For those who work on Windows, a nice little quality of life improvement for me was just to hide desktop icons and do everything by searching in the task bar. (Would be even better if the search function wasn’t so odd.) Been doing this for about two years and like it much more.
Maybe for others, using the desktop is actually worth it, but for me, it was always cluttering up over time, and the annoyance over it not looking the way I want always outweighed the benefits. It really takes barely longer to go CTRL+ESC+”firef”+ENTER than to double click an icon.
I have Ubuntu and I also find myself opening apps mostly by searching. I think the only reason I put anything on desktop is to be reminded that these are the things I’m doing/reading at the moment (?).
I keep some folders (and often some other transient files) on my desktop and pin my main apps to the taskbar. With apps pinned to your taskbar, you can open a new instance with Windows+shift+num (or just Windows+num if the app isn’t open yet).
I do the same as you and search for any other apps that I don’t want to pin.
For those who work on Windows, a nice little quality of life improvement for me was just to hide desktop icons and do everything by searching in the task bar. (Would be even better if the search function wasn’t so odd.) Been doing this for about two years and like it much more.
Maybe for others, using the desktop is actually worth it, but for me, it was always cluttering up over time, and the annoyance over it not looking the way I want always outweighed the benefits. It really takes barely longer to go CTRL+ESC+”firef”+ENTER than to double click an icon.
I have Ubuntu and I also find myself opening apps mostly by searching. I think the only reason I put anything on desktop is to be reminded that these are the things I’m doing/reading at the moment (?).
In that case also consider installing PowerToys and pressing Alt+Space to open applications or files (to avoid unhelpful internet searches etc.).
I keep some folders (and often some other transient files) on my desktop and pin my main apps to the taskbar. With apps pinned to your taskbar, you can open a new instance with Windows+shift+num (or just Windows+num if the app isn’t open yet).
I do the same as you and search for any other apps that I don’t want to pin.