Fences
by Rohan on April 20, 2009
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For those of you that haven’t heard, Stardock (the same people who made DesktopX, ObjectDock, WindoBlinds, etc…) has a program called Fences. Basically, this program lets you create zones where you can put stuff on your desktop, and basically creates “fences” so that you can categorize your icons. Also, double-clicking hides all the icons/”fences” by default; but, if theres icons you want to have on your desktop no matter what (like My Computer for example) you can simply right-click and say “Exclude this fence from quick-hide” which keeps it on the desktop.
I’ve been trying it out for a couple of weeks now, and I like it a lot. For those of you who use Kubuntu or KDE, it’s similar to the area’s on the desktop in KDE 4.1.
A nifty feature that Stardock could include for their next update is to show folders in there (ie. if you have a folder elsewhere on your computer, the Fence can display the contents in the folder.
Try it out! http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/
They say it works on XP, Vista, and Windows 7 (including with the 32 and 64 bit editions for both Vista and 7)
