Comments on: The Naked Desktop and Other Desktop Usage Patterns http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2006/07/20/the-naked-desktop-and-other-desktop-usage-patterns/ One foot in the muck, the other in utopia Thu, 17 May 2012 05:17:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mray http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2006/07/20/the-naked-desktop-and-other-desktop-usage-patterns/comment-page-1/#comment-352 mray Fri, 21 Jul 2006 05:45:14 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/wp/?p=256#comment-352 Thanks for the praise. I also like to have Expose mapped to the Option key for quick access (of course, now I want a way to do the Hide Others). My new quest is a way to drag windows like in Linux with Alt-dragging. And then to get rid of window borders like in my favorite theme of all time: <a href="http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/lines_/" rel="nofollow">Lines</a> You'd think I didn't like OSX, but it's still less of a hassle than my Gentoo desktop. Thanks for the praise. I also like to have Expose mapped to the Option key for quick access (of course, now I want a way to do the Hide Others). My new quest is a way to drag windows like in Linux with Alt-dragging. And then to get rid of window borders like in my favorite theme of all time:
Lines

You’d think I didn’t like OSX, but it’s still less of a hassle than my Gentoo desktop.

]]> By: Ric http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2006/07/20/the-naked-desktop-and-other-desktop-usage-patterns/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Ric Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:02:36 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/wp/?p=256#comment-351 I do Windows, but not entirely by choice - but I also keep a naked desktop as much as possible. I HATE the desktop icons that Windows just LOVES to proliferate, so they get hidden; I don't use any wallpaper; anything not active is minimised to the taskbar, which autohides (and I'm one of the geeks who anchors it to the side of the screen). And even though I didn't know about it - I have often thought that clicking on an icon after the alt-tab would be fantastic - I am officially jealous! I am ambivalent about hiding a window's menubar - sometimes I'd like the space back, but when an app HAS provided the function, I haven't enjoyed using it. At work I use two screens - and when I'm away from the desk, it can be painful using just a laptop screen! Icons - yes, as small as possible. Text - when I got higher res screens, I started using small fonts to fit more in, but I must be getting older - I've had to bump up font sizes now! I do Windows, but not entirely by choice – but I also keep a naked desktop as much as possible. I HATE the desktop icons that Windows just LOVES to proliferate, so they get hidden; I don’t use any wallpaper; anything not active is minimised to the taskbar, which autohides (and I’m one of the geeks who anchors it to the side of the screen).

And even though I didn’t know about it – I have often thought that clicking on an icon after the alt-tab would be fantastic – I am officially jealous!

I am ambivalent about hiding a window’s menubar – sometimes I’d like the space back, but when an app HAS provided the function, I haven’t enjoyed using it.

At work I use two screens – and when I’m away from the desk, it can be painful using just a laptop screen!
Icons – yes, as small as possible.
Text – when I got higher res screens, I started using small fonts to fit more in, but I must be getting older – I’ve had to bump up font sizes now!

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