The ability to hide the desktop icons is pretty neat if you have a lot of icons on your desktop. I'm a bit of a minimalist myself, but my dad has managed to fill the desktop with icons. He's recently discovered dual monitors and my guess is he'll fill both up.
In Windows 7 you can hide the icons on the desktop.
- Right-click the desktop and choose View.
- Choose Show desktop icons.
- Do the opposite to get the icons back.
Stardock also has a pretty cool app called Fences that allows you to organize and hide your icons.
