Sunstrand, there is a drop shadow on the drive icons, second line. You might want to remove those if possible, since chalk shouldn't have a drop shadow. Which I'm sure you're aware of.
Pull what off? Making things look like they are written in chalk? That was the easy part, I just used avedesk and and made some icons that look like chalk drawings. The background itself i found on on of the 4scrape type links on the lat page I just edited the chalkboard to make it look blank.
I still need to make some new icons for the games and apps folders but I was wondering if there is a way to use the stacks docklet in something other than rocketdock. What I want is the apps and games folder on the front of the desk, but rocketdock only allows you to place the dock so far away from the edge of the desktop. Does anyone know of a way to do this or is it impossible?
Pull what off? Making things look like they are written in chalk? That was the easy part, I just used avedesk and and made some icons that look like chalk drawings. The background itself i found on on of the 4scrape type links on the lat page I just edited the chalkboard to make it look blank.
wait, that's windows??
There's nothing there to suggest that it is or isn't any particular OS. Why be surprised that it's Windows?
Pull what off? Making things look like they are written in chalk? That was the easy part, I just used avedesk and and made some icons that look like chalk drawings. The background itself i found on on of the 4scrape type links on the lat page I just edited the chalkboard to make it look blank.
wait, that's windows??
There's nothing there to suggest that it is or isn't any particular OS. Why be surprised that it's Windows?
Because the whole "hdd icons on the desktop" thing is totally OSX.
Pull what off? Making things look like they are written in chalk? That was the easy part, I just used avedesk and and made some icons that look like chalk drawings. The background itself i found on on of the 4scrape type links on the lat page I just edited the chalkboard to make it look blank.
wait, that's windows??
There's nothing there to suggest that it is or isn't any particular OS. Why be surprised that it's Windows?
Because the whole "hdd icons on the desktop" thing is totally OSX.
You know you can create shortcuts for your HDDs in Windows, right?
Pull what off? Making things look like they are written in chalk? That was the easy part, I just used avedesk and and made some icons that look like chalk drawings. The background itself i found on on of the 4scrape type links on the lat page I just edited the chalkboard to make it look blank.
wait, that's windows??
There's nothing there to suggest that it is or isn't any particular OS. Why be surprised that it's Windows?
Because the whole "hdd icons on the desktop" thing is totally OSX.
You know you can create shortcuts for your HDDs in Windows, right?
that's... not... the point...
Default OSX always have the HDDs and mounted optical disks and removable drives on the desktop, so, usually, when you see a taskbar-less desktop with only those icons showing, it's usually OSX.
Pull what off? Making things look like they are written in chalk? That was the easy part, I just used avedesk and and made some icons that look like chalk drawings. The background itself i found on on of the 4scrape type links on the lat page I just edited the chalkboard to make it look blank.
wait, that's windows??
There's nothing there to suggest that it is or isn't any particular OS. Why be surprised that it's Windows?
Because the whole "hdd icons on the desktop" thing is totally OSX.
You know you can create shortcuts for your HDDs in Windows, right?
that's... not... the point...
Default OSX always have the HDDs and mounted optical disks and removable drives on the desktop, so, usually, when you see a taskbar-less desktop with only those icons showing, it's usually OSX.
Well personally, I've never seen an OSX screenshot without the menu bar at the top showing. Also, no one assigns letters to their drives on OSX.
Pull what off? Making things look like they are written in chalk? That was the easy part, I just used avedesk and and made some icons that look like chalk drawings. The background itself i found on on of the 4scrape type links on the lat page I just edited the chalkboard to make it look blank.
wait, that's windows??
There's nothing there to suggest that it is or isn't any particular OS. Why be surprised that it's Windows?
Because the whole "hdd icons on the desktop" thing is totally OSX.
You know you can create shortcuts for your HDDs in Windows, right?
that's... not... the point...
Default OSX always have the HDDs and mounted optical disks and removable drives on the desktop, so, usually, when you see a taskbar-less desktop with only those icons showing, it's usually OSX.
Well personally, I've never seen an OSX screenshot without the menu bar at the top showing. Also, no one assigns letters to their drives on OSX.
Plus, I would have thought you can safely ignore whatever you consider to be default, since some extensive changes have gone on in that desktop anyhow.
Pull what off? Making things look like they are written in chalk? That was the easy part, I just used avedesk and and made some icons that look like chalk drawings. The background itself i found on on of the 4scrape type links on the lat page I just edited the chalkboard to make it look blank.
wait, that's windows??
There's nothing there to suggest that it is or isn't any particular OS. Why be surprised that it's Windows?
Because the whole "hdd icons on the desktop" thing is totally OSX.
You know you can create shortcuts for your HDDs in Windows, right?
that's... not... the point...
Default OSX always have the HDDs and mounted optical disks and removable drives on the desktop, so, usually, when you see a taskbar-less desktop with only those icons showing, it's usually OSX.
Ha, in Snow Leopard, the hard drives are gone from the desktop now, so you can't even assume that. I believe removable discs and optical media will still show, but the hard drives don't anymore.
Thanks for letting me know about the drop shadows, I changed their settings then forgot to save the theme. As for the source I found it on one of those 4scrape type pages so I have no idea who to give credit to for making it but here are a couple of links to my photobucket account. Does anyone have a link to the pa desktop archive or whatever it was called and I'll upload them there aswell.
I'm sure someone with actual photoshop skills can clean up the chalkboard better than me.
The reason for the HD's directly on the desktop is I just like it that way, the dvd, thumb and compact flash drives are all like on a mac, when nothing is on the drive no icon shows up. I never even thought it was like a mac until you guys were talking about it, after I get this desktop finished I'll probably start on one for my MBP, it has been horribly neglected as of late.
Ha, in Snow Leopard, the hard drives are gone from the desktop now, so you can't even assume that. I believe removable discs and optical media will still show, but the hard drives don't anymore.
Oh how hilariously wrong you are. :P
Finder Preferences. Open it. The option is and has always been there.
And they only don't show up if you install a fresh virgin Snow Leopard install. Not if you upgrade and have already turned those options on.
Also, you should never assume anyway. When you assume, you perform a scene from an episode of The Odd Couple in which Felix explains why you should never assume with props and everything.
I still need to make some new icons for the games and apps folders but I was wondering if there is a way to use the stacks docklet in something other than rocketdock. What I want is the apps and games folder on the front of the desk, but rocketdock only allows you to place the dock so far away from the edge of the desktop. Does anyone know of a way to do this or is it impossible?
Ah-HA! I just had this same problem awhile back and found a solution! This fine person made stacks a standalone thinger! You can stick them in the taskbar or desktop and use them just as you would in rocketdock.
Ha, in Snow Leopard, the hard drives are gone from the desktop now, so you can't even assume that. I believe removable discs and optical media will still show, but the hard drives don't anymore.
Oh how hilariously wrong you are. :P
Finder Preferences. Open it. The option is and has always been there.
And they only don't show up if you install a fresh virgin Snow Leopard install. Not if you upgrade and have already turned those options on.
Also, you should never assume anyway. When you assume, you perform a scene from an episode of The Odd Couple in which Felix explains why you should never assume with props and everything.
I'm not saying it couldnt' be done before, I'm just saying it's the new default.
I still need to make some new icons for the games and apps folders but I was wondering if there is a way to use the stacks docklet in something other than rocketdock. What I want is the apps and games folder on the front of the desk, but rocketdock only allows you to place the dock so far away from the edge of the desktop. Does anyone know of a way to do this or is it impossible?
Ah-HA! I just had this same problem awhile back and found a solution! This fine person made stacks a standalone thinger! You can stick them in the taskbar or desktop and use them just as you would in rocketdock.
This is awesome, thanks a bunch for pointing me in the right direction.
I pretty much just play WoW on my PC (which runs fine with Wine), but I do have a second hard drive with Windows 7 on it for other games. I just prefer the Linux environment. And for anything else, there's Wine, which works fine most of the time.
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wait, that's windows??
Source? I scoured and couldn't find it :x
There's nothing there to suggest that it is or isn't any particular OS. Why be surprised that it's Windows?
Because the whole "hdd icons on the desktop" thing is totally OSX.
You know you can create shortcuts for your HDDs in Windows, right?
I like that source image...
I've also had mixed results with a notebook/sketch pad layout and a dry erase board.
that's... not... the point...
Default OSX always have the HDDs and mounted optical disks and removable drives on the desktop, so, usually, when you see a taskbar-less desktop with only those icons showing, it's usually OSX.
Well personally, I've never seen an OSX screenshot without the menu bar at the top showing. Also, no one assigns letters to their drives on OSX.
Plus, I would have thought you can safely ignore whatever you consider to be default, since some extensive changes have gone on in that desktop anyhow.
Ha, in Snow Leopard, the hard drives are gone from the desktop now, so you can't even assume that. I believe removable discs and optical media will still show, but the hard drives don't anymore.
Clean Chalkboard 1920-1200
Dirty Chalkboard 1920-1200
I'm sure someone with actual photoshop skills can clean up the chalkboard better than me.
The reason for the HD's directly on the desktop is I just like it that way, the dvd, thumb and compact flash drives are all like on a mac, when nothing is on the drive no icon shows up. I never even thought it was like a mac until you guys were talking about it, after I get this desktop finished I'll probably start on one for my MBP, it has been horribly neglected as of late.
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Dirty:
I thought about keeping it on there but it looks dumb with the icons over top of it.
I like it, but what did you do to get Dolphin to work like that, or is that something it does by default that my old KDE4.1.0 doesn't?
Where did you get that wallpaper?
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4scrape mirror.
Yeah, I agree. It would only be good without icons. I might use it for a little bit once/if I get snow leopard.
I should probably post something up here soon...
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Finder Preferences. Open it. The option is and has always been there.
And they only don't show up if you install a fresh virgin Snow Leopard install. Not if you upgrade and have already turned those options on.
Also, you should never assume anyway. When you assume, you perform a scene from an episode of The Odd Couple in which Felix explains why you should never assume with props and everything.
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Ah-HA! I just had this same problem awhile back and found a solution! This fine person made stacks a standalone thinger! You can stick them in the taskbar or desktop and use them just as you would in rocketdock.
I'm not saying it couldnt' be done before, I'm just saying it's the new default.
This is awesome, thanks a bunch for pointing me in the right direction.
panelsui doesn't work anymore on foobar WHAT
gave up doing anything fancy on anything
also will i even use a dock over my start menu WHO KNOWS PROBABLY NOT
I don't see how you guys to get any games to run on Linux.
I just thought I'd pipe up and say that you've got a fantastically awesome first name.
Also, I always see Linux on my 10.6" laptop's small screen. I like how it looks on larger screens.
Your background. Give it to me.
No idea, I got it off of 4walled.org.