21-01-2004 06:48									#61
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quote: What's the point in icons so insanely large?

They're easier to target.

So what if that means you're lazy? Larger-iconed persons are finding that they suddenly have huge chunks of free time from not having to be so precise in their clicks. Whereas you, Asher, must toil away your days, carefully pinpointing your cursor on just the right location.

	21-01-2004 07:08									#62
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On the other hand, I have less screen to traverse to access all of my icons.

And since I've been playing FPS games since Wolf3D, I like to think my mouse aim is fairly accurate.

Also note how I line them all up against he edge of the screen -- Fitts' Law.

	21-01-2004 07:10									#63
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quote: On the other hand, I have less screen to traverse to access all of my icons.

On the other other hand, I don't even need to have icons...

	21-01-2004 09:22									#64
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God, Asher, you take all the fun out of GUI design.

	21-01-2004 09:37									#65
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten On the other other hand, I don't even need to have icons...

Ditto. All of the icons on the desktop are accessed by keyboard shortcut for me, they're there for the SO's benefit.

quote: God, Asher, you take all the fun out of GUI design.

The joys of Human-Computer Interface courses. Some of the profs I have really let loose on OS X on how it chooses to flaunt style over functionality and usability. But, they also bash Windows for lots of usability quirks as well.

But they all admit that Windows is the least evil of all GUIs consumers have access to.

	21-01-2004 09:42									#66
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Once again Asher ruins a perfectly fun thread.

	21-01-2004 09:43									#67
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Nah, I'm bumping it until more people decide to contribute.

	21-01-2004 09:44									#68
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Objectdock

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	21-01-2004 12:46									#69
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i tried to use objectdock, but it kept messing up with civ. when i moved to the bottom of the screen to scroll the map (where i had object dock), it would pop up. i put it on auto hide, but it still wouldn't leave me alone.

	21-01-2004 12:54									#70
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quote: Originally posted by Chilean President Mine.

You got taste, showing a car from Stuttgart

	21-01-2004 13:02									#71
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My Active Desktop*

I really need to work on it (mainly with the CSS), but I've got the html and whatnot down.

*not furry.!!

	21-01-2004 13:03									#72
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Cool, I didn't know you posted here.

	21-01-2004 13:04									#73
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I registered back in June but haven't posted till now.

Edit: Actually, May. I need a better memory

	21-01-2004 13:13									#74
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Same here, welcome Potassium

	21-01-2004 13:17									#75
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Danke ^_^ I'm sure yon Ix will be surprised when he notices I'm here.

	21-01-2004 13:33									#76
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at least you've got a good abreviation. "k."

it sure beats the hell out of 'sb' that people seem to use with me. it'd just one letter shy of "sbd." you know.. silent but deadly.

	21-01-2004 13:36									#77
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At least you're not SOB ...

	21-01-2004 13:42									#78
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i'd hate to be a sister of battle too. GW's not doing plastics for them which is a travesty.

	21-01-2004 13:43									#79
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Well, crap, there goes my mission in life.

	21-01-2004 14:26									#80
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quote: Originally posted by Flip McWho Nice hint. Very subtle Hey DRoseDARs what type of airplane is in that desktop of yours? Never seen that one before, kinda weird looking.

It's a Boeing concept: BWB (Blended Wing Body). While Airbus in Europe is touting a double-decker aircraft, Boeing was toying with the bwb design for a while. Unfortunately, I believe they've put the project on their back burner. It's unlikely you'll see these in a passenger-plane context. They've been described as "flying movie theaters" since window space is very limited for 800 or so passengers. If such planes are built, they'd probably be cargo planes. I think Boeing has moved on to a more publically-acceptable double-decker design of their own.

This particular image comes from the November 2003 issue of Popular Science magazine, pgs 44-45.



(Flip: Ok, maybe not THAT much shorter... ).

	21-01-2004 14:31									#81
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yeah. Thanks for clearing it up.

	21-01-2004 14:40									#82
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Well, "It's a picture of a plane that doesn't exist...but it's really cool!" didn't really explain the image to my satisfaction.

	21-01-2004 17:28									#83
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Speaking of docks, does anyone know how to prevent them from emerging from the sides of the screen when I'm playing a game? Every time I want to have a go on C&C Generals or Deus Ex, I have to quit YzDock (the one you thought had been sued out of existence, foolish Mac users! Bwahahahaha).

	21-01-2004 18:18									#84
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Look how many people have docks....

	22-01-2004 01:03									#85
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this is windows.
1280×1024×32b, in this image scaled down to 800×600.

the wallpaper in the background changes on an hourly basis.

i'll reboot into my gentoo install later and post what my fluxbox desktop looks like.

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	22-01-2004 02:19									#86
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quote: Originally posted by Spiffor You got taste, showing a car from Stuttgart

Danke
I that car... my neighbor have one of them... I hate him

	22-01-2004 03:11									#87
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the windows taskbar autohides.

here is fluxbox wm atop xfree86 in gentoo linux. no desktops are used (no K, no Gnome, usw.)

that image is of botany pond, in hull court at the uni.

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	22-01-2004 04:34									#88
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Ahhh....

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	22-01-2004 04:36									#89
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Whoops, wrong one....

I actually have some good ones of anti Hitler marches from the 30s.

Anyway..

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	22-01-2004 05:19									#90
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i just realized i was using "mobydock", not "objectdock". does objectdock intefere with civ? if you have civ (or any full windowed game for that matter) and you scroll to where the dock is, does it go OVER the game?