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Anti-Distraction-Vana for Windows
sol2k | Feb 23 2006
Hi, fellow Windows-slaves! On the tail of this post (http://www.43folders.com/2006/02/23/against-distraction/), I put a comment asking for tools, tips and thoughts on avoiding/killing/reducing distraction on a Windows desktop. What are some tips,tools,thoughts, hacks, jokes you use to reduce your distraction when using Windows as the OS ? *Auto-hide your taskbar. Not only creates more desktop real-estate, it also hides the 3 Firefox buttons that are shown on mine right now. *Any tool out there to emulate Mac's Command+H? Would love to have something like that in Windows. There are some tools that will send windows to the tray, but I am not sure that is something anyone would like (1 more icon in the tray??? geez...) *Has anyone ever tried this thing called Deskloops (http://www.xilokit.com/deskloops/) (no affiliation) ? I tried it but it didn?t feel comfortable for me. Very cool, tho. Any other comments ? *Lifehacker.com just announced TimeSnapper a couple of days ago (http://www.lifehacker.com/software/time-tracker/download-of-the-day-timesnapper-156042.php). It takes screenshots of the desktop at regular intervals. I use it for my guilt trip at the end of the day, to make myself painfully aware of how much I was web surfing instead of actually working. Masochistic ? Perhaps? but it?s working for me. C'mon, people! Ante up ! Sol2k 7 Comments
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 You might like some of...Submitted by TedPavlic on February 23, 2006 - 8:37pm.
You might like some of the Windows XP Power Toys: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx In particular, the "Virtual Desktop Manager" borrows a trick from UNIX (there are OS X utilities that do this too). You split your desktop into, for example, 4 virtual desktops. You can then open different applications on different desktops. "Hiding" certain applications is as easy as putting them on a different desktop. Personalize your different desktops for different activities... ( the Alt-Tab replacement might be relevant for you too ) » POSTED IN:
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