Animated/Interactive Desktop Icons

[bonoz]

Hi guys,

I like keeping just a few icons on my desktop to maintain minimalism. I'm looking for a way to make those icons animated/interactive so that when my mouse floats over them, it opens a 'balloon' which shows other folders/files within that folder. This will lead to increased visibility of nested contents and allow easier access with fewer clicks.

Is this possible?

Thanks

 

[A Guy]

Welcome back bonoz Someone might come up with something, but I'll offer some alternatives.

First is Quick Launch, which can accomplish what you want on the taskbar

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/888-quick-launch-enable-disable.html

To take that a bit further, there is the free 7Stacks

http://www.sevenforums.com/software/14571-announcing-7stacks-stacks-7-freeware.html

7stacks | Alastria Software

You might also consider either Objectdock or Rocket Dock, both of which are capable of "stacks"

http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/64273-rocketdock-object-dock-2.html#post578593

About RocketDock - RocketDock.com

Objectdock is no longer free, it is $4.99 now There are still downloads of the last freeware version online

Download ObjectDock v2.0 (freeware) - AfterDawn: Software downloads

I personally use Objectdock, but many use Rocketdock, and there are many themes/icons available. I have not used desktop icons since I started using a dock. A Guy