Thought about the windows (or whatever OS) desktop:

[bork[e]]

The one that made this thread.

http://quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 454#156454





edit: it's close enough though, I'm glad to have a little easier access to some files and still be a picky bitch about where they are at.

[SOAPboy]

The one that made this thread.

http://quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 454#156454





edit: it's close enough though, I'm glad to have a little easier access to some files and still be a picky bitch about where they are at.

You can throw folders into the bar and they will open.. im assuming thats what you wanted.. i think.. maybe..

[Geebs]

I coded something similar to this in Flash.

It was for music. The actionscript monitored my music folders for new additions, and when I would rip a CD, it was set up to display a 400x400 JPG of the album cover with others (Opacity 30% normal, 90% when hovered on.) When clicked, it would send the folder to Winamp.

It got in the way, so I don't run it any longer. The same script would work for any folder, command, or shortcut.

Why would you need to do that, unless you're tone deaf?

[seremtan]

So what if you had a click and drag menu on your desktop, one where all you could see while closed is a grey verticle line off to the side of your screen. When you needed an icon just click and drag the window open (or some little button that opened it for you, a hotkey on your mouse or sommat), click you icon, and it closes when finished...

um, the taskbar?

[Don Carlos]

i'm with you on the icon-less screen.
i have one icon on my desktop.
i just use toolbars for everything else.

Example

why use another program for something windows already has?

That is cool as fuck and i never knew about it!!

[o'dium]

Opens when you mouseover it or mouse over the taskbar.

auto closes, and you can toggle always on top.. never stays on top in games.. and can add and take away as many tabs as you want..

This looks fantastic!

[o'dium]

because this is just sexy...if I understood you correctly...

[lvlshot]http://www.members.cox.net/borke/untitled.JPG[/lvlshot]

and Soap, I noticed you had to buy it after I read through the BS on their site...good think I had my paypal handy.

Dude is your theme available in silver do you know? That looks very nice to me. The blue ones not that bad either.

[bork[e]]

I'm not sure o'dium...bout to go eat but after I'll link you to all the themes I have.

[bork[e]]

Winamp Skin

Windows Skin

Desktop Image

that desktop image is prolly too small, I think you're one of those guys with a 16000000x180000000 res.

You might not be able to do what you want with those themes, but I haven't checked.

[Foo]

I hate dockable menus also...any OS already support this, any hack in windows someone has already done to achieve this? Sound good or just another dumb ass idea by yours truly?

I've been doing this for a few years:


folders right next to the start menu. Can place any shortcut or other file in them that you please and they expand just like the start menu, but more conveniently.

Just add the 'links' toolbar to your taskbar, then clear out all the default shitty windows links, then add folders and shortcuts in to it (right click open folder)

No addons, all vanilla windows explorer stuff.

EDIT: Seems watson has been doing something very similar too.

[Dr_Watson]

yeah, i do it by tossing a bunch of links into folders, then right clicky task bar + toolbars + new tool bar point at folder full-o-links.
presto.