Comments on: Some thoughts about monitors http://www.fishingforwater.net/archives/87 ... altogether just a drop in the sea ... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:58:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jody http://www.fishingforwater.net/archives/87#comment-5076 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:09:20 +0000 http://www.fishingforwater.net/archives/87#comment-5076 Interesting thoughts. I would think there's a practical limit to the size of the general population's monitors. Sure, newspapers and magazines could make their paper much bigger... but then it gets less usable, more physically awkward, and tougher to read/digest all the information. Interesting thoughts. I would think there’s a practical limit to the size of the general population’s monitors. Sure, newspapers and magazines could make their paper much bigger… but then it gets less usable, more physically awkward, and tougher to read/digest all the information.

]]> by: Tom http://www.fishingforwater.net/archives/87#comment-5050 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:42:57 +0000 http://www.fishingforwater.net/archives/87#comment-5050 I tend to full screen everything. This might be because I primarily use windows or windows-like window manager (Gnome/KDE) in linux, since I've noticed that people who use OSX far more frequently don't full screen (well maximize, osx is funny about fullscreen) windows, instead having windows floating around their desktop. When I heavily used linux, I got really used to using multiple desktops, which was really nice. It could be just a habit I have yet to break since I got used to it back in the day. As far as program notifications go, I know my chat client (Pidgin) will flash on my task bar (similar to how icons bounce on the OSX dock). I imagine if we started using segregated workspace that have customized dimensions, there'd be some sort of interface that allowed you to see a list of open workspaces, and in that you could call user attention to ones in which there is new or updated information. It might require that programs throw update calls, so maybe it'd really come about with co-operation between application developers and the people that design the OS interface. Maybe we'll see some innovation like this with Windows 7 (although I really doubt it) I tend to full screen everything. This might be because I primarily use windows or windows-like window manager (Gnome/KDE) in linux, since I’ve noticed that people who use OSX far more frequently don’t full screen (well maximize, osx is funny about fullscreen) windows, instead having windows floating around their desktop. When I heavily used linux, I got really used to using multiple desktops, which was really nice. It could be just a habit I have yet to break since I got used to it back in the day.

As far as program notifications go, I know my chat client (Pidgin) will flash on my task bar (similar to how icons bounce on the OSX dock). I imagine if we started using segregated workspace that have customized dimensions, there’d be some sort of interface that allowed you to see a list of open workspaces, and in that you could call user attention to ones in which there is new or updated information. It might require that programs throw update calls, so maybe it’d really come about with co-operation between application developers and the people that design the OS interface. Maybe we’ll see some innovation like this with Windows 7 (although I really doubt it)

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