Some ZDNet readers also noticed visual similarities to the Folderview feature introduced in KDE 4.1. We chose Custom Cedar Fences because we believed them when they told us that the quality and workmanship would be higher than all other local. These areas are called fences and each fence can be moved around with all the icons inside it together. You can then design these dedicated areas with shades, background, and so on. What it will do is divide your desktop into areas to organize app, folder, and shortcut icons. ĭ approved of the snapshots, and the ability to change colour schemes, but criticized the process of fence creation and the inability to sort icons into fences by type - a feature added in the Pro edition. As an automatic desktop icons grouping & classifying software, Fences can create multiple independent and customizable (group, block, location, size, color, appearance, etc.) translucent fences or containers, where it will intelligently, automatically organize all icons (of files, shortcuts) on your desktop. Fences is a dynamic wallpaper app for Windows 10 with a difference. It's that good.' A preview edition was listed as TechSpot's download of the week in February 2009. TAGO Fences is a free app that allows you to customise the homepage of your Windows desktop. Multiplicity Connect multiple PCs with one keyboard and mouse. DeskScapes Personalize your desktop wallpaper with animated pictures and video. Fences 4 Automatically organize your desktop apps, files, and folders on Windows 10 and 11. Start11 Customize the Start Menu and Taskbar in Windows 10/11. Reception Ī PC World reviewer praised the free edition of Fences, saying that 'it wasn't five minutes after installing this program that I realized I'll be using it for the rest of my computing life. Object Desktop Your complete Windows customization suite. Snapshots can restore fences to a particular configuration after use. ĭouble-clicking on the desktop hides all non-excluded fences and icons, while another double-click causes them to reappear. These fences can be individually created, named, moved, and resized - they will also display a scroll bar if necessary.

Fences defines translucent areas on the desktop that contain groups of icons.

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