Re: OT: Home PCs Predict Hotter Earth

From: Active8 (reply2group_at_ndbbm.net)
Date: 02/04/05 

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:02:38 -0500

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 01:15:49 -0200, Chaos Master wrote:

> This is Active8 for forever:
>
>> I need an extra monitor for online use and reading docs. I have my
>> screen res set so high for schem capture and things like
>> Dreamweaver, that I need the magnifier to a lot of stuff.
>>
>> I can change res on the fly, but it readjusts the desktop and fouls
>> it up.
>>
>> The worst part is that a few programs dissapear off their virtual
>> desktop (try JS screenpager - up to 256 desktops) They don't get
>> along with JS pager. Most of the time, I can use the kybd or taskbar
>> to select "Move", hit an arrow key, and move the mouse to get the
>> window back. Last resort is to look in the apps .ini file or
>> registry settings to change the saved screen coords.
>
> I used to have LiteStep shell, which gave virtual desktops. When an
> application got off the desktop, I used to right-click its icon in Task
> Bar, select "Move" and try to move it to my main desktop.
>

I've got at least one app that doesn't have a move option.

I tried LiteStep. That's a pretty nice shell, but I haven't put the
time into getting it just the way I want. IIRC, it hogged mem or f'd
with something else, too. 

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Best Regards,
Mike