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[Python-Dev] Playing with a new theme for the docs

Glenn Linderman v+python at g.nevcal.com
Mon Mar 26 21:14:15 CEST 2012 
On 3/26/2012 10:58 AM, Ethan Furman wrote:
> Glenn Linderman wrote:
>>   On 3/26/2012 10:19 AM, R. David Murray wrote:
>>> Like Philip, I have *one* window.  My window manager (ratpoison) is 
>>> more
>>> like 'screen' for X: you *can* split the window up, but it is *much* 
>>> more
>>> useful to have only one window visible at a time, most of the time.
>>
>> I'm amazed at the number of people that use maximized windows, one 
>> application at a time.  I have 2 1600x1200 displays, with 10-30 
>> overlapping windows partially visible, and sometimes wish I had 3 
>> displays, so I could see more windows at a time... but then I'd have 
>> to turn my head more, so maybe this is optimal.  Two displays lets me 
>> get my autohidden taskbar in the vertical center, for quick access 
>> from either side.
>
> I also have two monitors, I use goScreen for three virtual desktops 
> (I'm stuck with XP -- which is to say MS), and each application I use 
> is full-screen while I'm using it.  I find windows that I'm not using 
> at that moment a distraction. 

Interesting.  I guess I'm always distracted :)  But I often need data or 
information from multiple applications in order to make progress on a 
project... which is why each application seldom gets maximized.  I even 
use multiple Firefox profiles concurrently, to have multiple browsers 
open for different purposes, as well as multiple tabs within each of 
them. Sometimes I even need multiple instances of Emacs, as well as 
multiple windows for a single instance, but that is usually very 
temporary, due to an interruption (distraction).

So my pet peeve about web sites is those that, although they seem to 
dynamically adjust to different monitor sizes, seem to miscalculate, and 
display a horizontal scroll bar, and consistently chop stuff off on the 
right edge of my non-maximized window.
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