Re: ICONs presentation

From: Pop Rivet (nobody_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 05/14/04 

Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 15:23:29 -0400

Thank you Sharon; I think I understand your response. I'll
check out the Stardock; if nothing else, maybe I'll at least
figure out some search terms to use overat Google. Woof!
Did you ever do a search there for "icon"? <g>

Than ks again.
Pop

"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
news:ut5zq34NEHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> On Sun, 9 May 2004 12:08:24 -0400, Pop Rivet wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Long time lurker, love these groups; very informative.
> >
> > ICONs:
> > -- I would like to either;
> > 1. Get rid of the space the icon itself occupies,
leaving
> > only the text area being displayed. Or,
> > 2. Get rid of the text area, leaving only the icon
picture
> > portion being displayed.
> >
> > Why? It's a personality conflight <g>. So many of the
> > ICONs are meaningless to me, the don't alphabetize
correctly
> > (never did figure out what "name" Sort by Name uses!),
and I
> > do know how to read and group similar types of programs.
> > I would much rather have simply the program text
names on
> > my desktop than all the wasted space taken up by
displaying
> > both the icon and the text. And since you can't
remember
> > all the icons without the text, it only makes sense to
me to
> > get rid of the graphic and leave the text.
> >
> > Can anyone provide a source that will let me do that?
If
> > there's a way to do it already in Display, wherever, I
can't
> > find it.
> > OH, and I can make my own icons if #2 can be cone but
#1
> > can't. Obviously I would prefer #1.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Pop
>
> Within the conventional confines of the XP desktop - I
don't think you can
> do what you want. It is object oriented - point and click
and there is no
> way that I know of to reduce the icon/label combo to a
label only.
>
> I wonder if you could use the Active Desktop features to
accomplish what
> you want? Display Properties> Desktop> Customize Desktop>
Web Items. Create
> an HTML file that contains links to items (local or on the
internet) that
> you want access to. Add the home made HTML file to the Web
Items list.
>
> Also, there are some third party programs that can be used
to create a
> customized interface. Thinking something along the lines
of DesktopX from
> Stardock.com (http://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/)
might fit the
> bill.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User