Stardock Releases Fences, Application to Solve Cluttered Desktops
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: 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.
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Reply #3 Wednesday, February 4, 2009 2:14 PM
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.
Reply #4 Wednesday, February 4, 2009 2:27 PM
Wow, this sounds awesome. I wish I had Vista or Windows 7. If I did, I'd get this now.
Reply #5 Wednesday, February 4, 2009 2:37 PM
Very usefull, plus it made me clean my desktop too 
Reply #7 Wednesday, February 4, 2009 3:03 PM
How does this compare to the plasmoids in the K Desktop Environment?
Reply #8 Wednesday, February 4, 2009 3:04 PM
It works on XP too.
Yes, but it doesn't look as pretty on XP. No cool backgrounds and dreamscapes.
Reply #9 Thursday, February 5, 2009 6:24 AM
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. 
Reply #10 Thursday, February 5, 2009 7:59 AM
Reply #11 Thursday, February 5, 2009 8:17 AM
This looks cool I will have to check it out, thanks! 
Reply #12 Thursday, February 5, 2009 8:27 AM
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?
Reply #13 Thursday, February 5, 2009 9:11 AM
Deskscapes is also available for Windows XP as part of Object Desktop.
Reply #15 Thursday, February 5, 2009 5:24 PM
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.
Reply #16 Thursday, February 5, 2009 7:08 PM
Reply #17 Thursday, February 5, 2009 7:17 PM
Can you make it compatible with RightClick? Currently I lose the fences options if I enable RC
Reply #18 Thursday, February 5, 2009 7:44 PM
It's only free until the end of August.
How much are you planning to charge for this? It's kinda neat, but not something I'd pay more then $5 for.
Sorry if that sounds insulting, I have no idea what you plan to charge, or what DE stuff costs. This is neat though.
Reply #19 Thursday, February 5, 2009 9:19 PM
Awesome program! I've always hated my desktop clutter and this just made my life easier.
Reply #20 Thursday, February 5, 2009 10:05 PM
I was looking today at the cluttered mess of icons my boss has on our work computers, and it struck me how archaic the whole file/folder/desktop arrangement is. I started wondering if there was a way to make a box or panel or something that I could use to visually group icons together, and now Stardock tells me they made one! WHEEE!! 
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Reply #1 Wednesday, February 4, 2009 1:59 PM
Wow, that could be really useful. And did I hear "free" correctly?
Gonna download this once I get home.