The Windows Eleven Thing

TraderGary · Sep 14, 2023

@Dru2 I'm with you in the clean desk group. I have nothing on my desk except my two computers. I don't need or want anything else there.

I like to use my own photos on my computer screens and I prefer not to litter my screens with icons. I use the option "Automatically Hide the Taskbar". I don't see my Taskbar unless I actually need to use it.

I went paperless more than 20 years ago. My color laser printer introductory toner cartridges are still only 25% used.

Dru2 · Sep 14, 2023

TechnoMage2021 said:
A desk with Nothing on it, means the owner of that desk is not ready to go to work. Taking a day off? On vacation? Or, just plain lazy?

My own desks, both physical and PC, have all my tools on them, so I can go right to work at a moments notice. No Pic's!

I think you're projecting your feelings of insecurity on others. Or perhaps there's a bit of jealously of "why can't I be organized"

Movin on

antspants · Sep 14, 2023

Scannerman said:
My real desk is an absolute disaster!
It sees more action than a door crasher sale on Black Friday at Wally's World. (Wally's is probably cleaner and more organized too.)
It's another one of those once a month deals. Every month I get to disasterfy it all over again. This beat goes on!

My wife and I christened my desk, for a good 2 hours. It got pretty wild for a while. Doing our taxes is always a workout

Dru2 · Sep 14, 2023

TraderGary said:
@Dru2 I'm with you in the clean desk group. I have nothing on my desk except my two computers. I don't need or want anything else there.

Yep. But as we some are bothered by those that like clean ones. I guess it insults their false sense of work ethic

Oh, and as an aircraft mechanic in the USAF, if your area was cluttered, you were a disaster waiting to happen

BTW, the photo is mine as I'm also a photographer, so I use my own backgrounds

Edwin · Sep 14, 2023

I've got everything I need, right where I need it, nothing more, nothing less, virtual or physical.

Wynona · Sep 14, 2023

To me, a cluttered desk means I have to clean it up before I can go to work. A clean desk means I'm ready, willing, and able to go to work.

Things do sometimes get a bit cluttered, and that's when I lose my most important stuff. This morning, I looked and looked for my Windows 11 for Dummies book, but couldn't find it. So, the teacher had to hold class without her book. Fortunately, the class forgave me for my unpreparedness . . . We had a session with several small hints and tips on storage of files and folders plus how to change from Quick Access to This PC.

When I got home from pool league tonight, I pulled out the keyboard shelf of my desk . . . lo and behold, there sat my Windows 11 book right where I'd put it beside my keyboard . . . Sheesh!

Scannerman · Sep 15, 2023

Every time I clean up my desk I put myself on a new mission for finding things. It's like new territory to conquer: "Let's see now.. Which drawer did I put the stapler in this time? Where did I put the stamps... Oh, right the tape got moved to the second drawer and the printer paper was moved to the bottom drawer in the filing cabinet. Or, wait.. Didn't I change that??" Adventures in Desk Clean Up. No doubt someone has an app for that too.

I'm starting to love this Windows 11 Thing. :wink:

hdmi · Sep 15, 2023

Dru2 · Sep 15, 2023

Talk about flipping a post on its head....

My post....

Dru2 said:
I also prefer a clean desktop. And as you see we all have our preferences

Immediately followed by....

TechnoMage2021 said:
In the real world, where we work at a real wooden desk, A completely Clean Desk is a real disadvantage.

TechnoMage2021 said:
A desk with Nothing on it, means the owner of that desk is not ready to go to work. Taking a day off? On vacation? Or, just plain lazy?

Wynona said:
To me, a cluttered desk means I have to clean it up before I can go to work. A clean desk means I'm ready, willing, and able to go to work.

Scannerman said:
Every time I clean up my desk I put myself on a new mission for finding things. It's like new territory to conquer: ...

This is a perfect example of morphism

hdmi said:

Scannerman · Sep 15, 2023

This entire thread is exemplary. After all, it's the Windows 11 Thing!

glasskuter · Sep 15, 2023

Fantastic piece of photography @Dru2. If I had been able to capture that, I wouldn't want anything to impede it's appearance either but I might never get any work done. I'd be daydreaming about being back there, far, far away in my own little fantasy of peace and quiet. Just beautiful.

Dru2 · Sep 15, 2023

glasskuter said:
Fantastic piece of photography @Dru2. If I had been able to capture that, I wouldn't want anything to impede it's appearance either but I might never get any work done. I'd be daydreaming about being back there, far, far away in my own little fantasy of peace and quiet. Just beautiful.

I only find my work distracting when I don't have any work to do, and thus stare at my screen wishing I was there now

Though sometimes I feel like I'm out there somewhere. Yes, this is mine as well...

TraderGary · Sep 15, 2023

This is my desktop screen for today. I captured this photo in my own back yard. This is a stand of Bottle Brush Buckeye in full bloom. Lighting is everything in photography. This was captured just as the sun was going down. The foreground is beautifully lit in 3 dimensions and the woods behind gives a great dark background.

As for a clean desktop, notice there is absolutely nothing to interfere with my photo as I like to use "Automatically Hide the Taskbar" in my Taskbar settings. Now "that's" clean!

Dru2 · Sep 15, 2023

The only icons I keep on my desktop are Recycle bin, and a customized Shortcut folder icon.

When I want to see my images in all their glory, I look at my prints or tiff files. The images posted are just jpeg copies which don't do the prints of tiff files justice

glasskuter · Sep 15, 2023

Nah. It's not mine but I've worked on many that looked like this. Those that were even worse had a shortcut to every single one of their favorites. I would nearly break out in hives when I had to work on one

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Edwin · Sep 15, 2023

The bottom middle one is my main monitor, I keep it clean..., just because...,
... I put the junk on the other monitors..., sort of a sweep the dust under the rug thing!

Dru2 · Sep 15, 2023

@glasskuter, my wife is like that with her tablet. Drives me crazy, but she's like.... "its mine, leave it alone"

My daughters are the same with their laptops - shortcuts galore on the desktop. When they see my desktop, they're like how can you find anything, but I wonder the same with all that clutter on theirs

Perspectives

pparks1 · Sep 15, 2023

glasskuter said:
Nah. It's not mine but I've worked on many that looked like this. Those that were even worse had a shortcut to every single one of their favorites. I would nearly break out in hives when I had to work on one
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I bought a bigger monitor with higher resolution just so I could get more icons on the desktop.

TechnoMage2021 · Sep 17, 2023

It's obvious to me, that everyone has their own idea of what a PC desktop should look like. That's expected, and it's OK.
I've always been one for Simplicity, efficiency and lastly, esthetics. And I don't like clutter.

Booting up my computer, this is what I see:

The picture is of a California sunrise. I've since expanded the picture to fill the entire monitor.
Everything I will do during the day is right there, just a mouse click away. No hunting necessary.