Comments on: One desktop background to rule them all

By: Why Boring Desktops are Good

Why Boring Desktops are Good — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:00:39 +0000

[...] For extra geekerie, check out my previous desktop background hack. [...]

By: gamermediadownload

gamermediadownload — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:36:32 +0000

What about firefox’s –œWeb Developer Toolbar– extension? Wouldn’t work?

By: Jose

Jose — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:53:23 +0000

Thanks for the great informative post and if I may say, you have one pretty cool looking desktop background.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 00:57:20 +0000

You can also go to setmy.browsersize.com

By: Design Tip of the Day at Grande Talk

Design Tip of the Day at Grande Talk — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 16:49:19 +0000

[...] Here’s a handy dandy trick from the design duo at LifeClever.com. A lot of designers I know have used something similar but these dudes have made an easy to use template to create a desktop with all the standard monitor sizes marked out for you. This is especially helpful for those of us using 20 inch monitors when designing and need to know how big the average Joe’s monitor is (say for 1024×768). Get the PSD file here or read more about it on the designer’s site here. By the way, this dude seemed to make the top page of Digg with this little trick. [...]

By: elsteramablog » Blog Archive » One desktop background to rule them all

elsteramablog » Blog Archive » One desktop background to rule them all — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:58:07 +0000

[...] How to make a desktop background to help gauge how websites look on different monitor sizes. A downloadable template is provided.read moreÃƒ–šÃ‚Â |Ãƒ–šÃ‚Â digg story [...]

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:34:14 +0000

NIce idea, I love it. Email me when you develop a dashboard widget that you can turn this overlaying graphic over the top of the screen…that would be just perfect.

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:00:43 +0000

Aah yeah, now I see it. I wish I had a bigger screen, lol (12-inch powerbook).

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 16:56:53 +0000

(in reply to comment 15) On Windows computers, just make those sizing lines from the bottom left or bottom right corner, instead of the top left as he does.

As to the bookmarklet-and-whatever-else vs this, this has uses REGARDLESS of what browser you use. It's also useful for sizing other programs for display and comparison (ie, if you are a programmer).

By: chanpory

chanpory — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 16:53:19 +0000

Steven, thanks! That\’s not an app on right of the desktop screen. It\’s just some folders I\’ve set up to organize my files, according to the Getting Things Done method. Stay tuned for a longer tutorial.