{"id":1250,"date":"2011-04-09T09:49:26","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T13:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2011-04-09T09:51:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T13:51:28","slug":"1250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/1250\/","title":{"rendered":"Good fences make good neighbors…and great desktops! Cloudeight freeware picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“…There where it is we do not need the wall:
\nHe is all pine and I am apple orchard.
\nMy apple trees will never get across
\nAnd eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
\nHe only says, ‘Good fences make good neighbors’…”
\n<\/em>
\n(“Mending Wall” by Robert Frost)<\/span><\/p>\n

No other Windows newsletter introduces you to as much culture as \t\t\t\tthis one, except “The Oyster Weekly”; their pearls of \t\t\t\twisdom are quite cultured. But for a couple of old cruds like \t\t\t\tus, we do our best to keep you awake, entertained and informed.<\/p>\n

(What’s that? We put you to sleep? Really? We drone? Do we? What \t\t\t\tdo you say EB, do I put you to sleep? I knew you would say yes. \t\t\t\tYou’re just contrary!)<\/p>\n

Digressing…we try hard to keep you up to speed on the latest \t\t\t\tand greatest while also trying to keep you safe with pithy \t\t\t\tpearls we parlay into prolonged pontifications penned by none \t\t\t\tother than good old TC and EB. With the Internet running \t\t\t\tfull speed ahead into the cloud, it becomes more of a challenge each \t\t\t\tweek to find really good freeware. Each week it takes us longer \t\t\t\tto come up with a good freeware program for you. But we usually \t\t\t\tcome through for you.<\/p>\n

This week we’ve gone the extra mile and found a freeware program \t\t\t\tthat is not only different but fun and useful too. And even the \t\t\t\tnewest and most timid user will be able to figure out how to use \t\t\t\tthis program in a jiffy. Even the newest computer can understand \t\t\t\twhy it would be useful.<\/p>\n

Face it. Most computer desktops are a messy menagerie of mostly \t\t\t\tunused icons that sit there soaking up screen space creating a \t\t\t\tcaliginous clutter of unnecessary icons – blights upon that beautiful wallpaper of \t\t\t\ta grove of Sheridan sheep \t\t\t\tgrazing on a grassy knoll and wallowing in the autumn mist in \t\t\t\tland called Anna Lee. \t\t\t\tThen one day it happened, you couldn’t find the icon you wanted. \t\t\t\tYou sigh and head for the fridge, where you extract a cold \t\t\t\tGuinness and break open a \t\t\t\tfresh bag of greasy Fritos and flip on American Idol hoping they \t\t\t\tdon’t end up with all male finalists again this year.<\/p>\n

There’s a solution other than hiding all those icons or spending \t\t\t\ta week removing them. You don’t have to put up with that messy mass of mingled \t\t\t\ticons any longer. It’s time you put up fences (no, EB, not to \t\t\t\tkeep the lolling sheep out – but to keep the Guinness in!). Fences keep \t\t\t\tthings in and keep things out. But the Fences we refer to keep things from \t\t\t\tgetting messy. By fencing off your icons you keep them in groups \t\t\t\t– just like a farm. You got cows in one pen, pigs in another, \t\t\t\tbison in another, EB in another, chickens in another and so \t\t\t\tforth. If you want EB you don’t have to root through the pigs to \t\t\t\tfind her. Or if you feel like a steak you don’t have to sort \t\t\t\tthrough the chickens to sizzle a succulent sirloin. Got it?<\/p>\n

OK. It’s the time you all have come to know and love – the time \t\t\t\twe introduce the developer and allow him to tell you about his \t\t\t\tor her or their \t\t\t\tprogram. Trust us – you won’t hear anymore about pigs, cows, \t\t\t\tducks, chicken, sheep, bison or EB. The developer will give you \t\t\t\tnothing but the facts, ma’am (and sir):<\/p>\n

“What Is Fences?<\/p>\n

Fences\u00ae is a program that helps you organize your desktop, and \t\t\t\tcan hide your icons when they’re not in use. A “Fence”, a term \t\t\t\tcoined by this program, is an icon group on your desktop. Fences \t\t\t\tis an add-on to your desktop, not a replacement.<\/p>\n

Basic Features<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rope off your desktop<\/p>\n

Fences allows you to create shaded areas on your desktop that \t\t\t\tyou can place icons in. You can label them however you wish, and \t\t\t\tmove\/resize them anywhere on the desktop. Pre-included layouts \t\t\t\thelp speed the process for new users.<\/p>\n

See your wallpaper again!<\/p>\n

Quickly hide & show all your icons with an easy double-click
\nDouble click blank space on your desktop, and all your icons \t\t\t\twill fade out. Double click again, and they\u2019ll return. We think \t\t\t\tthis feature is so useful and unique, that we\u2019ve applied for a \t\t\t\tpatent on it. You can even pick icons and individual Fences to \t\t\t\texclude!<\/p>\n

Create snapshots, and have automatic scaling (for screen size \t\t\t\tchanges)<\/p>\n

Take and restore snapshots of your Fence layouts for backup, or \t\t\t\tfor when you are doing different tasks. Change your resolultion \t\t\t\t(sic) \t\t\t\tfor playing games and Fences will keep them in the same relative \t\t\t\tspots. In the Pro version of Fences, the “snapshot” feature has \t\t\t\tbeen enhanced to automatically take and keep recent snapshots on \t\t\t\thand, ensuring your desktop layout never gets lost.”<\/p>\n

You want to see a video of Fences in action? <\/a><\/p>\n

An now it’s time to say goodbye to our freeware pick. \t\t\t\t Our freeware pick this week is “Fences”<\/a>. They have a free \t\t\t\tversion (and it’s great) and a “Pro” version for those who want \t\t\t\tprofessional fences, I guess. \t\t\t\t Go forth and fence yourself off from EB and TC. Go ahead<\/a>. \t\t\t\tYou won’t hurt our feelings.<\/p>\n

The gory details:<\/span><\/strong>
\n <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Fences
\n<\/strong>Windows XP, Windows Vista, Window 7 (32bit\/64bit)
\n<\/span>Unique desktop icon organizer
\n<\/span>9.04MB Windows exe file<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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