Lewder wrote:
maybe i should look at /wg/ again then, but i'm pretty happy with the way my computer looks, it's generally covered by applications anyway
i still stand by /w/ being shit though, pls accept my autistically elitist opinion about boards i dont frequent
edit: in hindsight i should've disabled f.lux (sorry for using it but it genuinely helps me sleep). i also know you cant read some of the text due to colours in the background but it doesn't bother me much, might disturb you however. i very frequently use my application shortcuts so they must stay, i might remove the weather forecast app, it's inaccurate and i dont ever look at it
tell me what to change if you want to, though
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I don't like it, but that's just my personal opinion. If you like your desktop the way it is AND it functions how you want it, it really doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. My thoughts are mostly on the aesthetic part of things because I don't use your computer so I can't rate how it functions and even that would be biased towards how I want things to run.
My actual thoughts on your desktop now.
Your desktop isn't bad. The shortcuts are text and not icons so they're clean looking and don't clash with anything. I don't think that seeing your up/down speeds is really necessary on a desktop (If something was up with my internet I would know and can use my taskbar to check out what's going on with it). I don't really like weather widgets mostly because I don't need to know the weather when I'm sitting on my computer and if I did need to know I can use my phone. If you can manage, try to keep the font universal between everything (Clock, dates, shortcuts, weather widget) so it looks cohesive.
I'm not a fan of seeing computer stats on my desktop because I can just start task manager in 1 click to see it all, but if that works for you I'm all for it.
tl;dr It's not a spaceship hud, good job!
P.S.: I use F.lux too on both my phone and computer (I personally love it, makes everything really nice).
And if you're having trouble reading some things, I'd recommend using a font rendering program called mactype (It's miles better than the stock Windows Font Rendering software). Unless it's a color issue....in which case do whatever you want regarding that.
If you can't find MacType, I'll gladly point you in the right direction.