Do you maximize your windows?

[red.]

i maximise all my windows even msn messenger conversations and especially explorer windows (even when constantly switching from one folder to another) and switch between them. even though i have plently of room with my 1280 x 1024 screen i always maximise. for some reason i can't stand using a computer without maximising all windows.

[Riz360]

I chose "When I multitask, I switch from one maximized screen to another. "

Can I ask, did this thread come about simply due to curosity or does it serve some purpose?

[dj6ross]

Combination. I always tend to maximize FF/Opera, and PSP/Photoshop, but things like MSN Messenger and Notepad I just leave at default.

[Fred Derf Veteran]

I chose "When I multitask, I switch from one maximized screen to another. "

Can I ask, did this thread come about simply due to curosity or does it serve some purpose?

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Someone said that MS Office was superior on OS/X (compared to Windows) because it did not open everything maximized by default.

[travl0r]

I use a combination, usually I size them to the size I want them...

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me too

[PureEdit]

Nope, but some of my windows are pretty big.

[pcw]

I use a combination of maximized and non-maximized windows.

But mostly maximized windows... 1600x1200

[planetik]

"I use a combination of maximized and non-maximized windows."

I don't maximize a MSN convo or Explorer, but I do maximize firefox

1280X1024

[+StevoFC MVC]

in windows most of the time yes. in osx most of the time i don't.

[1uk3]

"I use a combination of maximized and non-maximized windows."

I don't maximize a MSN convo or Explorer, but I do maximize firefox

1280X1024

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Same here...

If I had a bigger monitor and could work at a high resolution I might not maximise so many windows though.

[EduardValencia]

combinated sir!

[theyarecomingforyou]

I maximise everything and multitask alot... only occasional programs like WMP do I not maximise.

[calidude]

I maximize my windows at all times unless I am playing a video; since my video card can't support full-screen video that well. :(

[+virtorio MVC]

On my laptop with its tiny 1024x788 limited display I used maximized windows, but on my 20” widescreen iMac I size windows accordingly and have various programs on screen at the same time.

[John S. Veteran]

with 1440x900, there's no need to maximize anything but games

[THE BAT]

maximize only "important" applications.

[b0m8er]

Used to run everything full-scren, but then I got hi-res display and now i rarely run fullscreen apps, except for photoshop :p

[Purple Haze]

I used to but got sick of it, so on my 18" LCD and my laptop's 15" widescreen I just keep Firefox in the middle with Miranda on the right and Winamp/misc below it.

[Daninku]

I hate restored windows :p Dunno why ... and I always minimze every window (when multitasking) except the one I'm using ... again I don't have a specific reason for this.

[xxdesmus]

1280x1024 on dual 17's and i still maximize everything and switch between maximized when multi tasking. Same goes for my laptop at 1600x1200. :yes:

[y0sh]

I don't maximize anything.

I used to. Then I introduced myself to OS X, and it has changed my computing habits. I actually get annoyed when people around me maximize (especially on my computers). Its such a windows cliche to MAXIMIZE the funk out of everything.

I make firefox fullscreen (F11) when I'm not using any other application, but I wouldn't maximize it.

[Matt T]

My resolution is 1152x864 and I always have my open windows maximized except for iTunes, WMP, QuickTime and MSN.

[Edge00]

Two monitors, both have programs currently maximized on each (firefox and OpenOffice writer). I maximize every thing that can be, for the most part. Steam, xfire, trillian, winamp, stuff like those never get maximized, they use up only the amount of space necessary to see what is going on. Itunes gets maximized, cuz I have a lot of music and I want to see as many songs at once as possible. I dual boot fedora core 4 x86_64, everything gets maxed there too.

On campus the biology computer lab is mac OSX, and it drives me completely nuts, no task bar, stuff is not easily maximized. I spend more time arranging windows, so that they are easily accessed when I am multitasking, than I do actually getting stuff accomplished.

I spend alot of time writing reviews/abstracts of scientific articles so I need to have a word processor, adobe acrobat, and firefox open at once. And I need to be able to read as much at once as possible from the browser and pdf reader for the sake of efficiency (it takes enough time as it is).

[Techno_Funky]

"When I multitask, I switch from one maximized screen to another." :yes:

[Orange]

I maximize everything, hate small windows :alien: