--- enorbet  wrote:
> Stephen Worthington wrote:
> 
> >** Reply to message from enorbet  on Mon, 01
> Mar
> >2004 15:42:52 -0500
> >
> >> IMHO the really "hot" setup if one is confined to
17" is dual
> 17's, 
> >>especially if your work demands several open apps.  Not having to 
> >>constantly minimize and maximize is a huge time saver and fights 
> >>monotony, improving work quality often.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Have you tried multiple desktop software?  I very rarely
> >minimise/maximise things, as I can have them on as many desktops as
> I
> >like with Object Desktop's Control Center.  I currently have 10
> >desktops, 9 of them in use.  eCS 1.1 comes with multi-desktop
> support
> >already set up and there are quite a few other programs around that
> can
> >do it.
> >
> >--
> >Stephen Worthington   fe31{at}jsw.gen.nz
> >  
> >
> 
> Hi Steve
>   Of course I have enjoyed virtual desktops for quite awhile now,
> first 
> with Linux and then with installing XFree86 in OS/2 but still I love
> all 
> that screen real estate... no clicking on anything just drag it.  
> However I admittedly have yet to be able to do that in OS/2 since
> nVidia 
> no longer makes drivers for new cards for OS/2.  They're dual head 
> support in Linux is exceptional.  I am stuck with GRADD in OS/2 for
> my 
> nVidia card. Now if SciTech's driver supported multiple monitors I'd 
> consider paying the cost since I really can see little value in
> paying 
> for a driver that can do so little more than GRADD at least in OS/2
> as 
> far as I can tell, since I have given up trying to use OS/2 to 
> accomodate any 3D gaming.  I use native linux for that. Hmmm guess
> I'll 
> mosey over to scitech to see if they have any decent support for
> nVidia 
> w/ multiple monitors.
>
ECS 1.1 has ePager, with virtual desktops. I noticed I can have a 10x10
grid of desktops or 100 total. Wow! Also can turn on system caps lock
in ECS. Pretty cool.

Franklin


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