Hm. I probably have about 50 icons on my desktop (mostly around the edges of the screen), but they are categorized.
Personally I rarely use the start menu, I find it much faster to use a Windows-D shortcut to show the desktop, and launch the program from there than trying to navigate the start menu.
The start menu either has too much useless stuff, or you end up with too many submenus... Not to mention the delays induced thanks to the 'personalized menus' hiding stuff you don't use frequently enough.
As far as looking 'cluttered' -- I don't think it does, but even then -- I run pretty much all my apps maximized in full-screen mode. It's not like I'm sitting there all day admiring the pretty pictures in the background.
An additional benefit of having the icons on the desktop is that any shortcuts assigned to programs there operate globally, so I can launch all of my main apps from the keyboard anyway.
Now, as far as my physical desk is concerned, it's definitely overdue for a cleaning. :-?
Just put together a new computer (yay!) and now it looks like the old one exploded all over my desk.
Personally I rarely use the start menu, I find it much faster to use a Windows-D shortcut to show the desktop, and launch the program from there than trying to navigate the start menu.
The start menu either has too much useless stuff, or you end up with too many submenus... Not to mention the delays induced thanks to the 'personalized menus' hiding stuff you don't use frequently enough.
As far as looking 'cluttered' -- I don't think it does, but even then -- I run pretty much all my apps maximized in full-screen mode. It's not like I'm sitting there all day admiring the pretty pictures in the background.
An additional benefit of having the icons on the desktop is that any shortcuts assigned to programs there operate globally, so I can launch all of my main apps from the keyboard anyway.
Now, as far as my physical desk is concerned, it's definitely overdue for a cleaning. :-?
Just put together a new computer (yay!) and now it looks like the old one exploded all over my desk.