@Bastardo - I see you use the using-too-much-space-for-nothing bento Winamp Skin.
How about trying CPro, since first meet it was love at the first time for me Download-Page. What it does, it's a skin platform, with great design in mind, uses little space and has it all cool in there, you can see in my desktop img how it looks on standard.
Here's mine atm. Usually I use something simple and abstract, done in PS. Too much diversity does bad when focused
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Mine is always black with no icons, I use quick launch instead. Windows don't go over top of quick launch ^^ Plus you get single click launching, and can re-size it to get a pop-up menu for less-used shortcuts.