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how is it possible that you don't find that incredibly annoying
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its cool =D
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Mac OS 10.5.8. I really should upgrade to Snow Leopard.
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leopard has been fine for me and i don't want to spend the money on it and i don't have the time at the moment to be messing around with changing operating systems at the moment.
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Well it is apparently only $30 or so and I doubt it would take any more effort than popping the disk in, selecting "english" and leaving it be for an hour at most to install
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It used to annoy the hell out of my boss whenever he worked with me on stuff at my PC. I always found it really funny. I also use a trackball and one of those ergonomic split keyboards, that's enough to stop people from using my PC.Thanks, but that looks like it adds panels to the desktop. I only ever see my desktop when I boot and shutdown the PC. What's so great about the folders bar is that it pops up on top of other apps, so I can grab stuff without switching away from the app. But I've since switched to Windows 7 and it can no longer do the folders bar at the top. I've had to move those folders onto the Start menu and it's no where near as good.
In that case, I suggest you give 7Stacks a try (also very cool software I recommend). I think you'll find this much better than throwing your folders in the start menu.

Last Edit: November 19, 2009, 03:13:37 am by Mama Luigi
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Well it is apparently only $30 or so and I doubt it would take any more effort than popping the disk in, selecting "english" and leaving it be for an hour at most to install
okay well i can't really risk any shit happening (although obviously not likely) until this semester is over and i just don't want to have to deal wiht it right now
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Windows 7, SO CLEAN


what's that little bar from


also christophomicus too much mugen, too much final fantasy, too much star wars, and too many (one) WoW documents, but, just enough Iji~


but yeah you people use w7 much better than me

i wanna know what that little bar is, it looks useful

and i should give 7stacks a try.
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also christophomicus too much mugen, too much final fantasy, too much star wars, and too many (one) WoW documents, but, just enough Iji~

i was really into mugen a while back :<

i have heaps of other good indie games in there too, you just can't see them...!
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thx2rami for the program which allows animated backgrounds.

hey, what program is that? I know a guy who won't switch from Vista to Windows 7 because he NEEDS his animated backgrounds. (He's really dumb)
Also, it'd prolly be pretty nifty to get one myself. shit looks pimp
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it's called DeskScapes.
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In that case, I suggest you give 7Stacks a try (also very cool software I recommend). I think you'll find this much better than throwing your folders in the start menu.
Thanks again, but I don't like that either. I'd now need to click twice in order to access my folders and apps and I much prefer my new Windows 7 layout where it's all available (although my previous one was waaaaaay better).

I might go back to using launchy, another cool app. You can open it with ctrl+space and then type in what you want to run. It features auto-completion for the app and folders names which re-priotises as you use it, allowing you to type less in the future.
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Thanks again, but I don't like that either. I'd now need to click twice in order to access my folders and apps and I much prefer my new Windows 7 layout where it's all available (although my previous one was waaaaaay better).

I might go back to using launchy, another cool app. You can open it with ctrl+space and then type in what you want to run. It features auto-completion for the app and folders names which re-priotises as you use it, allowing you to type less in the future.
I don't mean to sound condescending in the slightest, but you do realize that the functionality of Launchy already exists in Windows? Simply press the window key and then type whatever app or document you want to launch (complete or incomplete... typing "calc" and hitting enter will launch the calculator, for instance).

Maybe I'm mistaken, but it seems like the purpose of Launchy is to fill that role for Windows XP users. This feature only first appeared in Vista and has carried over to Windows 7.

it's called DeskScapes.
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I don't mean to sound condescending in the slightest, but you do realize that the functionality of Launchy already exists in Windows? Simply press the window key and then type whatever app or document you want to launch (complete or incomplete... typing "calc" and hitting enter will launch the calculator, for instance).
Not on mine (although it should)...

I had forgotten about that, however even when it works it's waaaaaay slower then Launchy. Plus Launchy has a calculator built into it. and allows you to do more then just open apps like searching google. I also dislike that start menu, I was really disappointed that they had removed the classic menu. It's much simpler and to the point.
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rami did.
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what's that little bar from


also christophomicus too much mugen, too much final fantasy, too much star wars, and too many (one) WoW documents, but, just enough Iji~


but yeah you people use w7 much better than me

i wanna know what that little bar is, it looks useful

and i should give 7stacks a try.

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rami did.
shares?  :fogetsmile:

I was just curious because I can not find this via torrent. The free version is only for Vista Ultimate.
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i feel like the only practical use for a program like that is to turn your background into an aquarium
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i feel like the only practical use for a program like that is to turn your background into an aquarium
Yeah it's really just eye candy like Aero is. I wasn't hot on Dreamscenes because they're just videos and they eat up CPU and energy... but if it was a rendered background that probably wouldn't be bad at all.
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deskscapes also uses videos for it by the way. it doesn't use that much cpu or memory though, makes no difference for me at least.
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