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Lewis Luminos · 07-02-2009, 03:06 PM

Windowed. Because I ALWAYS have Firefox running, for SLU.

Warder Revestel · 07-02-2009, 03:41 PM

Previously before I left SL, I used windowed mode always.

Wildefire Walcott · 07-02-2009, 03:50 PM

Windowed, and it's generally sized to around 1024x768 even though my screen is 1440x900. Good balance of performance and usability. I am only in SL for customer service, so I need easy access to my worksheets and Photoshop. The only time I ever maximize is when splitting/joining/terraforming land parcels. You need as much screen space as possible for many land operations.

JourneyRocks · 07-02-2009, 04:25 PM

Kate you might need a laptop computer cooler. It is a device that sits under the laptop which has fans in it to cool the laptop down. Powers from the USB port.

Phoenix Psaltery · 07-02-2009, 04:35 PM

Normally use windowed & maxed mode. Just tried it full screen and it didn't seem to make much of a difference -- 8-9 fps either way.

P2

Siggy · 07-02-2009, 04:47 PM

Windowed - when I'm in SL I'm usually scripting, djing, checking something I uploaded, so I'll have whatever else I'm using on the second screen and SL , skype , and other do-dads on the first.

Brenda Connolly · 07-02-2009, 05:16 PM

No wonder I never see any of you guys inworld. When you're on , you aren't there!

Siggy · 07-02-2009, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brenda Connolly

No wonder I never see any of you guys inworld. When you're on , you aren't there!

If it's any consolation, even when I'm there, there has never been a great chance of seeing me

I only ever do one or two social events here and there and the rest of the time is locked up in the lab working on stupid crap. I've never been the crazy socialite in SL - I leave that for SLCC and RL stuff. When opensim is developed enough for it to be usefull for the things I want to do, I'd expect to find me in SL even less - as I'll be doing most of my developing at home.

Soo · 07-02-2009, 06:16 PM

Window mode. I have non SL friends that I chat to, and an attention span of a goldfish, so I'm always doing something else when I'm on SL.

Tegan Sideshow · 07-02-2009, 06:31 PM

Window mode, always! I have major internet ADD

I need to have about a million tabs open at once, and my music player is always on, sometimes I am playing Sims3 at the same time.

Multi-tasking skillz. I haz them

Karma Satyr · 07-03-2009, 06:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wildefire Walcott

I am only in SL for customer service, so I need easy access to my worksheets and Photoshop.

This makes me sad

LeenaSerevi · 07-03-2009, 06:43 AM

I have no idea how to answer this poll as I view the net though this >

**Psyke Phaeton** · 07-03-2009, 06:47 AM

do you like your balls full or empty?

LeenaSerevi · 07-03-2009, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psyke Phaeton

do you like your balls full or empty?

I'm not answering that!

detrius · 07-03-2009, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joshua Nightshade

I always run windowed because I'm usually always ~~doing something else~~ increasing mah SLU postcount with SL in the background, but I wish I didn't have to.

fixed

Parker McTeague · 07-03-2009, 01:26 PM

Window mode, because I'm often working and need access to Photoshop or sales records. Or else I have a chat going. My SL window fills up most of my screen, with other windows peeking out in various corners vying for the attention of my mouse.

Hugsy Penguin · 07-03-2009, 02:23 PM

I used to run full-screen mode back in my early days. But then I found that I'd hit the Windows key too often which would do two things: exit full-screen mode and go to windowed mode and often times crash SL/my computer. The crashing bit got annoying enough that I said "the hell with it" and now just use window mode.

Briony McArdle · 07-03-2009, 04:24 PM

Windowed.

In fact, I don't think I've EVER run my viewer in fullscreen mode -- Windows or Mac.

Rema Quandry · 07-03-2009, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Makoto

i suppose it also depends on the program's expected size, does LL try to enforce 4:3 when most of us have 16:9 monitors?
Then switching to windowed and setting it to 4:3 should increase the framerate immensely.
An experiment me thinks

Hmmm . . . how do you know that "most" of us have 16 x 9 monitors?

Some of us have been running PCs so long, we have yet to move beyond dual CRTs. :-P

--- Rema

Karma Satyr · 07-04-2009, 05:25 AM

Ok its only steam users but it's a good demographic.

Steam Hardware Survey

Primary Display Resolution
1280 x 1024
26.05%

Fmeh · 07-04-2009, 05:47 AM

If I eventually get another 22" flatscreen for my other computer, I'll probably play in fullscreen mode more often, but alas, my other computer has a 15" CRT.

Sion Bedrosian · 07-04-2009, 07:56 PM

Fullscreen pretty much all of the time. I'm just not as immersed if I see windows taskbar on my screen. Often have a browser and yahoo open in the background and just alt-tab back and forth when needed. Occasionally photoshop too but that about the limit as sometimes my PC starts having a fit and SL refuses to refresh when I alt-tab back.

View Poll Results: What do you use?
Window Mode	87	85.29%
Fullscreen	9	8.82%
A cucumber	6	5.88%
Voters: 102. You may not vote on this poll

07-02-2009, 03:06 PM	#26 (permalink)
Lewis Luminos The Gingerbeard Man Ginger Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: UK Posts: 3,281 My Mood: SL Join Date: 08/11/2008 Blog Entries: 12	Windowed. Because I ALWAYS have Firefox running, for SLU. __________________ -- Just Add Ginger -- -- Plurk -- -- last.fm -- -- flickr --

07-02-2009, 03:41 PM	#27 (permalink)
Warder Revestel The Flame Warden The Flame of the Phoenix still burns in searing heat... Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tempest Keep Posts: 209 My Mood: Cannon & Ball (Zuma Clone) Champion! Cone Crazy Champion! Beat the Cheese Champion! Dancer Champion! SL Join Date: March 18th, 2009 Blog Entries: 18 XBOX Leaderboard: 15^th	Previously before I left SL, I used windowed mode always. __________________ Signature change: 500th post Personal Links - Feel free to visit them if you like. FLAME BLOG\|FLICKR\|YOUTUBE\|WOWWIKI\|MMOC\|WOW\|SLU BLOG\|TOTM

07-02-2009, 03:50 PM	#28 (permalink)
Wildefire Walcott Baby Baroness Pew pew pew. Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,991 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 4 SL Join Date: 2005.10.28 Business: Desperation Isle Estates	Windowed, and it's generally sized to around 1024x768 even though my screen is 1440x900. Good balance of performance and usability. I am only in SL for customer service, so I need easy access to my worksheets and Photoshop. The only time I ever maximize is when splitting/joining/terraforming land parcels. You need as much screen space as possible for many land operations. __________________ Desperation Isle Estates: Great prices, great neighbors, great service! New Desperation Isle: The prettiest BDSM Playground and Fetish Mall in SL! Desperation Isle Productions: Scripted skyboxes for lots (and budgets) of all sizes! Wildefire Walcott's Mistressy Musings: My blog about D/s and BDSM in Second Life.

07-02-2009, 04:25 PM	#29 (permalink)
JourneyRocks Glamshack Host Happy Second Lifer Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 542 My Mood: SL Join Date: April 23, 2009 Business: The Glamshack	Kate you might need a laptop computer cooler. It is a device that sits under the laptop which has fans in it to cool the laptop down. Powers from the USB port. __________________ Signed, RED Waving at you from Florida RED13 Raleigh is my in world name I host at The Glamshack 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Thursdays and 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Fridays, all times are in Pacific Standard Time Zone.

07-02-2009, 04:35 PM	#30 (permalink)
Phoenix Psaltery Sansarya's Firebird Derailer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rosebud Posts: 3,966 My Mood: SL Join Date: 02-25-2005 Business: Five59 Graphic Design	Normally use windowed & maxed mode. Just tried it full screen and it didn't seem to make much of a difference -- 8-9 fps either way. P2 __________________ Five59 Online Graphic Design Phoenix's Plurk \| Phoenix's Flickr\| Phoenix's Rarely Updated Blog

07-02-2009, 04:47 PM	#31 (permalink)
Siggy Now with 40% more Awesome Racin' the griefers Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,910 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 31	Windowed - when I'm in SL I'm usually scripting, djing, checking something I uploaded, so I'll have whatever else I'm using on the second screen and SL , skype , and other do-dads on the first. __________________ And as it was in the beginning, so too shall it be in the end. That bullshit is bullshit, it just goes by different names.

07-02-2009, 05:16 PM	#32 (permalink)
Brenda Connolly Is Very Naughty Pinned Up Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Jerzee Posts: 7,173 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 2 SL Join Date: Jan 9,2007 Business: The Accidental Avatar	No wonder I never see any of you guys inworld. When you're on , you aren't there! __________________ My Blog, Shop, and InWorld Group http://brenda-connolly.blogspot.com http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dindrane%20Elfor/176/160/46

07-02-2009, 06:16 PM	#34 (permalink)
Soo Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5	Window mode. I have non SL friends that I chat to, and an attention span of a goldfish, so I'm always doing something else when I'm on SL.

07-02-2009, 06:31 PM	#35 (permalink)
Tegan Sideshow ::::: Hello Sailor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: England Posts: 455 My Mood: SL Join Date: March 2006 Business: Observing Geeky Boys	Window mode, always! I have major internet ADD I need to have about a million tabs open at once, and my music player is always on, sometimes I am playing Sims3 at the same time. Multi-tasking skillz. I haz them __________________ Mah Flickr

07-03-2009, 06:43 AM	#37 (permalink)
LeenaSerevi Junior Member Jester Spaming Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2,105 My Mood: SL Join Date: 2nd January 08	I have no idea how to answer this poll as I view the net though this > __________________ If your mansion house needs haunting just call, Rentaghost, We've got spooks and ghouls and freaks and fools, at Rentaghost, Hear the Phantom of the Opera, sing a haunting melody, Remember what you see is not a mystery but ..... Rentaghost!

07-03-2009, 06:47 AM	#38 (permalink)
Psyke Phaeton Senior Member SLU Supporter Running 'round in Circle's Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 6,912 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 1 SL Join Date: 12-Oct-2003 Business: Psyke's Defence Systems Blog Entries: 3	do you like your balls full or empty? __________________ Χάος \| HomeSecurity Orb - the original security orb \| Psyke's AjaxLife - Free web SL access. 50% off sale, November 5 & 6

07-03-2009, 01:26 PM	#41 (permalink)
Parker McTeague little glowing friend Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,152 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 9 SL Join Date: September 28, 2004 Business: Park Life Modern Homes and Interior	Window mode, because I'm often working and need access to Photoshop or sales records. Or else I have a chat going. My SL window fills up most of my screen, with other windows peeking out in various corners vying for the attention of my mouse. __________________ also you can read my blog!

07-03-2009, 02:23 PM	#42 (permalink)
Hugsy Penguin Member Status needs editing. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 49 My Mood:	I used to run full-screen mode back in my early days. But then I found that I'd hit the Windows key too often which would do two things: exit full-screen mode and go to windowed mode and often times crash SL/my computer. The crashing bit got annoying enough that I said "the hell with it" and now just use window mode.

07-03-2009, 04:24 PM	#43 (permalink)
Briony McArdle Junior Kitten Meeeeeuuuwww!!!! Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 113 My Mood: SL Join Date: 21 May, 2006	Windowed. In fact, I don't think I've EVER run my viewer in fullscreen mode -- Windows or Mac.

07-04-2009, 05:25 AM	#45 (permalink)
Karma Satyr Member wtf? Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 70 SL Join Date: 1/8/2004 Business: Evil Mindset	Ok its only steam users but it's a good demographic. Steam Hardware Survey Primary Display Resolution 1280 x 1024 26.05%

07-04-2009, 05:47 AM	#46 (permalink)
Fmeh The Fourth Dimension Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tacoma, WA USA Posts: 4,830 Blog Entries: 30	If I eventually get another 22" flatscreen for my other computer, I'll probably play in fullscreen mode more often, but alas, my other computer has a 15" CRT. __________________ The Fourth Dimension Club and Hangout http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meribel/211/172/103

07-04-2009, 07:56 PM	#47 (permalink)
Sion Bedrosian Prim Thrower The English Invasion Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 73 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 3	Fullscreen pretty much all of the time. I'm just not as immersed if I see windows taskbar on my screen. Often have a browser and yahoo open in the background and just alt-tab back and forth when needed. Occasionally photoshop too but that about the limit as sometimes my PC starts having a fit and SL refuses to refresh when I alt-tab back.

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