I appreciate your 2cents! I actually am just about to buy a new computer and have been mulling the two-screen option as part of the package. My partner does CAD and CAM and just went to two monitors at his shop and loves it - but he had said he didn't think all programs would work with the two monitors and I didn't know if Photoshop and Dreamweaver would. I'll still need to think about both the desk-space and cost issue (I don' t have a spare monitor handy) - but your experience with this is good to know. I am also a "many apps open" user - rarely less than three at a time and often more.
Welcome to the list! Thanks -cynthia -----Original Message----- From: Brian M. Rahill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [folkschool-list] Floating Menus Hi All, I'm new to the list and have been lurking for a couple of weeks, but I can weigh in on this one. Floating menus used to drive me crazy. I work in Dreamweaver and Photoshop all the time and the toolbars were ALWAYS covering my work. I spent 10% of my time just reorganizing and moving stuff out of the way. Then I finally purchased a video card that will support two monitors. It was the single best upgrade I have ever made. It paid for itself in a few days just by enabling me to work quicker. I love it! The video card cost about $80 with a rebate, and I happened to have an additional monitor that I could spare. I now keep all the toobars off on one monitor and the workspace on another. Even if you use a small 15 inch monitor for the secondary monitor you'll never have to worry about the tools covering your work. It almost feels like having an additional computer. I one of those people that has lots of applications open all at once, so having the additional monitor really makes a difference. I might sound like a sales person but I after having two monitors I would never go back to a single monitor. Just my 0.02. Brian At 03:35 PM 3/21/2002 -0500, you wrote: >In Dreamweaver, you really need to be using a screen resolution of at >least 1024 X 768. Otherwise I don't think there's any way to keep all >those floating palettes from covering up your work. > >Jon > >At 01:27 PM 3/21/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>They never bothered me much in PageMaker, because the workspace is bigger >>than the document, so you can always have those floating boxes on one side >>or the other - not on top of what you are actually trying to work on. But in >>Dreamweaver (for example), I can't scroll any further than the edge of the >>page I have constructed - so the menu ALWAYS covers some part of my work. >>Sooner or later, I need to work on the corner where I've left the toolbar, >>so I have to drag it somewhere else. >> >>Any tips on this? :) >>-cynthia > >Jonathan Falk >Pine Tree Folk School >RR 2, Box 7162 >Carmel, ME 04419 >(207)848-2433 ><http://www.ptfolkschool.org> > > > >**Folkschool-list archives are at: ><http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> > Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School > **Folkschool-list archives are at: <http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School **Folkschool-list archives are at: <http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84vzQ.a9gqS3 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
