Stardock Releases Fences, Application to Solve Cluttered Desktops

Published on February 4, 2009 By Island Dog In Personal Computing

Stardock is excited to announce its most innovative desktop utility application since the popular WindowBlinds today – Stardock Fences for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. The free application from Stardock clears desktop clutter and provides consistency and organization for groups of files on the desktop. Fences allows users to literally “draw” labeled shaded areas on the desktop which become movable & resizable “containers” for desktop icons. These groups arrange and hide the files on the computer's desktop solving the "constant mess" problem that has plagued the desktop since its inception.

To help solve another weak point of the desktop - the mere appearance of clutter, Fences offers a novel quick-hide feature. Users can double click the desktop and all of the icons will fade out. When users double click again the icons will return. Users can pick and choose which desktop icons hide when the feature is activated.

Visit the Fences website to see more screenshots and videos of Fences in action, and for your free download.

https://www.stardock.com/products/fences/index.asp

Comments (Page 1)

goodgimp

on Feb 04, 2009

Wow, that could be really useful. And did I hear "free" correctly?

Gonna download this once I get home.

RonLugge

on Feb 04, 2009

Free? Cool! (Even if it is a beta)

S0und5

on Feb 04, 2009

I've been using this for the last few months and its great.

I consider it an essential component of my desktop. It's kind of strange that no-one had thought to do something like this over the years.

Trigeminal

on Feb 04, 2009

Wow, this sounds awesome. I wish I had Vista or Windows 7. If I did, I'd get this now.

ToJKa

on Feb 04, 2009

Very usefull, plus it made me clean my desktop too

ZubaZ

on Feb 04, 2009

Trigeminal

reply 4

Wow, this sounds awesome. I wish I had Vista or Windows 7. If I did, I'd get this now.

It works on XP too.

dmantione

on Feb 04, 2009

How does this compare to the plasmoids in the K Desktop Environment?

Trigeminal

on Feb 04, 2009

Zubaz

reply 6

It works on XP too.

Yes, but it doesn't look as pretty on XP. No cool backgrounds and dreamscapes.

Mythor

on Feb 05, 2009

The double click to hide all the icons feature certainly interests me.

Organising icons on the desktop though? Can already be done with folders on the desktop if, like me, you end up obscuring your wallpaper too much.

All you need to do is leave any out on the desktop that you actually use, instead of leaving every file and shortcut you've ever created out on the desktop. A little organisation goes a long way!

But then, a free program to do an annoying task for you is always welcome.

CarGuy1

on Feb 05, 2009

Can already be done with folders on the desktop if, like me, you end up obscuring your wallpaper too much

You can use Fences to organize and hide folders also.

Quicksilver007

on Feb 05, 2009

This looks cool I will have to check it out, thanks!

ToJKa

on Feb 05, 2009

I noticed on the about-page that "this community preview expires after 31st August 2009". I guess you'll be releaing the final version about then, but will it remain free?

Zargon

on Feb 05, 2009

Yes, but it doesn't look as pretty on XP. No cool backgrounds and dreamscapes.

Deskscapes is also available for Windows XP as part of Object Desktop.

ImmergingAP

on Feb 05, 2009

Very nice piece of software IMO

DisneyDestroyer

on Feb 05, 2009

Dowloaded it, love it.

A few things:

1) It lost my background image (running on XP). I did report this to Stardock. I was actually able to get another version back running, but the original one fails.

2) It would be nice to be able to hide/minimize some fences while leaving others up and showing.

3) It would be nice to have a "default" fence, so anything new on the desktop goes into that fence - newly installed apps, anything I download & save to the desktop, etc.

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