Desktop Thread, The Third [Archive]

Lex

30 Aug 2006, 06:02

I am aware of the following desktop threads.The Desktop Thread (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8371)The Desktop Thread Part II (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8793)I have decided to make another one rather than reviving three-year-old threads.

Until yesterday, my desktop had only a solid colour (a sweet, lovely pink) as a background, but I decided to make a point of finding a nice background which goes nicely with my bbLean style. I think the image captures the feeling of typical IDM perfectly, which I happen to listen to quite often.

Alex's present desktop (http://lex.clansfx.co.uk/Media/Art/Screenshots/desktop2.png)

Those menus which are popped up are the totally-customizable bbLean menus. I can put absolutely anything I want into those menus, and I can move them around, make them disappear, etc. with ease.

What say-you?

You may do whatever you like in this thread, including post your own desktops, give mad critiques on good or bad desktops, talk about bad resolutions, bad desktop memories (perhaps immature desktop choices from years ago) and suchlike. I suppose I left out some positive topics. Oh well. You're creative. You think of them.

Pigbuster

30 Aug 2006, 06:45

I think that I just have to post mine, as the clutter is of legendary proportions.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6633/deskxp2.jpg

Note the stack of another desktop's worth in the top-right.
And if I didn't make that -DOWNLOADS- folder, I would have 144 more things on my desktop.
I am very bad at throwing stuff away... in both real life and my computer.

Lex

30 Aug 2006, 06:52

MtlAngelus

30 Aug 2006, 06:56

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8854/lameyf2.jpg
Lame, isn't it?:rolleyes: :p
Stupid old crappy laptop.

Lex

30 Aug 2006, 06:58

You're still using Windows 98!? :eek:

Pigbuster

30 Aug 2006, 06:59

I am bad at throwing things away also, but I am getting much better at organizing my old things in archives which can be easily-accessed later. I have all the files of sentimental value and conversations I have ever had in the past 5 years stored up on my hard drives.

Where are your menus, Pigbuster? Also, the screenshot is entitled deskxp2.png, but you are not using Windows XP, as far as I know. Are you actually using Windows XP and that is just a shell replacement?
Imageshack makes random letters and numbers appear after the real title in the URL. It chose XP (And 2) by chance.

And I thought that this was more about desktops then menus, but if you want a menu, HERE YOU GO.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1818/menufl2.jpg

Lex

30 Aug 2006, 07:02

Oh, you took a partial screenshot, not including the menu. That's rather silly! Blahaha! :D

MtlAngelus

30 Aug 2006, 07:03

You're still using Windows 98!? :eek:
Stupid old crappy laptop.
Had windows XP on the VAIO desktop, but it died a couple of months ago, so now I'm stuck with this borrowed old Toshiba laptop. And no, installing WinXP on this thing is NOT a good idea :p

Pigbuster

30 Aug 2006, 07:05

Oh, you took a partial screenshot, not including the menu. That's rather silly! Blahaha! :D
And I spent half a minute cropping it JUST RIGHT.

Lex

30 Aug 2006, 07:05

Had windows XP on the VAIO desktop, but it died a couple of months ago, so now I'm stuck with this borrowed old Toshiba laptop. And no, installing WinXP on this thing is NOT a good idea :pAh, that is perfectly understandable. I would suggest installing a small Linux flavour, but you probably don't want to hear that. :pAnd I spent half a minute cropping it JUST RIGHT.Rofl! I have never heard of anyone doing that in a desktop-posting thread. You are more creative than the rest of us, I suppose. :)

thomasp

30 Aug 2006, 08:59

Here's mine: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4308/picture4mr5.png

I couldn't be bothered to hide everything, so I just hit F11 to turn Exposé on - hence the dark grey border...

bloopy

30 Aug 2006, 09:47

Nothing much interesting to see here. Just me in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland and a hacked start button: http://cbwhiz.com/dump/bloopy_desktop_2006.jpg

MrBunsy

30 Aug 2006, 10:23

Lex, that's one heck of a desktop!

I only change my background once every several months, and I always use photos I took myself. currently I've got these knarled trees I found in Devon. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.wallin/images/august.jpg

Splapp

30 Aug 2006, 11:38

Here's mine, complete with the chameleon that shared our accomodation in Cyprus. http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/920/desktopcc8.png

Run

30 Aug 2006, 11:47

My desktop (http://content.imagesocket.com/images/untitled9bb.JPG) is pretty uninteresting, I never bother customising it really.

I'm proud of the way i customised my browser (http://content.imagesocket.com/images/untitled284e.JPG) though

Oh and here (http://www.nanacide.com/images/Desktops/)'s where I keep all my favourite desktop backgrounds!

Slick

30 Aug 2006, 12:01

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/VirusMan/untitled.jpg
Classic.

Lex

30 Aug 2006, 13:06

Haha Slick! I saw that wallpaper on deviantart while I was scouring the wallpapers section for the right one. I liked that one a lot. :)

worMatty

30 Aug 2006, 14:16

My desktop isn't that interesting, so I'll include the programs I currently have open on it.

http://www.wurmz.eclipse.co.uk/stuff/temp/mattysdesktop1.jpg

Star Worms

30 Aug 2006, 15:33

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3637/desktop39jcen1.png (http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4316/desktop39jc.png)

Vader

30 Aug 2006, 16:16

Wow, you lot really like a cluttered desktop, huh?

I prefer to hide desktop items and use a Desktop toolbar.

http://vader.wurmz.net/images/desktop.png

MrBunsy

30 Aug 2006, 17:56

Blimey, talk about minimalistic.

worMatty

30 Aug 2006, 21:46

I think Lex should have set some ground rules like NO IMG tags and NO PNGs

thomasp

30 Aug 2006, 22:02

I think Lex should have set some ground rules like NO IMG tags and NO PNGs
Why no PNGs?

Is someone trying to use IE or something?

Run

30 Aug 2006, 22:28

Is someone trying to use IE or something?

burn them BURN THEM http://www.nanacide.com/images/Emoticons/argh.gif

worMatty

30 Aug 2006, 23:15

Xinos

30 Aug 2006, 23:42

My desktop image is randomized on each log-in, so posting a picture would be most un-nessisary.

Lex

31 Aug 2006, 10:18

PNGs are great if you don't want any compression in your images but they take ages to load, even on 1meg broadband. Andy's was nearly a megabyte! One meg just to show some people on a forum what your minimalist desktop looks like! JPEGs are absolutely fine for this exercise.What are you talking about? I think you're getting PNG mixed up with BMP. PNG is a lossless compression format. It is perfect for desktop images, and has compression. Of course, those who use PNGs should definitely use maximum compression.

JPGs, on the other hand, I would argue are not good for this, considering they are lossy (yes, that is the official term for their method of compression) and don't make the desktop look crisp and clean, due to their lossy compression noise.

Andrew, I love your calendar! What is that software?

Vader

31 Aug 2006, 10:50

My image would have been larger as a JPG than it was as a PNG. Trust me, I checked.

thomasp

31 Aug 2006, 12:57

Xinos

31 Aug 2006, 13:43

CyberShadow

31 Aug 2006, 19:03

My turn.

http://gallery.thecybershadow.net/v/screens/

Btw. Since PNG is lossless compression, I could easily write up something that produces random noise and turn it into an RGB image. The PNG version of that image wouldn't be smaller by a lot than the BMP one. Thus, some images (photos, complex 3D renders, etc.) are better off as JPEGs. But everything with a small number of unique colours (MS Paint drawings, diagrams, etc.) is better off in PNG.

MtlAngelus

31 Aug 2006, 19:06

http://gallery.thecybershadow.net/main.php?g2_itemId=240

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Vader

31 Aug 2006, 19:53

My turn.

You like HR Giger's stuff, don't you?

CyberShadow

31 Aug 2006, 20:14

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I was configuring mod_rewrite; I have changed the URL in my post as well.

You like HR Giger's stuff, don't you?

I haven't watched Alien, actually. I think the only movie I watched in the series is Alien vs Predator. Either way, what's the connection? I don't see any strong resemblance between his style and my screenshots.

My favourite colour is dark blue.

Vader

31 Aug 2006, 20:18

Your Winamp skin scream Giger to me.

Meh, it was a shot in the dark.

worMatty

31 Aug 2006, 22:46

I know PNG is a lossless compression format, but JPEGs are fine for this thread; we don't need lossless images. Will anyone be mounting these on their walls? They're unnecessarily large. As an example, Andy's desktop PNG image is 1280x960 or thereabouts and nearly a megabyte, but mine is 1920x1200 and as a JPEG is half the size, but you can still see what's in it absolutely fine.

Stef, I opened your image and saved it as a JPEG with only 15% compression and got it down to 36KB.

Vader

31 Aug 2006, 23:05

Clear your cache and download it again.

I've made it 450MB.

worMatty

31 Aug 2006, 23:19

You forget I HAVE THE POWER! (He-Matt!)

Star Worms

1 Sep 2006, 04:41

As most of the images I do are either pixel art or for a website, I automatically save to png. JPG + Pixel art = Very bad. GIF + Pixel art = Bad. And I did create a thumbnail anyway for those who didn't want to view the big version. I nderstand your point, I just think pngs are the sex.

CyberShadow

1 Sep 2006, 06:43

GIF should be OK for pixel art, as long as you don't save with some pre-defined palette (I think Paint does that). GIFs support a custom palette, and thus are as effective as 256-colour PNGs, but also support animation.

bloopy

2 Sep 2006, 07:21

My image would have been larger as a JPG than it was as a PNG. Trust me, I checked.

Then you must've only checked JPG at maximum quality. JPG has a quality setting, and at around 85-90% quality or so it gives a good balance between file size and quality.

Vader

2 Sep 2006, 12:14

Nah, from the raw data it was largr as a 60% JPG than as PNG-8.

Anyway, I don't care. This is a boring discussion.

Person1: "Ooh, your file could have been smaller!"
Person2: "Nooooooooooooooooo! I'd better give up at the Internet!"
Person1: "Pfffffffft noooooooooooooob you made a PNG."
Person3: "j00 c4n m4k3 i7 sm4ll3r, n00b!"

worMatty

2 Sep 2006, 23:19

Not everyone uses broadband, dear.

CyberShadow

2 Sep 2006, 23:43

Correction: Not everyone is as patient as a rock.

Just open the images in tabs, and let them load while you read some other threads.
I'd take quality over speed.

Lex

3 Sep 2006, 11:09

I completely concur.

SupSuper

5 Sep 2006, 17:19

My desktop. Nothing too exciting, and I've given up on keeping it tidy since everytime a game messes with the resolution, it gets all funk'd up. And yes I know there's lots of applications to change it but I got fed up with them too.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Desktop/desktop17.jpg

You'd need two screens or more to see my whole Programs menu! Not to mention Bookmarks, Feeds and other crap like that.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Desktop/desktop17_start.jpg

My Opera 9 and all its widgetry.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Desktop/desktop17_widget.jpg

All JPG'd for his majesty. :p

KamikazeBananze

6 Sep 2006, 10:14

Mine (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/36255462/?qo=4&q=by%3Akbkarma+sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps).

I have two taskbars, one at the top and the normal one at the bottom, set both of my bars to Autohide, and filled my Quickstart with about 15 shortcuts. My Start Menu almost goes off the screen.

The background is an Oblivion screenshot, the Winamp skin is Drone, and the thingy on the right is Rainlendar, not the Yahoo! Widget Engine, which I gave up on when it was no longer Konfabulator.

And if you remove the "Unused Desktop Icons" and stick in a text file called "Site Timetable" and another called "Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear", then you'll have my desktop now.

Run

6 Sep 2006, 10:18

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Desktop/desktop17.jpg

Good grief.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Desktop/desktop17_start.jpg

Good grief.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Desktop/desktop17_widget.jpg

Good god what's all that about?

KamikazeBananze

6 Sep 2006, 10:24

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Desktop/desktop17.jpg

Wow. Lotsa icons. Do you install all of your games to the same directory? If you do, you can stick that folder into your Start Bar, saving you mountains of space and making your PC boot faster. If not, then never mind. Some good games there.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Desktop/desktop17_start.jpg

What's your resolution? I'm 1024x768, and my Start Menu is a lot longer (I counted the folders, not the size)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Desktop/desktop17_widget.jpg

Wow. A currency converter for Opera? Where can I get these wonderful things?

Vader

6 Sep 2006, 13:39

Surely you just add a bookmark for www.xe.com/ucc (which works for all browsers, AFAIK).

SupSuper

6 Sep 2006, 13:45

Wow. Lotsa icons. Do you install all of your games to the same directory? If you do, you can stick that folder into your Start Bar, saving you mountains of space and making your PC boot faster. If not, then never mind. Some good games there.Yeah I keep them all in one dir, but like I said, I got fed up with keeping everything tidy and always deleting automatically-created shortcuts. It's not worth it.
What's your resolution? I'm 1024x768, and my Start Menu is a lot longer (I counted the folders, not the size)Same here. Don't forget that the menu enbiggens to fit items with stupidly long names. Other than that, dunno. :p
In any case I use "Scroll Programs".
Wow. A currency converter for Opera? Where can I get these wonderful things?If you have Opera 9, just head down to http://widgets.opera.com
Surely you just add a bookmark for www.xe.com/ucc (which works for all browsers, AFAIK).Yeah that's what I did before, but widgets are faster. No loading time. ;)

Vader

6 Sep 2006, 14:18

widgets are faster. No loading time. ;)

Get a proper 'net connection!

SupSuper

6 Sep 2006, 18:00

Get a proper 'net connection!I have a 512kbps-1mbps connection. Even if I got better than that, my dad always uses up 90% of it, and even if I am lucky and he doesn't, stuff ALWAYS takes time to load, even if a fraction of a second. :p

Vader

6 Sep 2006, 18:59

Meh. I have a reaction speed of 1/4-1/3 of a second and I doubt I'd notice a significant loading time for xe.com. I guess as long as it uses less resources than browsing to the site it's worth it.

KamikazeBananze

6 Sep 2006, 19:15

I've just had an experience on xe of it periodically resetting.

Normally when I'm entering stuffs.

Thanks, Sup!

MtlAngelus

22 Oct 2006, 06:05

***age.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9654/rockleegn5.jpg

KamikazeBananze

23 Oct 2006, 00:11

That Rocks!

My latest desktop:

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/41828147/

philby4000

23 Oct 2006, 10:44

http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled1xr7.png

I really wish I could remember how I turned the large fonts option on.:p

SupSuper

23 Oct 2006, 13:54

http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled1xr7.png

I really wish I could remember how I turned the large fonts option on.:pControl Panel > Display > Appearance.

philby4000

23 Oct 2006, 14:38

That's certainly a fontsize option, but it's not the one I've fiddled with before.:p

It's set to normal.

Paul.Power

23 Oct 2006, 15:26

New computer, so less clutter than normal (Haven't installed all my games yet :p)

Also featuring some of my latest drawings for wallpaper.

SupSuper

23 Oct 2006, 18:34

That's certainly a fontsize option, but it's not the one I've fiddled with before.:p

It's set to normal.Well there's also Control Panel > Display > Settings > Advanced, though it doesn't control JUST the fontsize. :p

philby4000

24 Oct 2006, 12:18

Aha! It was my Dpi settings making the fonts big!

IThankyouverymuch.

Lex

25 Oct 2006, 21:35

Here's my dual-monitor set-up with most of my windows closed, for some reason. That black section on the top of my right monitor is not displayed anywhere. The printscreen function uses black to fill the clipboard-copied image. Usually, I have at least one instance of ZSNES and one of WA running, these days, along with a ton of other windows. I guess this is when I'm just about to go to bed. I am. Good night. The link's below, in case it's not extremely obvious.

http://img285.imageshack.us/img285/1766/00000019cn9.png

SupSuper

10 Nov 2006, 22:50

New install, new desktop:

http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/810/desktop18ez6.th.jpg (http://img486.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktop18ez6.jpg)

KamikazeBananze

11 Nov 2006, 23:09

SupSuper

12 Nov 2006, 03:46

The biggest problem I have with wallpapers is FINDING them.

Example: go to deviantArt. Type in Wallpaper Half-Life 2. Wonder why you've got furry porn on your screen.

I used dA because wallpaper sites online tend to frighten me. I always think that they have such a spartan design, or horrible flashy things in order to divert me from their spyware-installing ways...

Where does everyone get theirs?I just Image Google it. It's not that hard.

Or if it is, these could help:
http://www.pc-wallpapers.co.uk/
http://www.gamewallpapers.com/
http://www.animewallpapers.com/

Lex

12 Nov 2006, 04:29

I get mine by browsing DeviantArt, not just searching with an automated search.

UnKnown X

12 Nov 2006, 10:16

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4295/islandboatlitestepuz0.th.jpg (http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4295/islandboatlitestepuz0.jpg)

There's mine.

SupSuper

18 Dec 2006, 22:25

New monitor.
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/2120/desktop19wz8.th.jpg (http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktop19wz8.jpg)

Lex

19 Dec 2006, 01:51

Oooh! Is it a 5:4 TFT? What's its maximum resolution?

SupSuper

19 Dec 2006, 16:08

1280x1024 @ 75Hz.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/store_access.do?template_type=product_detail&product_code=EN623AA%23ABA&jumpid=oc_R1002_USENC-001_HP%20vs17e%2017%20inch%20LCD%20Monitor&lang=en&cc=us

Lex

19 Dec 2006, 22:50

I Googled your monitor, and found that about half the sites list its aspect ratio as 4:3 and the other half as 5:4. So, which is it, really? If it's 4:3, your resolution is totally wrong. There is a trend of monitor-producing companies using 1280×1024 for 4:3 monitors, despite 1280×1024 being a 5:4 resolution, which makes the image distorted.

Edit: I just measured the zoomed-in image of the screen in the specifications PDF, and it is actually a 5:4 monitor. :)

SupSuper

20 Dec 2006, 02:22

That's good to know. I just got it because it was the top recommendation on some magazine that tests things for you so you don't have to.

And the manual recommends 1280x1024, so I go with 1280x1024, specially since it was the only resolution that didn't look distorted or pixelized. On further note, a big reminder to trim down the default brightness/contrast is when you notice how anything #FFFFFF burns your eyes.

KamikazeBananze

21 Dec 2006, 18:47

UX: Is that... VISTA?!

Lex

21 Dec 2006, 19:25

No, it's litestep, which is a shell replacement for Windows.

SupSuper

22 Dec 2006, 04:02

UX: Is that... VISTA?!HA! If only Vista looked that nice.

SupSuper

3 Apr 2007, 19:58

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Desktop/th_desktop20.jpg (http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Desktop/desktop20.jpg)

SargeMcCluck

3 Apr 2007, 20:10

On my terrible single-monitor computer atm (: <<<<<), what with my sexy monitors being in another country to me right now, but:

http://www.digitalpies.com/alex/desktop.png

<3 Launchy.

(Also: PNG'd, so non-lossy compression, 1280x1024, 132kb? Take THAT, jpeg.)

Xinos

4 Apr 2007, 10:01

Here's mine. And yes, it's that OS.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/darkxinos/Deskutopz.jpg?t=1175677173

thomasp

4 Apr 2007, 11:50

Here's mine. And yes, it's that OS.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/darkxinos/Deskutopz.jpg?t=1175677173
Nice Lear, shame about the OS ;)

Xinos

4 Apr 2007, 14:17

=P I still got XP installed just in case.. So far I've seen no reason to boot it back up again.

SupSuper: As cool as C&C 3 is, how can you stand having such a cluttered wallpaper?

SupSuper

4 Apr 2007, 15:52

Nice Lear, shame about the OS ;)Pfft, Vista isn't that bad. I might end up writing something about it, to balance all the badmouthing in every corner of the Internet.

=P I still got XP installed just in case.. So far I've seen no reason to boot it back up again.

SupSuper: As cool as C&C 3 is, how can you stand having such a cluttered wallpaper?Have you actually looked for any C&C3 wallpapers? The selection is incredibly dim, specially since the official ones don't even come in my resolution. (and just have actor profiles anyways)

Xinos

4 Apr 2007, 17:40

That's why you make your own.

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/5173/ccyb4.th.jpg (http://img364.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ccyb4.jpg) http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6295/cc2kd6.th.jpg (http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cc2kd6.jpg)

SupSuper

4 Apr 2007, 18:16

...yeah, I think I'll pass.

Pigbuster

5 Apr 2007, 00:08

Here's mine. And yes, it's that OS.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/darkxinos/Deskutopz.jpg?t=1175677173

VENTURE BROTHERS, Yessssssss.

...yeah, I think I'll pass.
Why ever not?
I'M not a coward.
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2706/desktopze6.jpg

Star Worms

5 Apr 2007, 01:16

The biggest problem I have with wallpapers is FINDING them.

Example: go to deviantArt. Type in Wallpaper Half-Life 2. Wonder why you've got furry porn on your screen.

I used dA because wallpaper sites online tend to frighten me. I always think that they have such a spartan design, or horrible flashy things in order to divert me from their spyware-installing ways...

Where does everyone get theirs?I hate searching for wallpapers. For every 1 half decent wallpaper, there's another 1000 crap ones.

I'm leaving my wallpaper as it is, probably for years. Don't know if I'll ever change it again.

Pigbuster

5 Apr 2007, 03:28

I don't get wallpaper from wallpaper sites.

I prefer ones based on video games and the like.

And I would like it if that fantastic C&C wallpaper had a lighter background, Xinos. :p

Xinos

5 Apr 2007, 12:09

Pfft, Increase the brightness of your monitor.

:p

Star Worms

5 Apr 2007, 12:20

Or invert the colour.

SupSuper

5 Apr 2007, 17:08

Why ever not?I like my game wallpapers to have actual content. So yes, I'm fine with my choice.

Xinos

6 Apr 2007, 11:00

I know I probably shouldn't have. But it was just too damn tempting.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5017/widemb5.th.jpg (http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=widemb5.jpg)

SupSuper

6 Apr 2007, 19:32

Zappo !

Paul.Power

6 Apr 2007, 20:53

Mandlebrot set, you're a Rorschach test on fire,
You're a dayglow pterodactyl,
You're a heart-shaped box of springs and wires,
You're one badass ****ing fractal,
And you're just in time to save the day,
Sweeping all our fears away,
You can change the world in a tiny way...

- Mandlebrot Set, Jonathan Coulton

MtlAngelus

14 Feb 2008, 10:17

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5418/destopyb8.jpg
:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

thomasp

14 Feb 2008, 10:44

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5418/destopyb8.jpg
:cool::cool::cool::cool:
Don't use MSN Messenger, use Adium (http://www.adiumx.com) - much better :p

Edit:

And screengrabs can be taken using the following methods (I assume they're the same in Leopard...). All screengrabs get saved as a PNG called "Picture x.png" on the desktop

Cmd+Shift+3 = Entire screen
Cmd+shift+4 then Drag mouse = screenshot of the selected area
Cmd+shift+4 then press spacebar = select a window and take a screenshot of that window

For more info: http://guides.macrumors.com/Taking_Screenshots_in_Mac_OS_X

SupSuper

14 Feb 2008, 17:33

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Desktop/th_desktop21.jpg (http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Desktop/desktop21.jpg)

philby4000

15 Feb 2008, 16:58

Xinos

16 Feb 2008, 00:55

Boring wallpaper is boring!

SomePerson

16 Feb 2008, 02:26

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2828/22674343sy2.th.jpg (http://img263.imageshack.us/my.php?image=22674343sy2.jpg)
I should get to changing from the windows default background one of these days.

I wonder why it didn't catch the prtscn button being pressed.

Fellow Tablet PC user I see.:) I don't know if it's just me, but your wallpaper looks stretched, which it probably is if you're in portrait mode. The way I figured out to get around that if your resolution is 1024*768, then you take a larger image, crop it down to 1024*1024 and set it to centered rather than tile or stretch. It won't display the whole image in either landscape or portrait mode, but instead of stretching it out it'll simply show a different portion of the background.

That's what I did with mine (bar that my res is 1400*1050) - you can see that in landscape you can see more trees, but in portrait you see higher up the mountain and more water on the bottom. It really makes the transition unnoticeable.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1281/wp1wa0.th.jpg (http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wp1wa0.jpg) http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3992/wp2go6.th.jpg (http://img20.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wp2go6.jpg)

SupSuper

16 Feb 2008, 15:07

The default Windows wallpapers are probably too low-res for that though.

Alien King

16 Feb 2008, 16:15

I wonder if I'll ever change my wallpaper.

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8572/akdm2vl3.th.png (http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?image=akdm2vl3.png)

I should at least retake the levelshot at a higher res now.

Star Worms

16 Feb 2008, 22:28

Mine still hasn't changed. I used to change my wallpaper a lot until I found this one; all the others were nice but just weren't good enough.

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9044/desktopky8.th.png (http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktopky8.png)

Akuryou13

17 Feb 2008, 03:42

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/1914/desktopscreenun3.th.jpg (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktopscreenun3.jpg)

don't think I've ever posted one on here, and I'm pretty sure I've changed it since last time even if I did.

FutureWorm

17 Feb 2008, 23:20

Don't use MSN Messenger, use Adium (http://www.adiumx.com) - much better :p

also use senuti (http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/) or podworks (http://www.scifihifi.com/podworks/) rather than whatever lame-ass ipod app you have right now

MtlAngelus

18 Feb 2008, 01:20

also use senuti (http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/) or podworks (http://www.scifihifi.com/podworks/) rather than whatever lame-ass ipod app you have right now
You mean the iPod music liberator?
I don't have an iPod right now, it's my brothers iPod and he took it with him to Michoacan. I just wanted to rip all the music to my computer before he left. And that little program worked great for that. :p

Akuryou13

19 Feb 2008, 11:26

kinda went and redesigned everything and downloaded some skinning stuff, so now everything looks spiffy-like. I later intend to add characters for my wife, taddar and kenvarin (another friend who I THINK was in my old comics, but I'm not sure) to the background, but for now it's just me.

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7315/desktopscreenzz1.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktopscreenzz1.jpg)