Thursday, February 19, 2004
To give you a little idea of how I've got my current machine set up all super convenient, I thought I'd just let you take a look for yourself:
- My absolute favorite is having my permanent address bar at the bottom there. I am constantly online or searching for some site, etc. And this way I don't have to always launch a new I.E. (Internet Explorer)window and then type in what I want, but instead I can type it in right there & hit Ctrl+enter (the shortcut for having it make it automatically add the http:// and the .com at the end) AND I can even use it as a search by typing in keywords and hitting enter and it'll bring up the search results.
- Quick launch bar has pretty much all the programs I use regularly, or just want on hand for when I do want to use them.
- See "Links >>" on the bottom-right? Clicking that expands the same list that's the Favorites > Links I have on the quicklaunch bar in I.E. My most visited sites that I want at a touch of a button. I also use the yahoo bar AND the google bar on my browser. Yahoo because I use all their services: Address book/calendar/notepad/YP/maps, etc and google for the Autofill and search box.
- I rarely use the shortcut icons on the desktop, but there are some I don't want to stick in my quick launch bar, so they remain there... and as you can see, are sort of clumped together in categories.
- Doubling the space of the bar at the bottom not only gives more room for quick launch, but it allows more room to see what open programs/windows I have open - and I can see the full date and time in the bottom right hand corner.
As you can see, *I heart my PC!* - hence making a switch a difficult one.
