Blackout - Windows, FireFox, Everything is Black

September 12th, 2007 by Ellis Benus

Windows, Firefox, Everything is Black Screenshot 01 Windows, Firefox, Everything is Black Screenshot 02

Windows, Firefox, Everything is Black Screenshot 03 Windows, Firefox, Everything is Black Screenshot 04

Slow News Day.

I thought I would share what my work system looks like as I’m quite proud of it.

Twin 19inch monitors are the reason my screenshots look the way they do.

A suite of applications allow me to make my desktop look the way it does.

  • StarDock - What you see in screenshot two. This is a much more attractive dock than windows menu bar.
  • Firefox - Series of Addons and searching with http://www.blackle.com
    1. FaviconizeTab - set to make all tabs FavIconized (small)
    2. Personal Menu - hide menus for larger screen real estate
    3. Stylish - set customized CSS documents for certain pages
  • Launchy - the best keyboard launcher. Eliminates the need for the Start menu and so much more.
  • Texter - all repetitive typing, coding, or whatever is defunct with Texter!
  • Writer by John Watson - an online word processor (http://writer.bighugelabs.com/) that’s all black with green text.
  • Windows Auto Hide - Since StarDock is so pretty, I set my windows bar to auto hide.
  • Windows Desktop - set the background color to black, and remove all your icons
  • Windows Icon Editor - Open Display Properties > Desktop Tab > Customize Desktop Button > Change Recycle Bin icons to “invisible” icons. Only the name will be visible.

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