GUI efficiency

[LRguy]

What does everyone thing about this setup? I've had it like this for 2 years now. I really love it, it's very efficient. Anyone else done something similiar on there computer?

Oops, I forgot to say it's on auto hide. Here is when the taskbar is "hiding".

 

[Colt45]

that looks like a nightmare

 

[Mik3y]

thats a mighty lot of pr0n.

 

[dugweb]

hmmm, I don't know... If you're main priority is efficiency you could probably lose the pictures of starwars heads and hotchicks. Just a suggestion

 

[Connoisseur]

yeah looks kinda nasty. I don't like my task bar getting in the way of my windows.

 

[Cristatus]

Wow, that taskbar sure takes up a lot or real estate on the screen. Really, sometime efficiency is a matter of personal taste. Some people might like to keep something efficient, but not overly sexed up, and others might want efficieny, no matter how.

 

[Mrfrog840]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
thats a mighty lot of pr0n.

I concur

 

[LRguy]

Oops, I forgot to say it's on auto hide. Here is when the taskbar is "hiding".

 

[Colt45]

When i think of efficiency i think of something like blackbox. I'm thinking of resource efficiency though, not ergonomics


but it doesn't strike me as ergonomic either

 

[TallBill]

Just use standard setup. My world wont end if it takes me an extra 2 seconds to open a program. Heck, I'm wasting time posting this. I could have opened up 20 programs by now.

The only thing I change, is on XP I put all the settings on performance instead of visual.

 

[swtethan]

way too much going on there....


My simple Desktop

 

[LRguy]

The great thing about my setup is that I never have to go the desktop, I can see the labels fully, and I'm not using any special software so it doesn't take extra computer resources. I just move the taskbar to the side and assign the icons to things I use most.

 

[swtethan]

right click windows taskbar....... show the desktop... amazing

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: LRguy
The great thing about my setup is that I never have to go the desktop, I can see the labels fully, and I'm not using any special software so it doesn't take extra computer resources. I just move the taskbar to the side and assign the icons to things I use most.

For efficiency, eliminate clicking altogether. Assign hotkeys to your programs. I rarely use menus or icons to start a program. Alt+Ctrl+[HOTKEY] is far faster.