customizing desktop icons and behavior

[Recruit0]

I'm using XFCE with a Mac looking theme. I tried out multiple Mac-clone dock bars and haven't found any that I liked, so nvm.

1 ) I'm looking for a way to customize my desktop icons more. I want to remove the little text labels under the icons and use the pop-up text for labels rather than it saying "Type, Modified, Size." With the text labels not showing under the icons anymore, the icons should be closer together. I just want a bunch of icons on the desktop.

2 ) I'm also interested in special effects when the mouse is hovering over an icon, although the icon just becoming brighter is fine [I'd prefer something more "noticeable"] Specifically, I want to see the icon get bigger when the mouse is hovering over it.

3 ) Also, each desktop (workspace) should be able to have it's own icons; rather than the same icons showing up on the desktop whenever I switch desktops (workspaces). Also would be cool to see the icons scroll by as I switch desktops (workspaces).

If you haven't guessed it, I'm trying to "copy" how an itouch / iphone looks (when it's jailbroken that is, I've jailbroken one before and like the way it works) Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, especially part 1 and part 3.

[yabbadabbadont]

I think you are going to have to use something other than xfce to get the behavior you want. Or, perhaps, a combination of different programs, some of which handle drawing the desktop icons, while disabling xfce's handling of the desktop. Not sure what would do that for you though. You might try searching for "desklets" or "screenlets" or such.
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[Recruit0]

I got some of it working. The closest I got so far is idesk with my .ideskrc as: