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Circle Dock for Windows
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Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:36 amby techgump
I love this little windows app. My desktop remains iconless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ko36ebOg9UThere is a 32 and 64 bit version, and is being continued by new developers.
latest version I believe is 1.5.6
In conjunction with this dock app as well, you can streamline your desktop.
http://rocketdock.com/
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Re: Circle Dock for Windows
Posted:
Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:45 amby Awesome400
Only a
techgump would be intrested in stuff like this.
Re: Circle Dock for Windows
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Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:48 amby BetaGen
Naah, it's all cool. I just haven't tested out the new Win8 yet, so I have nowhere to test this Circular Dock. In theory it looks good, but it probably takes some getting used to.
Also, I'm used to the mac Dock, so my Desktop is Clean either way. Only screenshots appear on the desktop
Re: Circle Dock for Windows
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Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:03 pmby techgump
The win8 is just a joke. It's win7, but circle dock works on xp,vista, and 8
Re: Circle Dock for Windows
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Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:08 pmby Lopdo
I always thought that empty desktop is waste of precious space... I don't understand this weird fetish some people have -.-
Re: Circle Dock for Windows
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Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:48 pmby techgump
It's called a desktop. Think of it as a physical one for a second... and maybe then you can relate. Would you rather have a desktop full of clutter and papers, or a nice clean one to sit down to everyday. For me, I want a nice clean one. I use the desktop more like a temp folder... whereby I add and dump files while working on projects.. but when it's all over, files need to go to their "home", either filed away or trashed. In the end, it should return to a clean desk.
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Re: Circle Dock for Windows
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Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:56 pmby techgump
I loaded Win8 in a Virtual Machine for you to look at. I don't like it myself... but I can see Mac people or general home pc users liking it a lot more. I'm staying with Win7.
Boot up into this screen:
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All apps screen:
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The New desktop, notice the lack of start-menu.
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Re: Circle Dock for Windows
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Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:57 pmby BetaGen
Well yeah... The start and Apps list is something I can relate to. I have it booted up too, but thanks for the screens! Gonna check it out in a while.
Also, a minimalistic desktop and auto organizing folders is a way of life, a lazy one. But allows wasting as little time on the computer as possible
Re: Circle Dock for Windows
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Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:58 pmby Awesome400
BetaGen wrote:Naah, it's all cool. I just haven't tested out the new Win8 yet, so I have nowhere to test this Circular Dock. In theory it looks good, but it probably takes some getting used to.
Also, I'm used to the mac Dock, so my Desktop is Clean either way. Only screenshots appear on the desktop
Exactly what a
techgump follower would say.
Re: Circle Dock for Windows
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Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:38 pmby Lopdo
I don't think that it is very good idea to compare computer desktop and physical desktop. There is one big difference, you can't comfortably put something on top of mess you have on your physical desktop, so you have to keep it clean. You don't have this problem with pc desktop. As for temp files, I do same thing as you do and my permanent icons don't stand in the way. Then again, having 2 monitors can help with that significantly
I could use 3 tho :/