Technogran has challenged us to display our Windows 7 desktops so I figured I could show one of mine as well. This is my laptops desktop view. I have made a theme based on pictures from my 1 year tour of duty as a UN Military Observer in the Middle East, here shown in two different screenshots, the first one showing Crac du Chevalier – a crusader castle in Syria, and the second one Pidgeon Rock in Beirut, Lebanon.
I have my most frequently used applications pinned to the taskbar; IE8, Windows Explorer, Windows Media Player, Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, iTunes, Zune Media Player, Live Writer, Seesmic (twitter), Adobe Photoshop Elements and Telenor Mobile Broadband (HSDPA). In addition to that I have added a toolbar of my own – My shortcuts as I call it, which is separate from the taskbar itself. In it I keep a folder I always work in as well as shortcuts for Handbrake, Collectorz (DVD-collection database) and the recycle bin.
I like having the clock, the calendar and the RSS feed reader gadgets in their default position as well as the Norton Internet Security 2009 gadget.
So, that’s my Windows 7 desktop. What do you think?
Seems a bit practical. Ya gotta trick it out!
I’d like it a lot better if you weren’t plaguing your system with Norton. Also, IE8 is the best IE yet, but its still nothing compared to Firefox, Opera & Chrome. As a web developer, Firefox & Firebug addons are essential to my job. I do like the extra taskbar that you created for yourself.
I love it! Especially the wallpaper you have used! How about making a Windows 7 theme from it and sharing? You could include any other photos that you took of the area and entitle it Middle East theme (or something similar) then make it available to everyone via SkyDrive. Fantastic wallpaper using brilliant pictures make a desktop in my humble opinion.
Also like me, you obviously like your programs to be ‘one click’ away on the taskbar. Love it.
Internet Explorer 8 is very good because it is as stable as Opera. I hate the previous versions of IE like IE6 because it hangs frequently. `