28th December 1999
As usual, I was manipulating objects on my Desktop the other day (believe me, I'm trying to quit). Curiosity got the best of me and I wondered what would happen if I dragged an object over the System Tray and held it there for a few seconds (without dropping it). Yeah, my cursor immediately changed into that little circle with the diagonal bar, but suddenly all of my windows were minimized! There are other ways to achieve the same result, but I'll leave those for a future tip. This particular maneuver will be handy when you're in the middle of an "important" drag & drop operation and need immediate access to the Desktop (for whatever reason).