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Comments on: Expand your desktop by 360 degrees

The Windows desktop-shell program 360desktop lets XP and Vista (32-bit) users transform their standard desktop into a 360-degree panorama with Web widgets. Learn how 360desktop performs and whether the features are worth the install.

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by Jean-Luc_Ajrarn July 8, 2008 9:24 PM PDT: Thank you for this article. :)

I think i am gonna give 360desktop a try. :); Like this Reply to this comment


by jaayceee July 8, 2008 11:31 PM PDT: Thanks for an exhaustive review of 360desktop. Think I will try it.
Sorry for being lazy and not thanking you for ALL the newsletters
you have put out. More strength to you.
An avid fan of CNET.; Like this Reply to this comment


by StillRollin July 8, 2008 11:56 PM PDT: I Totally Agree ! ! !; Like this Reply to this comment

by pgbaldwin July 8, 2008 11:58 PM PDT

does this software allow the screensaver to migrate to a second monitor as I have this problem with windows XP only showing the screensaver on the first monitor and a blank screen on the second

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by FlappingCrane July 9, 2008 6:47 AM PDT: Try a program called Ultramon. It has many great features centered around multiple monitor set ups.; Like this


by Trebor Shadow July 9, 2008 12:05 AM PDT: Thank you for this article - it looks very interesting and I will give it a try ...
A shame about the problem with the 'Bot' in the first comment ...; Like this Reply to this comment


by nordan777 July 9, 2008 12:23 AM PDT: It looks like alopecia is your problem.

Don't worry, be ahappy and try to paint some hair directly on your skin with a feltip-pen.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Whitaker Delgoffe July 9, 2008 12:37 AM PDT: Thank you for another beautifully clear and balance evaluation.; Like this Reply to this comment


by feelie75 July 9, 2008 1:57 AM PDT: Hmm, didn't meet my expectations. I was hoping now that I had a HUGELY wide desktop that I'd be able to make my apps expand to be that big too. Like my IRC client. I wanted to make it SUPER wide to get a ton of chat windows open, but alas, when I have IRC open, and drag the little slider wheel, NOTHING moves.

It apparently is ONLY meant to make your desktop bigger, which seems only useful for people that have too many icons on their desktop and want to clutter their life up more.

IMO. ;); Like this Reply to this comment

by actualtiger July 9, 2008 5:37 AM PDT

anyone who thinks they need this needs this to get out more often

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by brendonsiebers July 11, 2008 4:50 PM PDT: i think i need it and i home for 1 hour a week get over your self dumb ****; Like this


by anjuanju July 9, 2008 5:37 AM PDT: no comment..; Like this Reply to this comment


by 0zSpit July 9, 2008 8:56 AM PDT: this works really well for beta. to me it only needs to let you put your own wallpaper up.; Like this Reply to this comment


by hogangarry July 9, 2008 10:05 AM PDT: Like this Reply to this comment


by larrymacsoye July 9, 2008 10:11 AM PDT: I will give this 360desktop a try.; Like this Reply to this comment


by ozgunsinan July 9, 2008 3:22 PM PDT: thanks for this article But I couldn't find the program useful...; Like this Reply to this comment


by twinsmode July 9, 2008 4:12 PM PDT: From Brazil, thanks for all your reviews.; Like this Reply to this comment


by nailla July 9, 2008 7:14 PM PDT: Like this Reply to this comment


by jauaidk July 10, 2008 3:17 AM PDT: excilant; Like this Reply to this comment


by silicat July 10, 2008 4:23 AM PDT: The 360Desktop windows-shell utility sounds some kind of impressive. Internet service over here isn't exactly top-notch, but I'll move heaven and earth to get the software. I'm just hoping 196mb RAM'll do...; Like this Reply to this comment


by WrnEgaid July 10, 2008 7:09 AM PDT: The option for a ?pristine? desktop has been a part of Windows for quite some time. Right click on the desktop - Arrange Icons by - clear checkmark on Show Desktop Icons - groove out on whatever wallpaper to care for (there are several thousand offered on the net and most are free). When done grooving, meditating, or whatever else, simply repeat the procedure and put the checkmark back. It takes under 10 seconds and does not hog 120MB of your systems resources. Things must really be slow at c/net if there's nothing better to do than play with redundant nonproductive programs, and beta's no less! Tell me it?s April 1 and you were only kidding, right?; Like this Reply to this comment


by 3rdalbum July 11, 2008 3:15 AM PDT: What's the big whoop? It just adds the "multiple-desktops" functionality that has been present in Unix/Linux since the 1980s and available with the Blackbox window manager for Windows for years.

In terms of eye-candy, 360desktop is like a little shot glass of lemonade, and Compiz is the full bottle of whiskey.

WrnEgaid: This program isn't just to make your desktop "pristine", it helps you organise your windows and get to them quickly. It's difficult to navigate between twenty windows on one desktop, but easy when they've grouped by task over 4 desktops. 360desktop is too "been there, done that" for Cnet to be covering, but it's certainly not too "nonproductive".; Like this Reply to this comment