Organization
Friday, May 23, 2008 by tigerlady | Discussion: Docks
I'd like your ideas on how you organize your tabbed docks. I realize that every person has their own favorites, but I'd like ideas for general categories (I'm not terribly organized by nature). Please help me out. TIA.
Philly0381
Reply #2 Friday, May 23, 2008 2:38 PM
Reply #2 Friday, May 23, 2008 2:38 PM
tigerlady good question. We all have our own ways or ideas as to what organized is.
I use one Tabbed Dock that has five tabs: System Tray, Taskbar, Applications, Security and General. You can guess that General gets the "Don't know where to put these" icons. The rest are easy to figure out. You can break the Applications down if you have special interests i.e Photography. Skinning etc.
This way I don't have one Icon on the desktop. I have the Recycle Icon on the Zoomer Dock.
You could probably break the single Tabbed Dock down to two or more if you wanted and have them around the edges of your desktop. I have the Tabbed Dock at the top and set as a drawer that way all you see is the tabs. The Zoomer Dock is always hidden of screen unless I move over to it to use it.
I was going to post a screenshot, but you have been around here long enough that you know how this stuff works and looks. I happen to like a clean desktop as far as Icons go. Leaves more room for DX Widgets and Objects and all that other stuff.
I use one Tabbed Dock that has five tabs: System Tray, Taskbar, Applications, Security and General. You can guess that General gets the "Don't know where to put these" icons. The rest are easy to figure out. You can break the Applications down if you have special interests i.e Photography. Skinning etc.
This way I don't have one Icon on the desktop. I have the Recycle Icon on the Zoomer Dock.
You could probably break the single Tabbed Dock down to two or more if you wanted and have them around the edges of your desktop. I have the Tabbed Dock at the top and set as a drawer that way all you see is the tabs. The Zoomer Dock is always hidden of screen unless I move over to it to use it.
I was going to post a screenshot, but you have been around here long enough that you know how this stuff works and looks. I happen to like a clean desktop as far as Icons go. Leaves more room for DX Widgets and Objects and all that other stuff.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #3 Friday, May 23, 2008 10:14 PM
Reply #3 Friday, May 23, 2008 10:14 PM
Main: the applications that I usually start right after bootup (winamp, outlook, explorer, firefox, mirc, skype, msn, plus my weather/trash)
Apps: applications I tend to use more often (photoshop, nero, crimsoneditor, picasa, flashfxp, spybot, ie, windvd, etc)
Tools: (notepad, paint, calculator, speaker config, volume, task manager, event viewer, control panel)
ODNT: the odnt goodies of course (ip, logonstudio, sks, cxp, od)
Media: all my media folders are linked here (set to show folder as a menu)
Misc: other stuff that doesn't fit elsewhere (links, folders for my od backgrounds, sd stuff, avedesk configs)
Apps: applications I tend to use more often (photoshop, nero, crimsoneditor, picasa, flashfxp, spybot, ie, windvd, etc)
Tools: (notepad, paint, calculator, speaker config, volume, task manager, event viewer, control panel)
ODNT: the odnt goodies of course
(ip, logonstudio, sks, cxp, od)Media: all my media folders are linked here (set to show folder as a menu)
Misc: other stuff that doesn't fit elsewhere (links, folders for my od backgrounds, sd stuff, avedesk configs)
Xiandi
Reply #4 Friday, May 23, 2008 10:37 PM
Reply #4 Friday, May 23, 2008 10:37 PM
I have 7 tabbed docks across the top of my screen, all single tab drawers, and one zoomer on the bottom.
Tabs:
ODNT: all the ODNT programs
My Stuff: my docs, my programs, my computer, etc.
Internet: anything that takes me to the internet
Programs: all my skinning programs, GIMP, Paint, Terragen, etc.
Media: Xion, Media Player, etc.
Office: all the office programs
Utilities: CCleaner, Windirstat, Notepad, calculator, etc.
On the zoomer I have folders I access more than a few times a day, a clock and the weather.
Tabs:
ODNT: all the ODNT programs
My Stuff: my docs, my programs, my computer, etc.
Internet: anything that takes me to the internet
Programs: all my skinning programs, GIMP, Paint, Terragen, etc.
Media: Xion, Media Player, etc.
Office: all the office programs
Utilities: CCleaner, Windirstat, Notepad, calculator, etc.
On the zoomer I have folders I access more than a few times a day, a clock and the weather.
zakai1369
Reply #5 Saturday, May 24, 2008 1:00 AM
Reply #5 Saturday, May 24, 2008 1:00 AM
Now I remember why I keep putting off buying the + version.
I'd spend an entire day(minimum) setting up all the docks/shortcuts/icons that I would want.
I'd spend an entire day(minimum) setting up all the docks/shortcuts/icons that I would want.
Xiandi
Reply #6 Saturday, May 24, 2008 9:48 AM
Yep, that's about how long it takes to get it just right!
Reply #6 Saturday, May 24, 2008 9:48 AM
Now I remember why I keep putting off buying the + version. I'd spend an entire day(minimum) setting up all the docks/shortcuts/icons that I would want.
Yep, that's about how long it takes to get it just right!
HAPTORK
Reply #7 Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:39 AM
Reply #7 Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:39 AM
5 docks....
Places.. my comp, my docs...
Apps.. Opera, itunes...
Utils.. sysmechanice, Nerostartsmart...
Docklets.. startmenu, exitwindows...
2 zoomers i.e. one on right which is ver small icon systray and one on left which is taskbar with some common shortcuts.
Places.. my comp, my docs...
Apps.. Opera, itunes...
Utils.. sysmechanice, Nerostartsmart...
Docklets.. startmenu, exitwindows...
2 zoomers i.e. one on right which is ver small icon systray and one on left which is taskbar with some common shortcuts.
WOM
Reply #8 Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:57 AM
Reply #8 Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:57 AM
General..one of these days I'll chabge this to Stardock as thats where they are.
Applications...everything else.
Office...canned vista crap
Internet...Msn, browsers and mIRC
Games...well...
zakai1369
Reply #9 Saturday, May 24, 2008 12:18 PM
And now that I went and bought it an hour ago I'm thinking maybe I'll set up a dock or two a day until I'm done. So far I've managed two tabs on one dock and one of those is a systray tab. It's picking the new icons for everything that kills the time. 
Reply #9 Saturday, May 24, 2008 12:18 PM
Yep, that's about how long it takes to get it just right!
And now that I went and bought it an hour ago I'm thinking maybe I'll set up a dock or two a day until I'm done.
So far I've managed two tabs on one dock and one of those is a systray tab. It's picking the new icons for everything that kills the time. 
tigerlady
Reply #10 Sunday, May 25, 2008 1:17 AM
Reply #10 Sunday, May 25, 2008 1:17 AM
WOW! You've all given me some great ideas. Thanks...now all I have to do is get the set-up done and FINALLY clear the icons off my desktop.
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Reply #1 Friday, May 23, 2008 2:27 PM
Common:
Apps:
Office: MS Office 2k7 apps
Utils:
- Recyclebin
- Stacks docklet with my WC submissions and WIPs
- Clock
- Search
- Defrag
VPN:- Windows VPN Connection
- Cisco VPN Connection
- Directories on remote servers
Taskbar: Running tasksSystray: Systray
I had a Games but deleted it and havn't added it back.