I love designs that focuses more on typography than superfluous graphics. That is one of the reason why I really love the Microsoft's Metro interface. I don't usually customize my desktop to the last icon and font but I do want my desktop to be clean and minimal. The only icons you see on my desktop are recycle bin and one program from Lenovo that I can't possible remove. I only use my desktop when I am working on a project on Photoshop and I place all the source files I'm working on the desktop. Sometimes if I am working on a document, I place the unfinished document on the desktop and all other text files. After which, when it's all said and done I move them to their proper folder and move the temporary files to the recycle bin.
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| My current desktop using Rainmeter's Omnimo UI |
Today all of that changed when I saw a the Omnimo UI for Rainmeter. The tiles are simply gorgeous and the widgets are unobtrusive. The Facebook notification widget is of great use. I hope they'll have a fix for the Twitter panel soon. Though there are panels that are still buggy most of the essential ones are functioning very well and I think I'm keeping this look and feel for a long time. Probably until Windows 8 arrives.
