How many is too many?
Tuesday, May 6, 2003 by grayhaze | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
If you could have a button on your window titlebars to do anything, what would it do? That's a serious question aimed at productivity enhancement by the way, so please don't repeat your 'X-Men power' here. 
What standard applications would you like to be able to launch with a single click?
What function of Windows would you like an easy shortcut to?
I want a nice long list here, so I can give you a skin with more buttons than you'd ever consider possible.
What standard applications would you like to be able to launch with a single click?
What function of Windows would you like an easy shortcut to?
I want a nice long list here, so I can give you a skin with more buttons than you'd ever consider possible.
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Lady_Akasha
Reply #5 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 6:02 PM
I second the message board one.
Other wise, My Documents or the ultimate a graphics programs (Bryce)
Reply #5 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 6:02 PM
I second the message board one. Other wise, My Documents or the ultimate a graphics programs (Bryce)
ALMonty
Reply #7 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 6:09 PM
Reply #7 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 6:09 PM
Some of the older skins had a button call WinMenu. I'd like to see that brought back.
Chris
Reply #8 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 6:15 PM
Reply #8 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 6:15 PM
Anything that can assist in task managment would be great.
For instance, there are the good old Rollup and Always On Top are very useful when flipping between two apps (say the calculator and some other app)
What I think would be really cool: A button that brings the last previously active app to the foreground. This would allow you to flip between two apps much like you can with the standard Alt-Tab simply by pressing the button. That would extremely useful. Much cleaner than using rollup and always on top buttons to juggle between two apps.
A button to bring a configurable/specified running app to the foreground. For instance, I could have it bring mIRC to the foreground.
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For instance, there are the good old Rollup and Always On Top are very useful when flipping between two apps (say the calculator and some other app)
What I think would be really cool: A button that brings the last previously active app to the foreground. This would allow you to flip between two apps much like you can with the standard Alt-Tab simply by pressing the button. That would extremely useful. Much cleaner than using rollup and always on top buttons to juggle between two apps.
A button to bring a configurable/specified running app to the foreground. For instance, I could have it bring mIRC to the foreground.
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goodmorphing
Reply #9 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 6:25 PM
Reply #9 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 6:25 PM
I liked the win menu. The problem I sometimes had with skins that had many buttons was that many of them pointed to aps that I didn't have and I didn't know how to reprogram them. Programmable buttons would be nice.
I think a button that would "show your desktop" QUICKLY would be good. But that is because right now I have no privacy and sometimes I am caught scrambling to hide stuff.
That has to be a rare thing, so probably not so useful.
Maybe ones that activated Stardock Central, WC browser, Object Edit, .... OD applications in general!
I think a button that would "show your desktop" QUICKLY would be good. But that is because right now I have no privacy and sometimes I am caught scrambling to hide stuff.
That has to be a rare thing, so probably not so useful.
Maybe ones that activated Stardock Central, WC browser, Object Edit, .... OD applications in general!
T-Man
Reply #10 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 6:53 PM
Reply #10 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 6:53 PM
I second kith's suggestion for Show Desktop. Also, as a systems person I find my self regulary in the control panel. So I would love a control panel button.
Or how about Display Properties!
Or how about Display Properties!
grayhaze
Reply #11 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 7:08 PM
Reply #11 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 7:08 PM
Display Properties and other Control Panels I can do. I can do My Computer, My Documents etc. too.
Right now the only way to do Show Desktop seems to be through a copy of the 'Show Desktop.scf' file that you can find in your Quick Launch. I'm having a real headache working out how to get this file to run on the click of a button though. It's driving me insane!
Right now the only way to do Show Desktop seems to be through a copy of the 'Show Desktop.scf' file that you can find in your Quick Launch. I'm having a real headache working out how to get this file to run on the click of a button though. It's driving me insane!
Sylva
Reply #13 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 7:32 PM
Reply #13 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 7:32 PM
Notepad and the windows calculator. And show desktop wouldn't be such a bad idea either.
DPG
Reply #14 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 7:36 PM
Reply #14 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 7:36 PM
Grayhaze, for the "Show Desktop" look in Documents and Settings.
Sylva
Reply #15 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 7:44 PM
Reply #15 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 7:44 PM
Put Show Desktop.scf into the skin directory and for the action choose execute command. Then for the command type in the full path for Show Desktop.scf.
messybuu
Reply #17 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 8:57 PM
Reply #17 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 8:57 PM
A smart button that did all those things (depending on how each individual configured it) would be great.
LS_Boreas
Reply #18 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 9:01 PM
Reply #18 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 9:01 PM
Use the following lines in a vbscript and run it with windows script host (wscript, standard on XP and 2K, available for other flavors).
set shell = wscript.CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Shell.MinimizeAll
set shell = nothing
wscript.quit
set shell = wscript.CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Shell.MinimizeAll
set shell = nothing
wscript.quit
goodmorphing
Reply #19 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 9:46 PM
Reply #19 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 9:46 PM
You know how on the browser you can click history and that side panel will open? Maybe a skin could offer something like that to provide unlimited selections.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, May 6, 2003 5:29 PM