktop itself.
For those who like clutter though Fences does help organize it better. Its still on the desktop though and not easily accessible (yes I know there is a show desktop button, its still slower than a proper dock setup). To me its still chaos on the desktop just organized chaos.
Yet you will find that alot of those people have no issue what so ever in making use of that space. My desk is a complete mess but 95% of the time I still know exactly where to look if I need to find something on it.
It's just a case of different strokes for different blokes really. For those peopl that love throwing icons on the desktop it may infact be slower for them to actually organise everything into a hierarchy that would seem logical. If a big pile works for the individual they may as well stick with it.
Until then (if that ever happens), I suppose this is a nice band-aid solution.
Lol.
Isn't that what a desktop is supposed to be used for? o_O I don't think they were made to be... empty. Otherwise, why the hell would it be there.
Until then (if that ever happens), I suppose this is a nice band-aid solution.
Wow...Just wow!
I like to have my shortcuts on the desktop.
I realise we are all lost souls in your eyes. But I dont think we are going to convert to the Church of Jobs and the Latter Day McFanboys anytime soon. I commend you on your persistence though.
The problem of desktop clutter is not unique to Windows. Far from it!
On the OS X side, there are several utilities available to combat the problem.
On the open-source (UNIX/Linux/BSDs) side, there's a whole DESKTOP (KDE 4.
Even prior to Fences, there have been several utilities and alternate desktops ALL designed primarily to combat Windows desktop clutter.
What makes Fences unusual is that it's NOT a major change to your Windows-based desktop (it's not a desktop alternative), but an icon-organization tool. You can follow Organization Wizards, let Fences organize the icons for you, or even go freeform and organize your icons yourself. Even nicer is that regardless of how the icons got organized, you can go back and RE-organize to suit.
Fences is NOT DesktopX or even Multiplicity (two other utilities from Stardock aimed at tackling desktop clutter), though there seems to be nothing barring the USE of Fences with either DesktopX or Multiplicity.
Fences IS:
1. Free (though it's in CTP preview form for now, all future versions of Fences will also be free).
2. Bitness-neutral (continuing Stardock's deliberate trend of bitness-neutrality in their products).
3. Darn-near weightless (it's easily the lightest utility I've ever seen from Stardock, while easily the most usable out-of-the-bo
Definitely a part of the Free Toolbox.
Actually it's nothing like Program Manager. Definitely try it. I wish there was something to compare it to but really, there's nothing like this.
Actually, there is. However, the closest Fences has to competition (KDE 4) lacks Fences' auto-organization tools, and commits the *sin* of also requiring you to change the underlying operating system.
That's the thing with Fences; it's NOT an alternative desktop. It's an icon-organization tool for desktops. Fences doesn't require that you change how you work. It's an organizer, and that's all. (Albeit it's one heck of an organizer.)
8P
The only app I really used was object desktop... but superbar killed it.
Cool!
I have 3 fences - in the middle of my desktop. But i have 4 folders in the bottom right of desktop, i cant get 2 of them to stay down there. when i move them they whiz back to the top again!!! Very annoying
=)
BTW my desktop
BTW my desktop
LOL
Maybe you should look into using folders?
BTW my desktop
you have got to be kidding. XD
BTW my desktop
You definitely don't need 90% of the crap on there. Look at all the ZIPs and MSIs. Move that **** to the Recycling Bin, if you can find it.
Not quite true, in fact there are some installer (setup) around the desktop that i can delete but for the rest are value information.
And btw my other desktop (laptop duh).
Fence rules!.
I suspect with that many icons, it wouldn't fence the icons properly at all.. as it doesn't have the space to organize it properly
After:
I deleted just a 10 or 12 icons, then apply fences and move some icons and thats it!.
^_^
Choices, choices , choices. There you go
Except that most users don't friggin BOTHER. (I know I don't, and I go back to Windows/286.)
Worse, if you actually DO organize your desktop, you're regarded (by your fellow co-workers) as VERY anal-retentive (or worse, they wonder where you get the time to organize your desktop).
Also, when was the last time there has been such an elegant icon-organization utility for ANY UI/OS (leaving the Eternal Win/Mac/Linux/UNIX Battle out of the picture)? The closest I've seen to Fences (for any UI/OS) is the plasmoids feature in KDE 4. However, KDE 4 (like everything else to date) has one flaw: it's an alternative desktop.
What most of us want is de-cluttering of our EXISTING desktops.
That's what Fences is about.
Hyperminimalist, hyper-sensible, and usable right away WITHOUT being anal-retentive (the fact that it's also free AND bitness-neutral is icing on this cupcake of a utility).
Except that most users don't friggin BOTHER. (I know I don't, and I go back to Windows/286.)
Worse, if you actually DO organize your desktop, you're regarded (by your fellow co-workers) as VERY anal-retentive (or worse, they wonder where you get the time to organize your desktop).
Also, when was the last time there has been such an elegant icon-organization utility for ANY UI/OS (leaving the Eternal Win/Mac/Linux/UNIX Battle out of the picture)? The closest I've seen to Fences (for any UI/OS) is the plasmoids feature in KDE 4. However, KDE 4 (like everything else to date) has one flaw: it's an alternative desktop.
What most of us want is de-cluttering of our EXISTING desktops.
That's what Fences is about.
Hyperminimalist, hyper-sensible, and usable right away WITHOUT being anal-retentive (the fact that it's also free AND bitness-neutral is icing on this cupcake of a utility).
Except that most users don't friggin BOTHER. (I know I don't, and I go back to Windows/286.)
Worse, if you actually DO organize your desktop, you're regarded (by your fellow co-workers) as VERY anal-retentive (or worse, they wonder where you get the time to organize your desktop).
Also, when was the last time there has been such an elegant icon-organization utility for ANY UI/OS (leaving the Eternal Win/Mac/Linux/UNIX Battle out of the picture)? The closest I've seen to Fences (for any UI/OS) is the plasmoids feature in KDE 4. However, KDE 4 (like everything else to date) has one flaw: it's an alternative desktop.
What most of us want is de-cluttering of our EXISTING desktops.
That's what Fences is about.
Hyperminimalist, hyper-sensible, and usable right away WITHOUT being anal-retentive (the fact that it's also free AND bitness-neutral is icing on this cupcake of a utility).
But I dont have many icons on my desktop. Every app I use the most i have an icon in the quick launch...works great.
LOL @ Magallanes, that's crazy.
Anyway, this is not really for me. I disable my Windows desktop these days.
Just a plain background, heh. I get all I need from about 10 Quicklaunch icons, and the instant search feature of Vista's start menu. I often just need to type the first two letters or so; much faster than looking through a cluttered desktop IMHO.
Icon positions per resolution is something MS should have built into windows a long time ago.
You can have a "default" fence where new icons are placed.
Also it could use the classifier that it already has in the Auto Layout feature to automatically place icons into fences.
I used to edit my wallpapers with photoshop years ago to do something similar to this,,, back when I had that thing they call "free time" xD ...
Still, this looks cool and I may give it a try anyway.
Just double click on the desktop and all the icons on it go away. Double click again and they return.
Before:
Double click on the desktop anywhere...
After:
Its probably set to be excluded from quick-hide. That would be my guess, since that's what I did with my recycle bin.
Why wait, it works for XP too...
I'll have to commend the KDE group next time I see them!
People, this is merely a shadow of the functionality you can get in KDE 4.2 in Linux.
In KDE 4.2, you can actually make folder views that look almost exactly (coincidence, I think not)
as these "fences", but aren't showing shortcuts, they are showing the contents of the actual folders!
If you delete a file from the folder, it disappears from the desktop as well. You can transfer files from one folder to another by dragging and dropping between "fences" on your desktop.
For all intents and purposes, they function like having actual windows open on the desktop, but are quick hideable as well.
I find it amazing that no one here has noticed this yet..
I'll have to commend the KDE group next time I see them!
People, this is merely a shadow of the functionality you can get in KDE 4.2 in Linux.
In KDE 4.2, you can actually make folder views that look almost exactly (coincidence, I think not)
as these "fences", but aren't showing shortcuts, they are showing the contents of the actual folders!
If you delete a file from the folder, it disappears from the desktop as well. You can transfer files from one folder to another by dragging and dropping between "fences" on your desktop.
For all intents and purposes, they function like having actual windows open on the desktop, but are quick hideable as well.
I find it amazing that no one here has noticed this yet..
Having it on KDE isn't much use to Windows users though, is it?
I always thought those desktop customization tools from Stardock were just about eye candy (WindowBlinds, CursorXP,...) but I think I can find this tool actually useful! Lightweight, straightforward and it does the things exactly like you want it.
I just have the same suggestion like some others here: we need some way to hide shortcut labels. Other than that, awesome program!
Citation, July 9 2007: http://forums.wincustomize.com/157218
I think that article talking about our future-tech nicly pre-dates KDE4 [released 2008] ; and if you'd like a unrelesed prototype version I have from *2002*, you're welcome to have it. Doesn't work on Vista though...I'd say probably does on XP though. Fences was started in 1999 as "Desktop Icon Organizer", as the About page notes.
Citation, July 9 2007: http://forums.wincustomize.com/157218
I think that article talking about our future-tech nicly pre-dates KDE4 [released 2008] ; and if you'd like a unrelesed prototype version I have from *2002*, you're welcome to have it. Doesn't work on Vista though...I'd say probably does on XP though. Fences was started in 1999 as "Desktop Icon Organizer", as the About page notes.
So you're saying Stardock really took 10 years to make that? LOL KDE did it in a few years while designing an entire GUI and hardware subsystems.
Citation, July 9 2007: http://forums.wincustomize.com/157218
I think that article talking about our future-tech nicly pre-dates KDE4 [released 2008] ; and if you'd like a unrelesed prototype version I have from *2002*, you're welcome to have it. Doesn't work on Vista though...I'd say probably does on XP though. Fences was started in 1999 as "Desktop Icon Organizer", as the About page notes.
So you're saying Stardock really took 10 years to make that? LOL KDE did it in a few years while designing an entire GUI and hardware subsystems.
Yea, when you have an open source OS, it's pretty trivial to integrate features right into the desktop.
No one is claiming this was some major Stardock project. But its development has nothing to do with what KDE did and that should be pretty obvious by now.
Just Linux trolls are a lot like Mac trolls. It doesn't occur to them that other people have ideas too.
It LOOKS that way too, if anything they lifted the design of it.
God dam, what is so hard about arranging the icons on your desktop and remembering where things are? This is not rocket science, people.
I swear, I'm surrounded by stupid people. I'm going to go get drunk now.
I'll have to commend the KDE group next time I see them!
People, this is merely a shadow of the functionality you can get in KDE 4.2 in Linux.
In KDE 4.2, you can actually make folder views that look almost exactly (coincidence, I think not)
as these "fences", but aren't showing shortcuts, they are showing the contents of the actual folders!
If you delete a file from the folder, it disappears from the desktop as well. You can transfer files from one folder to another by dragging and dropping between "fences" on your desktop.
For all intents and purposes, they function like having actual windows open on the desktop, but are quick hideable as well.
I find it amazing that no one here has noticed this yet..
Having it on KDE isn't much use to Windows users though, is it?
Actually, it is.....---->http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/01/testing-kde-42-release-candidate-on-windows.ars
Okay, I understand that the old argument of who thought of something first is hard to prove, but the obvious conclusion that can be made is, "you may have thought of it first, but they did it better"
I'm not (any longer, though I obviously did earlier) disputing that you may have come up with it first, I'm far enough removed from either group that I would never know the specifics of each programs development.
I'm simply standing by the remainder of my statement, that they took it the next step and included functionality that is not currently present in this peice of software. I have a feeling that this may be a part of the final plan.
My intent isn't really to knock down your work, though I admit now that it looks like I have.
I'm simply bringing to everyones attention that the functionality is currently available as part of FOSS projects.
I realize that you guys release software as freeware often, and are to be commended for that.
I'm simply trying to bring to light the fact that if you choose not to run Windows (I bet there are tons of machines at Stardock running Linux or OSX, lol), there is an option to replicate the same features in Linux.
I'm not (any longer, though I obviously did earlier) disputing that you may have come up with it first, I'm far enough removed from either group that I would never know the specifics of each programs development.
I'm simply standing by the remainder of my statement, that they took it the next step and included functionality that is not currently present in this peice of software. I have a feeling that this may be a part of the final plan.
My intent isn't really to knock down your work, though I admit now that it looks like I have.
I'm simply bringing to everyones attention that the functionality is currently available as part of FOSS projects.
I realize that you guys release software as freeware often, and are to be commended for that.
I'm simply trying to bring to light the fact that if you choose not to run Windows (I bet there are tons of machines at Stardock running Linux or OSX, lol), there is an option to replicate the same features in Linux.
Stipulated.
However, UNLIKE KDE 4, it has auto-organize, several prebuilt groups (or fences, if using Fences), and actually includes a manual!
Also, there's another rather large advantage Fences has over KDE 4 (even a forthcoming KDE for Windows) - it's NOT an alternative desktop/OS. It's a very elegant (and supremely small) utility for my existing Windows (32-bit OR 64-bit) desktop. There are alternative desktops a-plenty. (Among them are Stardock's own DesktopX and Multiplicity, let alone the Object Desktop Suite.) Fences is like Mathematica (or a similar Win32-based program called MathCAD) in that you have no idea how useful and practically indespensible it is "until you use it yourself".
I only have 5 icons on my desktop. What I use the most is either in the Quick Launch section of the taskbar or on the Start Menu (Not the Programs section).
I love Stardock, Sins is a brilliant game that simply works just like most of their apps. I just wish impulse was a little *more* then it is right now.
And yeah, we do have more that we have planned to get to, wanted to keep it simple at first though. Folders on the desktop (vista-only), details-view, etc will be available at some point.
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Got it, thanks. Guess I'll be shutting up now.
I do like the idea, hence, it is on my desk top, though I use the double click to hide the fences. As others have stated I too, like to have a clean desk top. Still there is "Right Click" my favorite add on.
I removed it because it made "right click" inaffective. Now for those who do not use "right click," and have a good deal of icons on the desktop it is a great application.
Shhhhh.
Exactly my thoughts
Stardock do good things, I like their suite but I don't use it after I found it bloated my system too much. Shame all the themes for windows explorer are bloated too :/
Fences has been in development long before KDE had anything like that. That's because doing what Fences does on Windows is a massive massive undertaking.
There have been semi-public betas of Fences since 2007 and it's been been in internal development years before that.
Saying Fences "ripped" off Linux is the same kind of nonsense we got when Mac users tried to say DesktopX ripped off Konfabulator.
There have been semi-public betas of Fences since 2007 and it's been been in internal development years before that.
Saying Fences "ripped" off Linux is the same kind of nonsense we got when Mac users tried to say DesktopX ripped off Konfabulator.
This first beta of KDE 4.0 was in Aug 2007 so yes it's still possible that it was copied. KDE 4 was on the drawing board years before that.
"maetrix66 - thanks, but Fences is in no way a KDE 4.1/4.2 clone
Citation, July 9 2007: http://forums.wincustomize.com/157218
I think that article talking about our future-tech [July 2007] nicly pre-dates KDE4 ; and if you'd like a unrelesed prototype version I have from *2002*, you're welcome to have it. Doesn't work on Vista though...I'd say probably does on XP though. Fences was started in 1999 as "Desktop Icon Organizer", as the About page notes."
or they were developed around the same time, as people realised the need / user desire?
Might want to look at post #49... (which I doubt you did)
You might want to READ what I typed up. KDE 4.0 BETA 1 was out Aug 2007. They started their design in 2005 between the release of 3.4 and 3.5.
Even if Stardock thought of the idea back in 1999, it took them 10 years to make something functional from it? LOL.
Even if they were first, they at least hijacked the look of it. I run KDE 4.2 on my workstation here and thought of KDE the first time I looked at fences.
Even if Stardock thought of the idea back in 1999, it took them 10 years to make something functional from it? LOL.
Even if they were first, they at least hijacked the look of it. I run KDE 4.2 on my workstation here and thought of KDE the first time I looked at fences.
Fences has looked like it does since the earliest betas.
And making something like this is non-trivial. It's not like we were working on it full time but it has been in the works a long time. There's lots of things like this.
Can you possibly just concede that KDE is not an inspiration for fences? Good grief.
Why not just have a few items on your desktop and then everything else put in the start bar?
On my desktop I have very temporary files, recycle bin and a link to a hard drive where i keep all the junk that's there for a while. My "to sort" folder.
But what if I want to start something from a known desktop shortcut? I double-click to bring my Fenced-in icons back, launch the app from its shortcut, then double-click any open area to hide the icons again.
Wallpaper exists for a reason - to be LOOKED AT. A plethora of shortcuts cluttering the desktop takes away from that. However, I'm not anal-retentive enough (or neatness-freak enough) to spend what extra time I have organizing my icons. Fences tackles the organization problem (or even lets me banish the icons altogether), while being hyperminimalist in terms of resource-usage and costing nothing in terms of money. Epic win, no matter how you slice it.
Give the inventor a medal, I say, and send him a contribution by way of thanks. This tool must represent many hours of programming and testing, and it's vital to encourage freeware developers to improve their projects.
@Magallanes my god man how do you navigate through that desktop that would make me throw the pc out the window
That would make it a completely different program though, I guess; what it looks like it does now is just moves icons around on the desktop and draws the fences behind them.
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If the use of desktop icons is a necessary tool for an individuals need for productivity, then at least there should be some means to organize them in an intelligent or logical manner.
I remote in to dozens of different client machines...
Some desktops are tidy, but most are a total mess. After discussing the "cleanup", a quick download and installation of Fences makes most of my clients thrilled to keep organized. Sometimes I even download a wallpaper (archived on my hosting server) to match a theme for them.
I've attached a "dual monitor" image set to show you what I mean.
Here's a 22" monitor set up as monitor #2.
And a 19" monitor as monitor#1.
As you can see, the real estate looks a lot less like a jungle.
Stormmaker
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