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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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 Thanks for the tip, Ted. The...Submitted by sol2k on February 24, 2006 - 12:40am.
Thanks for the tip, Ted. The Virtual Desktop Manager is really a great tool. Again, I might be a bit too picky or spoiled from my Powerbook usage of Expose and Desktop Manager (sigh), so I don't really use that. The ALT-TAB replacement is really cool. But if you (the reader) like that, then you gotta, havtta, needta check-out TaskSwitchXP (http://www.ntwind.com/taskswitchxp/. One word: awesome (considering it's Windows). But lately I have been going through a minimalist phase in how many services/processes/tasks are running on my laptop, so I am trying to stay away from any fancy extra programs, unless the payoff is not only visible but "painfully so" as well. Zen is Good. » POSTED IN:
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