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What does your Desktop look like?; Get to know each other, by analyzing other peoples desktops.
Topic Started: Jan 19 2011, 02:42 PM (3,234 Views)
kycse
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Since I've read "The Design of Everyday Things", I've become very interested in peoples everyday behavior. This especially includes ones behavior with a computer, one of the most used devices in your every day life is the computer of course. And everyone personalizes their PC. Trying to analyze persons that way is very interesting. Just think about it, favorite programs, programs in the system tray. All those shiny desktop widgets. Arrangement of windows / icons. So much information, just in one picture, but I digress :D (Furthermore, I really suggest reading The Design of Everyday Things, great book, funny yet informative. The examples are great. Especially, since I can find several more just by going through my every day life xD)

Anyway, I hope many people will post their desktops, and how they usually work with their PC. And if you want to, try to analyze the person who posted before you, or perhaps analyze yourself? Maybe you'll get some others to analyze you perfectly, or maybe just wrong and funny.

Oh yea, and if you don't know how to make screenshots or can't find the Print button on your keyboard: Blame the designer for not making it obvious ;)

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What it usually looks like:
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Please participate and show me, how you work, how you live, who you are.
Edited by kycse, Jan 19 2011, 02:50 PM.
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empty deskop
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the other not empty desktop
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Edited by Fatherseyes, Jan 19 2011, 03:04 PM.
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Well my desktop is mess compared to you two XD But it's organized chaos; I know exactly where to find everything :D

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What my screen usually looks like when I'm working:

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kycse
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Analyses of Fathers screens:

  • Interest in Astronomy (Wallpaper / Firefox Theme)
  • Has a personality that likes order, rather than chaos. (Arrangement of Icons on the deslktop)
  • Doesn't do much at the PC (perhaps?, number of shortcuts)
  • Spends way too much time on PR! / HP! xD (See the Bookmarks Bar of the firefox ;))
  • Likes TV Crime Series (CSI:NY)
  • (Expectedly) likes Manga (Anoko Ni 1000)
  • Add anime to the above comment
  • Has a facebook account, probably (bookmarks bar)
  • Looks TV shows on her Notebook
  • Obviously owns a notebook (At least I'm not aware of a PC with a battery sign)
  • Likes to Write (NaNoWriMo and "Own Story" Folder on her Desktop)


Guess that's it...

Analyses of Shadow Rebirth screens:

  • Order within chaos (Arrangement of her desktop icons)
  • Uses knowledge in the world (shortcuts to nearly every often used program, I assume)
  • Typically girly wallpaper (stereotype, but still)
  • Has some connection to Denver (wherever that is)
  • Plays a few video Games (who doesn't ;))
  • Likes to write as well (original writing folder)
  • writes fanfiction ^
  • has a connection to the word kerra (right top of the Adobe editor)
  • gets a lot of spam? (AOL! Mail 459???)
  • needs glasses soon (is it just me, or are those browser buttons really huge?)
  • Obviosuly, works for PR!
  • Reads Manga / Manhua (Mangafox tab)


Hmm, let's leave it at that.
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guilover
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i would do this if i could get my screen shot to work... it doesn't and that irks me.
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Shiki
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Hello, hello, hello? Ah, I'll do this before I run off to sleep. I'm on my Win7 boot atm, and yes, it has an Apple symbol because I've just not changed it on the custom theme. Might post my Linux one some other time. Boo to auto-resizing too, too lazy to upload elsewhere though.

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Busy
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To be fair, I mostly only use the folders on my desktop. I put any shortcuts I want on my bar.

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I'll post a busy picture whenever I have tons of my stuff open.
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That wont say much about me... I havn't used mist of the icons for a year...
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Edited by Tetsuki, Feb 12 2011, 07:46 AM.
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Yuki
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forget about my desktop, i put my dog's pic on it so i'm sure no one would want to look at mine....
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daystar
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...i might post one, some time
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TT i wanna know how your desktop looks like, daystar!
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this is the picture i put on my desktop
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daystar
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whoa, what the heck?

should i post a working snip? aka one when i'm working on my story?

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Edited by daystar, May 1 2011, 07:40 PM.
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Uwah, so many desktop icons -hates cluttered desktops- I'm on my iPad at the moment, so does it count as a desktop image if I screenshot it? XD
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To amginE

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This is what my desktop looks like~~ :

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daystar
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what browzer is that?
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Mozilla Firefox. -points- It even says =D

Rather simple desktop recently, one monitor because I'm playing PS3 on my big screen.

"Blank~"

"Stuff~"
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how did you do that to the desktop?

what browser do you use, chrome?
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Shiki
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Do what to my desktop? And yeah, I use Chrome. Firefox is so pitiful these days.
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how is it pitiful?

i meant how did you move that bar to the top of the screen?
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Right-click, go into Properties and look for "Taskbar location on screen".
Or...
Right-click, untick "Lock the Taskbar" and click and drag it to the top of the screen.

I'm a Linux user, my taskbar HAS to be at the top or the screen, or I break down. It feels wrong otherwise.
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...linux, you use that?
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Linuxlinuxlinux. I got converted to it when my old PC got old.
Usually use Linux Mint or Fedora. They're shinyprettycool. It runs smoother on my laptop sometimes, but I've been having problems with new versions... So back to Windows until I have time T_T
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...welcome back to windows! :D
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Yuki
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OMFG MINT YOU SAW MY FACEBOOK, DIDN'T YOU!!!???????
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My question is how did he find it?
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Ah, so you noticed it =)

Told you, I'm an internet stalker.
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NOT TELLING YOU COS I KNOW HOW HE DID IT.......
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How did you do it, teach me master *onion sparkle eyes*
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Yuki
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NUH-UH I don't want anyone else to see my facebook......TT
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All it shows is your name and your profile photo. Not a lot else. If you want equivalent exchange, I can link you to my facebook profile xD
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NOT INTERESTED IN BEING A STALKER......but I'm curious so PM me about it~~
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Desktop


What it usually looks like


and the first thing I can think of that you possibly did, Mint is to find and use their e-mail
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...use it how? i have an email...
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Don'T TELL HIM ZWAGON! You're spoiling the FUN!
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xD it's fun? ha! you really do want people to find your facebook!
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oops.....i mean DON'T FIND MY FACEBOOK!! XD
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I think I already did...
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TT why is everyone trying to find my facebook account??
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Because you mentioned it in the first place xD If you kept quiet, we wouldn't have made a game out of it.
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Agreed,anyone else found it?
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TT.......now i feel like emo-ing in one corner....-_-"
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We like to play games, simple as that. Nice emo, do you have a pic of that?
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Picture of WHAT emo?
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a picture of you emoing
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hrmmmm.....i suppose something like this?

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Yuki
May 1 2011, 01:04 PM
this is the picture i put on my desktop
what type of doggie is that???? its so cuteeeeeee
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@yuki: what the heck!?

@apop: but i was like wdf!? when i saw it, how is it cute?
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OF COURSE ITS CUTE!!!! Its a mini pomeranian........i guess guys just don't understand a girl's taste of cuteness~
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i guess, can you understand my tast in coolness
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