Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 05/06/06 02:30

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Domestos wrote:
>>> I never do either of those things on my online desktop.
>> So how do you browse then...
>
> Quite comfortably, with my browser(s) using about the right-hand thwo
> thirds of my screen (full height) and email/news apps using about the
> left half (full height). They overlap a bit, but both modes (browsing
> and communications) are always visible for a one-click focus switch from
> one to the other.
>
> Similarly, when I reply to a Usenet post, my editor opens up on the
> right half, with my news client still readable on the left. See:
>
> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/comp/splits.jpg
>
> You'll notice the title bar for my email client at the top of the screen
> above my news client window.
>
> Nothing *ever* "cascaded"; rarely anything other than watching a film on
> DVD ever full-screened -- the two choices that you apparently think are
> all that one can do because you've seen little buttons for them.
>
>
I really browse *fullscreen* either with multiple apps laid out with a
bit of overlap. You do your site a disservice making such narrow
assumptions on how visitors will view it.

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Take care,

Jonathan
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