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By: John L

John L — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:18:47 +0000

Downloaded and “activated” on two systems on the given day.
It’s now expired on both with a nag on the screen and a useless icon in the tray.
I liked it, but am irritated that its carcass now needs to be cleared out of my system.
Grrrr….

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:49:46 +0000

Installed and activated this on the day, turned the feature on after it being on for a few days and tells me it is the trial version and being after the day of release can’t reactivate it!

Some free software this is! if they give it away they should give it away in such a way that is stays activated!

By: judalea

judalea — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:24:22 +0000

as a follow-up to #144, it can only have been this program that removed my quick launch items. No wonder I was getting 2 rows of minimised “open window” bars.

By: doobiebrothers

doobiebrothers — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:39:05 +0000

I had to come back and comment on this,it’s good software,does what it claims,is easy to use,doesn’t hog resources,and no phone homes.Good Job!

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:54:38 +0000

#156 & #84. Concur, Iconoid with Wirechanger is an excellent match.

By: JEG

JEG — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:42:32 +0000

*>>>>>THIS IS THE REST OF MY POST -[#155]; IT GOT CUT OFF SOMEHOW.[?]
-[I hope it goes through this time]…….

[b]The “hide when off desktop” isn’t working properly: first the icons wouldn’t hide at all; now they have but won’t reappear!!!

***(3)Biggest drawback: there is NO one simple way to hide/unhide the ICONS!!!! ex:{like left clicking the tray icon; -this is not an option!}…–I was completely shocked by this ‘lack’ of function!! -[that being my main desire not available.]
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# 84 = Theleecher ,
Thanks a bunch for the “real freeware alternative” = Iconoid from http://www.sillysot.com/ .
–It looks very interesting, it has this GREAT FEATURE= “Iconoid can determine the optimal text background color whenever the wallpaper changes — automatically!!”
–Now that’s COOL !!! –Perfect to go w/ the “WIRECHANGER” -[wallpaper changer app.]- from the other day!!
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In conclusion,
I think ‘iDeskSoft’ should take a look at ‘Iconoid’ and maybe implement some features [like the one I just mentioned}; they could greatly improve upon what they have; as it stands, its not worth $20 {yet} ,-[even if it was working for me].

By: JEG

JEG — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:47:45 +0000

(1)Could use a better ‘HELP’ pg. –There are some things unexplained or just too vague.

(2)Experiencing a few bugs-
-with the ‘Hiding of the Icons’ not working correctly:
[a] the text will disappear but the background-’colored-box’-[that surrounded the text] is not only left behind but now runs as one long box in each row across the desktop !!! >>[even when the "show text background" option is UN-checked !!]

By: MJ

MJ — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:22:13 +0000

My daughter loves it, well worth the download. Thanks

By: Bluejeans

Bluejeans — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:15:35 +0000

This is my first DL from GAOTD and I found it fascinating. I love “toys”! I have it on my computer at work and at home… Thanks for the offer, FREE is always appreciated!

This installed quickly and efficiently and doesn’t seem to have any affect on performance at all. It is easy to manipulate and the “shapes” are wicked fun!

By: james

james — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:00:30 +0000

Thought it might be interesting to change icons but it has actually messed everything up on my system. I’am running XP and now when I click on an icon ther is a delay of about 2-3 minutes and then everything freezes up and nothing happens. This is serious. Can anyone help?