And every time an icon tried to crowd the screen again, Frank just smiled, rightâclicked, and whispered: Small icons.
âThatâs all. Or you can hold and scroll your mouse wheel up and downâmakes them any size you want.â
âYouâre telling me I suffered for two years,â he said slowly, âbecause I never rightâclicked an empty space?â make windows icons smaller
The folders piled up until âHomeworkâ sat on top of âTaxes,â which buried âVacation Photos.â Every time he installed a new program, another shortcut appeared. His wallpaperâa nice mountain lakeâhadnât been seen in months.
It was Sunday morning, and Frankâs computer desk looked like a disaster zone. Icons covered his Windows desktop like a swarm of digital ants. âHow do you find anything?â asked his niece, Mia, peeking over his shoulder. And every time an icon tried to crowd
The icons shrank. They lined up neatly. The mountain lake reappeared. Frank could see his shortcuts for Chrome, Word, and that solitaire game he pretended not to play.
She took the mouse. Right-clicked a blank spot on the desktop. Then clicked Small icons . His wallpaperâa nice mountain lakeâhadnât been seen in
âI donât,â Frank grumbled. âThatâs the problem.â