Comments on: Reserve Part of Your Screen with DesktopCoral http://cybernetnews.com/reserve-part-of-your-screen-with-desktopcoral/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:45:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Reserve Screen Space - Ken’sTechnology Blog http://cybernetnews.com/reserve-part-of-your-screen-with-desktopcoral/comment-page-1/#comment-140105 Reserve Screen Space - Ken’sTechnology Blog Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:02:16 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11882#comment-140105 [...] from Donation Coder created the application Desktop Coral [via Cybernet News] which can reserve part of the screen so that no other window can place itself over that area. [...] [...] from Donation Coder created the application Desktop Coral [via Cybernet News] which can reserve part of the screen so that no other window can place itself over that area. [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/reserve-part-of-your-screen-with-desktopcoral/comment-page-1/#comment-135084 Ryan Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:05:38 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11882#comment-135084 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-135061" rel="nofollow">Change wrote:</a><blockquote>Hey that’s pretty cool - thanks for finding this Ryan! And it’s a utility from Mouser.. another one I’m going to use! He makes nice tools :)</blockquote></div> His tools are really incredible, and I don't know how he finds the time to whip them all up. Change wrote:
Hey that’s pretty cool – thanks for finding this Ryan! And it’s a utility from Mouser.. another one I’m going to use! He makes nice tools :)

His tools are really incredible, and I don’t know how he finds the time to whip them all up.

]]> By: Reserve Screen Space - Computer Forums http://cybernetnews.com/reserve-part-of-your-screen-with-desktopcoral/comment-page-1/#comment-135065 Reserve Screen Space - Computer Forums Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:07:16 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11882#comment-135065 [...] always on top of the screen. Mouser from Donation Coder created the application Desktop Coral [via Cybernet News] which can reserve part of the screen so that no other window can place itself over that area. [...] [...] always on top of the screen. Mouser from Donation Coder created the application Desktop Coral [via Cybernet News] which can reserve part of the screen so that no other window can place itself over that area. [...]

]]> By: Fred Thompson http://cybernetnews.com/reserve-part-of-your-screen-with-desktopcoral/comment-page-1/#comment-135064 Fred Thompson Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:37:50 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11882#comment-135064 Whoa! Thanks for the tips! Yup, Mouser has really cool stuff. Whoa! Thanks for the tips! Yup, Mouser has really cool stuff.

]]> By: Change http://cybernetnews.com/reserve-part-of-your-screen-with-desktopcoral/comment-page-1/#comment-135061 Change Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:02:15 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11882#comment-135061 Hey that's pretty cool - thanks for finding this Ryan! And it's a utility from Mouser.. another one I'm going to use! He makes nice tools :) Hey that’s pretty cool – thanks for finding this Ryan! And it’s a utility from Mouser.. another one I’m going to use! He makes nice tools :)

]]> By: Boris http://cybernetnews.com/reserve-part-of-your-screen-with-desktopcoral/comment-page-1/#comment-135050 Boris Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:26:45 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11882#comment-135050 @Fred Thompson Hawkeye ShellInit (http://www.hawkeyetech.com/products/freeware.htm)and xBar (http://myadarola.blizzle.com/pub/methodik/ scroll down the page for the download link) could do this (and more). Also, have a look at GridMove (http://jgpaiva.donationcoders.com/gridmove.html). It might just be what you are looking for. @Fred Thompson

Hawkeye ShellInit ([hawkeyetech.com])and xBar ([myadarola.blizzle.com] scroll down the page for the download link) could do this (and more).

Also, have a look at GridMove ([jgpaiva.donationcoders.com]). It might just be what you are looking for.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/reserve-part-of-your-screen-with-desktopcoral/comment-page-1/#comment-135027 Ryan Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:18:40 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11882#comment-135027 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-135024" rel="nofollow">Fred Thompson wrote:</a><blockquote>This is exactly what I’d like except the inverse. I’d like to define a rectangular area of the desktop which is available but prohibit all the other areas. DesktopCoral will do this if four transparent toolbars are created, one for each side of the desktop. Did you find anything that would allow definining the “usable” area with 2 opposite corners?</blockquote></div> That seems as though it would be harder to come by. I searched around a bit but didn't come up with much. I'll have to dig a little harder later to see if I can find a program that will do that. Fred Thompson wrote:
This is exactly what I’d like except the inverse. I’d like to define a rectangular area of the desktop which is available but prohibit all the other areas. DesktopCoral will do this if four transparent toolbars are created, one for each side of the desktop. Did you find anything that would allow definining the “usable” area with 2 opposite corners?

That seems as though it would be harder to come by. I searched around a bit but didn’t come up with much. I’ll have to dig a little harder later to see if I can find a program that will do that.

]]> By: Fred Thompson http://cybernetnews.com/reserve-part-of-your-screen-with-desktopcoral/comment-page-1/#comment-135024 Fred Thompson Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:50:14 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=11882#comment-135024 This is exactly what I'd like except the inverse. I'd like to define a rectangular area of the desktop which is available but prohibit all the other areas. DesktopCoral will do this if four transparent toolbars are created, one for each side of the desktop. Did you find anything that would allow definining the "usable" area with 2 opposite corners? This is exactly what I’d like except the inverse. I’d like to define a rectangular area of the desktop which is available but prohibit all the other areas. DesktopCoral will do this if four transparent toolbars are created, one for each side of the desktop. Did you find anything that would allow definining the “usable” area with 2 opposite corners?

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