>>After switching to BlackBoxLean for my desktop and toolbars (see thread #1159362 for full history), I've discovered that even the whole idea of icons is superfluous. All the stuff that I need frequently fits into three tiny, text-only toolbars that occupy about 100x450 pixels on the top right edge of my desktop (and even that's hidden most of the time, save for the title bar of the uppermost toolbar). I don't have to minimize all apps to find an icon.

>Dragan, what's BlackBoxLean? Google has too many (irrelevant) links. Have you got something more specific?
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>Update: Found it. Thanks.

Enjoy. And, to Bhavbhuti, if he's reading this: I haven't experienced the almost proverbial temporary freezes after switching. I wonder what could have caused them - probably explorer.exe re-reading the cache or rechecking directories or whatever. The trouble was in its habit of doing so at exactly wrong times - when I was trying to use the machine.