Topic: Desktops 2012

[Sapphirus]

More additions (for August)-

[Sapphirus]

Screencaps that I took via Steam
2 of these images contains SPOILERS
(Me Grimlock, king!)





images as walls that I found on Deviant art-

[Alieo]

Luigi completes the Camel Sandhills defeating Morton Koopa and destroying the Koopa's Grand White Pyramid. He heads onward to the underground paradise of Caprice Caverns in World 9.

From here on forward, the Mario Maps will feature sharpened graphics with completely recreated land tiles. They will no longer have that pixelated 16-bit look, and now take on a sharpened 32-bit appearance. All sprites seen here were completely remade manually by me. Compare the August map with the September map and notice the detailed improvements.

[Scyphi]

A little early, but new desktop because I personally refuse to forget.

[Sidhe Priest]

Same old, EVWM+Geoshell, it's perfect, you know.

[TechPro]

My newest... at work.

[Scyphi]

Decided to be a bit vain this month. 

[Alieo]

October 2012
World 10: Gourd Gulch

http://texace146.deviantart.com/art/World-10-1-330075886

[Sapphirus]

Only a prime may light their darkest hours with the Matrix of Leadership-


Glados, forever alone-


EDIT: for those who are curious why I have multiple wallpaper images, I use this:
http://johnsadventures.com/software/backgroundswitcher/

[Pumo]

Interesting, but just note that on Windows 7 you don't need any extra program like Background Switcher, as Win7 already includes a function to switch wallpapers every <insert desired time here> seconds/minutes.

Anyway, I liked pretty much the second wallpaper (the GLaDOS one), and I'm curious, where did you found it?

EDIT: Nevermind, I Just found the GLaDOS wallpaper on DeviantArt. 

[Matthew]

Interesting, but just note that on Windows 7 you don't need any extra program like Background Switcher, as Win7 already includes a function to switch wallpapers every <insert desired time here> seconds/minutes.

Anyway, I liked pretty much the second wallpaper (the GLaDOS one), and I'm curious, where did you found it?

Indeed, I make gratuitous use of this function. I just wish windows had better multi-monitor support.

[TechPro]

Interesting, but just note that on Windows 7 you don't need any extra program like Background Switcher, as Win7 already includes a function to switch wallpapers every <insert desired time here> seconds/minutes.

Anyway, I liked pretty much the second wallpaper (the GLaDOS one), and I'm curious, where did you found it?

Indeed, I make gratuitous use of this function. I just wish windows had better multi-monitor support.

Like... How better?  (Asks a daily Win7 multi-monitor user)

[Matthew]

The ability to full-screen an application on one monitor and still be able to use the other monitor. The ability to have different desktop backgrounds. The ability to have a separate taskbar for each. etc, etc.

[TechPro]

Well, OK, I'll give you some of that one.  ... but the first item you can do in Win7, it just takes too many steps.

EDIT: Oh wait, you're talking about running something like Descent in full screen on one monitor, but want to still be able to use the other monitor at the same time. ... Sorry. Can't do that one, and it isn't Win7’s fault.  It's a limitation of the design of the full screen app.  Don't blame the OS for that.

However there is a non-MS app that does the second and third items (and much more goodness). DisplayFusion is a terrific program I highly recommend.  Offered in Free or Pro versions (Free doesn't allow all features).

I use it in Free version and enjoy it mostly for having a simple keystroke to full-screen snap the current app to whichever screen I wish (worth installing just for that).  I personally don't really care about the many other features it does, but I highly recommend you check it out.

[Matthew]

Well, OK, I'll give you some of that one.  ... but the first item you can do in Win7, it just takes too many steps.

EDIT: Oh wait, you're talking about running something like Descent in full screen on one monitor, but want to still be able to use the other monitor at the same time. ... Sorry. Can't do that one, and it isn't Win7’s fault.  It's a limitation of the design of the full screen app.  Don't blame the OS for that.

However there is a non-MS app that does the second and third items (and much more goodness). DisplayFusion is a terrific program I highly recommend.  Offered in Free or Pro versions (Free doesn't allow all features).

I use it in Free version and enjoy it mostly for having a simple keystroke to full-screen snap the current app to whichever screen I wish (worth installing just for that).  I personally don't really care about the many other features it does, but I highly recommend you check it out.

Shouldn't need to install a program to add functionality that should've been included in the OS from the start.