Are you a POWAR user?

[greenfreak]

Shortcuts? you mean I don't have to keep the actual files on my Desktop

Oh my GOD! Please tell me that is not really your desktop! I hate too many icons on my desktop. Right now I have 6 icons on my desktop and I use all of them. I can't imagine having that many icons, I hope they're alphabetized at least!

 

[samcurry]

here's mine. is this too messy?

 

[greenfreak]

I seriously don't see how you can have that many icons on your desktop. That's crazy.

 

[samcurry]

hehe i tells ya im a busy man. a very busy man.

 

[PT]

If I didn't clean mine, I'd have plenty too. I have folders mainly, with everything sorted out, except for the one called MISC, everything gets saved to there, and I clean it out when I feel froggy.

 

[catocom]

I set my icon's vertical spacing to 39 (at 1024x768) and have
auto arrange on so I can cram more on there.

(I had quite abit more typed in here earlier, but lost it because my keyboard batteries were dying, and it wiped it out, and I didn't feel like retyping)

I like to keep mine close to a fresh setup look. It makes it faster
for me setting up a new computer, or working on other peoples comps.
if the don't have it customized too much.

 

[Huge]

Christ Sammy!

 

[samcurry]

and that is my laptop at 1024x728. now imagine my desktop at 1280x1024..

 

[greenfreak]

(I had quite abit more typed in here earlier, but lost it because my keyboard batteries were dying, and it wiped it out, and I didn't feel like retyping)

Cat, how often do you change the batteries in your keyboard? I have to change my mouse batteries just about once a month but I've gone three with the same batteries in the keyboard. I have a low battery alert though that tells me to change them before I lose info.

 

[Kawaii]

Do you have shortcut bars strewn about the screen giving you instant access to frequently used parts of your computer?

I have the Windows taskbar off to the right side of the screen with the Quicklaunch and My Computer toolbars on it, and a Desktop toolbar auto-hiding on the top of the screen which contains shortcuts to my downloads folder and htdocs folder.

Yes. I can access any part of my computer in a matter of seconds.

Edit: My desktop is clean and organized, though.

 

[catocom]

Cat, how often do you change the batteries in your keyboard? I have to change my mouse batteries just about once a month but I've gone three with the same batteries in the keyboard. I have a low battery alert though that tells me to change them before I lose info.

I have a charger, and use 3 rechargeable Rayovac NiMH batteries.
I have to recharge about every 1-1/2 to 2 months.

 

[Inkara1]

I don't even remember the last time I had to change the batteries in my keyboard (Logitech). The battery life in this thing seems to be kick-ass.

 

[greenfreak]

A list of the Microsoft keyboard shortcuts in case you're interested:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/csui/html/csconkeyboardshortcuts.asp

I told Rusty about Windows Key + Pause/Break, he's stoked.

 

[tommyj27]

0 icons on my desktop, 0 shortcut bars. things do tend to get manic-cluttered though.

>screenshot<

 

[Mirlyn]

My screen shot is in my previous post...click the image.

>screenshot<

Do you notice a significant quality difference in ogg vs mp3?

 

[Gonz]

1 bar, hidden & very few icons. Everything in the favorites/programs folder is arranged for quick logical access.

 

[pc_builder]

My screen shot is in my previous post...click the image.



Do you notice a significant quality difference in ogg vs mp3?

I've read ogg sounds better. In my own taste tests, I haven't noticed much difference between the two at the same bitrates. But then, I haven't done extensive listening tests using the same songs and such.

I should do that just to kill some time.

 

[tommyj27]

i can tell a difference between ogg and most mp3s. some of the better mp3 encoders like lame do a decent job with higher frequencies. ogg just sounds good all the time, not too mention that i generally encode in the 160/192 kbps range

 

[Aunty Em]

I'm a minimalist...

So am I... I found that all that junk on the desktop slows down the computer... I keep shortcuts on my start menu... but I do use some shortcut keys.

 

[Arris]

Minimalist with programs menu organised nicely and shortcuts on the taskbar.