Post your desktop screenshot

**TheOriginalH** · May 28, 2001 11:24

12 monkies was pretty mainstream here - top film

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H

**qslack** · May 28, 2001 11:46

Originally posted by isuru

WOW :O qslack your desktop rulez.
What are the specs of your machine?

Nothing special, really, except for the RAM. P3 500MHz, 512MB RAM, two vidcards+monitors (17", 19"), all running on Win2k.

I don't quite see how I lived without two monitors. I suggest everyone just get a cheap 4mb vidcard and an old 13" monitor for a total of $200. It's really worth it.

**TheOriginalH** · May 28, 2001 11:52

Nothing special - 512mb of ram - are you sure????

I wouldn't have a clue how to work with two monitors, but would be interested in learning more (currently work with 2 pc's).

H

**mmj** · May 28, 2001 12:25

I have a Matrox G400 Dualhead, which supports a desktop with two monitors. Current I don't use second display for that though. I use it with a video monitor (in other words, a television - for video editing and DVD viewing).

**qslack** · May 28, 2001 12:32

Originally posted by TheOriginalH
Nothing special - 512mb of ram - are you sure????

I wouldn't have a clue how to work with two monitors, but would be interested in learning more (currently work with 2 pc's).

I said nothing special but the RAM

At first I thought that 2 monitors would be hard to get used to. They were...for abut a day or two. Then I figured out how to really use them...one monitor should be for chat, mail, and the task manager, while the other should be for whatever you're focused on. At least that's how it works best for me. Here's a pic of my desk (64k).

**dominique** · May 28, 2001 13:17

qslack, what's your home address? I think it might be time for me to enter into the cat burglary business!

**TheOriginalH** · May 28, 2001 13:38

*puts on his reading glasses*

I said nothing special but the RAM

oooops, ahem.....sorry - can't read!

How do you physically operate on two screens? I mean mouse and keyboard control....how does it all work? Also, what sort of resource drain is it on the pc?? I'm fascinated at this option...

**qslack** · May 28, 2001 13:49

My home town is listed in my profile. Not so sure about giving out my address to someone who labels themself a "cat burglar"

Well, with two monitors, you just pretend that you have one big monitor. You can drag windows from one monitor to the other normally, and the keyboard only has focus on one window. It's pretty hard to have one big window spanning both monitors, so most people just separate them into different tasks.

The resource drain isn't all that noticeable, except when playing games. My left monitor (the one I don't play games on) sometimes will not refresh or will invert itself when I play resource-greedy games like Counterstrike, Q3A, and even Starcraft. During normal (non-game) use, the benefits in productivity of two monitors far outweigh their price and performance loss.

**sowen** · May 28, 2001 14:16

I have to agree with Qslack, I have been using two monitors (with 2 cards 1 ELSA Erasor IIIPro AGP 2x and a cheapo £30er pci). It has been a godsend for things like Photoshop/Corel and Dreamweaver, just drag all the pallets onto the right monitor (15") which gives me a beautiful uncluttered working document on my 17". Only took me a couple of days to get used to using it too. Just wish I had it at work now, but then again I use a 21" there so that just might be being greedy

When working on web pages it's a HUGE time saver, I generally work at 1280 x 1024 but have the second monitor set at 800x600 so all I need to do to test at that resolution is drag the browser over to that screen and maximise, brilliant.

**Brian Asselin** · May 28, 2001 14:32

You are going to love mine:

http://brian.spiderbite.org/archive/...es/desktop.jpg

**mmj** · May 28, 2001 14:40

That is nearly as boring as mine.

**mjames** · May 28, 2001 16:45

Here's a brand new one of mine taken just now. I decided to spice it up with a Britney Spears wallpaper.

http://sports-central.org/stuff/desktop_May02.gif

**Brian Asselin** · May 28, 2001 17:33

Originally posted by mmj
That is nearly as boring as mine.

Well then, lets see how boring it is

While they are fighting over whose is the best, we can fight over whose is most boring.

**MattR** · May 28, 2001 21:07

I have two 19" monitors and it is simply beautiful. I love being able to stick code on one screen and the browser window on the other; save one place, refresh the other, and if you need to look for bugs you don't have to move anything but your mousewheel a bit!

**mmj** · May 28, 2001 23:21

Originally posted by Brian Asselin

Well then, lets see how boring it is

http://www.mostlyamphigory.com/temp/boring.gif

Warning: the above image contains: Extreme Boredom.

**Anarchos** · May 28, 2001 23:29

Nice one, you put the warning below the link! Too bad I saw the warning after I clicked the link! I think I'm emotionally scarred from such utter, utter boredom.

**isuru** · May 29, 2001 03:24

OK here's mine.

Its pretty bare i know but i like a clean desktop

BTW If anyone is wondering the wallpaper is the logo of my favorite Australian Football Team

http://www.edevcafe.com/forums/attac...s=&postid=1554

**Michel V** · May 29, 2001 04:01

Here's how mine looks like with some windows on it.

http://dayzero.org/gallery/desktop/20010529.jpg

Never mind the goofy guy on the webcam, it's just me.

**norfett** · May 29, 2001 04:15

well, here is mine

wallpaper came from a CD prog on the club that I have

1024x768

http://www.total-albion.com/desktop.gif

Pete

**isuru** · May 29, 2001 04:39

Originally posted by norfett
well, here is mine wallpaper came from a CD prog on the club that I have 1024x768

http://www.total-albion.com/desktop.gif

Pete

Hey thats a cool wallpaper

**norfett** · May 29, 2001 04:46

Originally posted by isuru

Hey thats a cool wallpaper

Hehe - Ta, it was free off the CD - all I had to do was re-size it cos it was 800x600

Pete

**qslack** · May 29, 2001 05:46

Originally posted by Shin Ma
Here's how mine looks like with some windows on it.
http://dayzero.org/gallery/desktop/20010529.jpg

Your desktop is cool...are you using Litestep or some other explorer.exe replacement shell thing? Or did you just customize Windows a lot?

**creole** · May 29, 2001 07:11

Originally posted by qslack
I use WindowsBlinds, several free icon packs, and a lot of customization in different apps.

Jeez Q...

what res are you running? 1600x1200?

**creole** · May 29, 2001 07:14

Originally posted by qslack
Here's a pic of my desk (64k).

YOu aren't left handed by any chance are you?

**creole** · May 29, 2001 07:22

Let me weigh in on the dual monitors thing...

There is no other thing (other than a faster computer) that will improve your effieciency more than two monitors. At least as far as designers/coders go. The average user would not really get the full benefit as they rarely have need for such things.

My setup is a 19" with a GeForce2mx set to 1280x1024 and a 17" with a generic 4meg card set to 1024x768.

For a web designer, the best setup is to have your main apps (Photoshop, EditPlus, Flash) on the primary and your support apps (IE, Netscape) on the secondary. That way all you have to do is hit ALT + TAB and you've switched monitors.

A little shameless promotion for an app that I found. It is called Ultramon and it is a critical app when it comes to dual monitors. It allows you to use keyboard shirtcuts (why do you think I got it?) to switch apps from one monitor to the other, it allows you to resize your app windows to the window, it also lets you use one monitor as a mirror for other things.

If you use Dual's then you simply MUST install this app and test it out. It is worth every penny of the $30 I paid for it.

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