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Xyresic

IppE602 wrote:

Btw I've seen your sig on 3 different forums now :D
Lol, which ones?

I'm guessing AB, BBT, and... this?
IppE

Xyresic wrote:

I'm guessing AB, BBT, and... this?
AB and Jpopsuki, don't go to BBT forums all that often.

alsodesktop:
those
What's this program that everyone seems to be using?
Like, the one that tells stats uptime, memory being used, clock customization, drive space, etc...
Firo Prochainezo

those wrote:

What's this program that everyone seems to be using?
Like, the one that tells stats uptime, memory being used, clock customization, drive space, etc...
Rainmeter.
Cuddlebun
STICKY NOTES


STICKY NOTES EVERYWHERE
Cyclohexane

Oh yeah, Windows XP. Oh yeah, netbook. Oh yeah, self-made failed wallpaper.

I need Audiosurf.

Edit: OH YEAH FRENCH NAMES[/cruisecontrol]
mekadon_old

Cuddlebun wrote:

STICKY NOTES


STICKY NOTES EVERYWHERE
ilu
dNextGen


im not a big touhou-fag or something

but this pic is cool i guess xD
those
My attempt at a complete personalization...
SPOILER

Just kinda borrowed the stuff on the bottom left...
first time trying to make a wallpaper, but I guess it's kinda fail/subpar.
I wanna put something in the space in the left side though.
anonymous_old
Why do people put so much effort into things which detract from work?
Pokebis

strager wrote:

Why do people put so much effort into things which detract from work?

K2J

strager wrote:

Why do people put so much effort into things which detract from work?
He says on an online community dedicated to just that.
anonymous_old

K2J wrote:

strager wrote:

Why do people put so much effort into things which detract from work?
He says on an online community dedicated to just that.
osu! is work. You do things. Hone your skills, develop socially, etc.

A desktop image is shown when you are doing nothing. Why do you want to do nothing more?
Daru

strager wrote:

strager wrote:

Why do people put so much effort into things which detract from work?
osu! is work. You do things. Hone your skills, develop socially, etc.

A desktop image is shown when you are doing nothing. Why do you want to do nothing more?
For the same reason people put effort into painting the walls of their house, or putting in some new flooring, or cleaning out that giant pile of papers on a desk. Yes, if you're staring at the color of your wall you're probably doing nothing, but you always see it so you might as well make it look nice.

That's not to say wallpapers that people spend time on look nice, but they're at least not 24x16 jpg's compressed to hell then tiled across an HD 1080 monitor.
anonymous_old

Daru wrote:

For the same reason people put effort into painting the walls of their house, or putting in some new flooring, or cleaning out that giant pile of papers on a desk. Yes, if you're staring at the color of your wall you're probably doing nothing, but you always see it so you might as well make it look nice.

That's not to say wallpapers that people spend time on look nice, but they're at least not 24x16 jpg's compressed to hell then tiled across an HD 1080 monitor.
Those are different cases.

When you are busy working, you don't cover your walls. You look away from them. (Unless you're working with the walls or whatever.)

Walls provide ambient aesthetics and affect emotions because of this. Same with lighting and scent. Your desktop image only shines through parts of your monitor of at all.

Now, if you decorate your desktop with a thousand little utilities, that's fine. Just imagine ten clocks, thermometers, barometers, voltmeters, sound meters, Wi-Fi detectors, etc. on your real wall. Kinda stupid isn't it?

Are huge walls of text really helpful? Do you really need to minimize everything to access your music player? Why not just click the damn icon or bind keyboard keys, or use a remote?

I put about an hour (at most) of effort into every desktop background I make. I often tweak things after using it because e.g. the part behind the task bar or behind title bars is ugly and distracting.

I wasn't trying to make it sound like desktop images are a wasted effort. I just see flaws in a workflow which requires you to interact with your desktop.

TL;DR I'm hungry.
those
I removed the wall of text immediately after I posted the screenshot, cuz yes, it was unnecessary. It was, perhaps, one of those things where people would go wtf at when they walked by, and it has served its purpose, once and only once. I've had my fun with Rainmeter.

I'm hungry.
jjrocks

I need to find a dual screen wallpaper...but I rarely even see my desktop so meh.
Hakeru
IppE
Another day another desktop bg

anonymous_old
Why do people cut vertical real estate on 16:9 monitors with their task bars? =[
IppE

strager wrote:

Why do people cut vertical real estate on 16:9 monitors with their task bars? =[
Cause I don't like it on the side. And that ~1000px thats left is mighty fine for me.
Rena-chan

strager wrote:

Why do people cut vertical real estate on 16:9 monitors with their task bars? =[
Dunno, it's more comfortable on the side IMO.

IppE
Personal preference really, I guess I got too used to ubuntu.
Rena-chan

IppE602 wrote:

Personal preference really, I guess I got too used to ubuntu.
lolbuntu
IppE

Priestess In Yellow wrote:

lolbuntu
:3c

It did run better than lolvista or lolseven.
akupp
Here is my desktop look like...
mekadon_old
Meow
Exarion
Here's mine:

Gens
First non-weeaboo wallpaper of the page!

*claps*
mekadon_old

Exarion wrote:

Here's mine:

What skin are you using? :shock:
Exarion

Gens wrote:

First non-weeaboo wallpaper of the page!

*claps*
Haha, yeah. I rarely use anime wallpapers. I usually use sci-fi or minimalistic ones.

mekadon wrote:

Exarion wrote:

Here's mine:

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1825/desktop160.jpg
What skin are you using? :shock:
Windows Vista skin:

http://sweatyfish.deviantart.com/art/Pr ... 2-97131568

Rainmeter skins:

http://freakquency85.deviantart.com/art ... -169183131
http://customize.org/rainmeter/skins/58074
sp1ky
clicky
Crakila
Powerdrone

sp1ky wrote:

(clicky)
Epic win.
Randy96

fuck yeah puush!
AsterisKs_old
IppE
Jeffro
This is my current style~
Wallpaper changes every 30 minutes.

dNextGen
Rena-chan
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