Managing desktop complexity at scale

Dear Stardock Team,

I’ve been using Fences for a long time, and it remains an essential tool for my Windows workflow. It is, quite simply, the best way to keep a desktop organized.

However, I’ve noticed an interesting "side effect" that emerges when the organizational structure reaches a high level of complexity. To give you a practical example, my current setup consists of:

• 7 individual pages;

• 23 top-level Fences;

• Up to 4 levels of nesting within certain structures.

At this scale, even with a perfectly logical layout, the desktop's immediacy begins to fade. Navigating through multiple pages and nested layers to find a specific link can sometimes become more time-consuming than intended, turning a visual benefit into a navigational challenge.

I’ve been reflecting on a possible high-level concept to address this: an optional "XREF" or searchable index.

The idea would be to allow users to trigger a quick string-based search that filters through Fence titles and their contents. This wouldn't replace the visual nature of Fences, but rather act as a "fast-track" to locate and launch items when the desktop complexity reaches its peak.

I’ll leave the analytical heavy lifting and UI implementation logic to your expert team, but I wanted to share these metrics as a testament to how "power users" are pushing Fences to its structural limits.

Keep up the fantastic work.

Best regards,

Luigi Benelli

Florence, Italy

Fences User