Experimental Desktop
Inspired by the following question (from Roger Johansson of 456 Berea St):
Do you maximise your browser window? 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