There must be a word for that....

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I just downloaded a really nice DX theme and half-an hour later realized that I'd just been sitting there, moving my mouse here, there (ooh, look at that)... Nevermind trying to get any work done.

How often does that happen to the rest of you guys?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hum, yeah, it happened to me a few times. Only problem is that it only lasts about an hour, then the animations acctually start to be annoying.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I don't find that the animations get annoying... just lose thier thrill. As I've said before... I have more fun doing the DX objects than I do using them.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yes, doing them is a whole load of fun, I agree. Annoying may be too strong of a word. Lets just say that they indeed lose their thrill, and after a while I go "all right already, just open the darn program!" Hehehe!
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
magpies (birds) collect bright shiny object to decorate their nests with. These objects are of no real use to the magpie, he just thinks they're pretty.

You sir, are a cyber-magpie.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It's kinda like when you go to the fridge for something in specific, yet when you get there, you suddenly start cataloging the food (i.e. blanky staring into the fridge) and you never actually get what you wanted in the first place.
(Commonly called amnesia fridgdotis).
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Or when you want to go to the toilet, but end up on a closet somewhere. Or when you find yourself in the kitchen and you have no idea what you're doing there or how you got there.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
like when you read message board posts from Hippy, and then stop and wonder what the subject was back at the top...

-_-
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Destinesia - going to a room to get something and forgetting what it was when you get there.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Russ....magpies are also NOT a cyclist's friend. I remember watching a road race once when all the riders came in at the end, throwing down scores of broken pumps that had been used to fend off attacks from them.
I've been hit a few times....and there is nothing more embarassing than to grab some poor excuse for a pump....a 6 inch long telescopic thing in an attempt to fend them off....
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Haha...another thread topic successfully hijacked by Jafo...
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
How about when you read something Hippy wrote and wonder just what they consider "sane" where he lives.

Or like when you read posts from crae and suddenly have a compulsion to by three deadbolts for all of your doors. :-o
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
this is what happened with me

1) downloaded desktopX
2) downloaded some good looking skins
3) had em installed for 5 mins
4) found it unusable cause although it looks nice it just isnt functional
5) uninstalled it 30mins later
6) installed winxp for the real XP feel
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yep. The Desktop Magpie analogy is really applicable.

The whole GUI fetish kind of reminds me of those religious books and cards where each day you open up a little cut-out window/door to see what's behind it. You go "ooohh pretty!".

'Course the real issue is trying to find the right balance between form and functionality. That's half the fun of it.

That said, I love my interactive desktop.