Experimental Desktop
Inspired by the following question (from Roger Johansson of 456 Berea St):
Do you maximise your browser window?
…and since I'm always telling people that the best upgrade they can make to their computer is to get more screen real estate, I started messing around with my desktop configuration.
This is what my desk now looks like:
…and here's a screenshot of my Mac's desktop:
Having all this space* is nice but there are some downsides:
- My corner of the office looks messy
- People will think I'm odd
- I remember why I upgraded from that blurry, dark old monitor in the first place
*(1024x1280)+(1900x1200)=3,590,720pixels or 3.6megapixels.
I'm going to leave it like this for a while and see if I feel comfortable with the setup, if not I think I'll take my old Mac home and use it as a TV.
In answer to Roger's question about browser resizing:
- I tend not to maximise my browse window - instead I use a couple of bookmarklets to resize my the browser to specific sizes: 800x1111 and 1024x1111 (1111 is the maximum height for my browser window so as not to overlap the dock). If the site has a completely liquid layout and is not text based (like a page of thumbnails, say) I do maximise the window.
- My usual screen size is 1900x1200
- I use OS X 10.4