Mise
isle of lucy
Full screen at home (17" / 1280x1020), and some smaller size at work that fits CFC just fine (23" widescreen, can't remember resolution). At work the window probably looks like it would fit a 15" widescreen snugly.
What web browser do you use/favorite?
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Fullscreen 1920x1200.
Soon to be fullscreen 2560x1600 whenever Dell puts their 30" on sale again.
PeteAtoms
FormulaRandom
Are there even any websites that make that resolution useful? Seems like a waste of screen space 
Still primarily an Opera user and have no plans to change that in the near future. Still waiting for other browsers to implement 1-key shortcuts, or some other even more useful feature.
I do use Firefox 3.6 some, though. It's my browser for sites that require a whitelisted browser, which almost always includes Firefox. Haven't had to use IE for a long time. I also use it for sites that are noticeably better in a supported browser, such as some Windows Live sites that play nicer with Firefox than with Opera, and with Offline GMail, which sadly does not work with Firefox 4 and is why I'm sticking with 3.6 for the time being. Otherwise I'd be using Firefox 4 for these sites. Opera I have up-to-date.
On my mobile phone I use Opera Mobile, but I hardly ever use the Internet on my phone. Even so, Opera Mobile was noticeably better than whatever it came with.
As I run XP, I'm unable to try IE9. But with all the other browsers supporting XP, it would be silly to upgrade for a browser even if IE9 actually were slightly better than the competition.
For the second Google (or other service account), you can just use a private tab in most browsers and not have to open another browser.
Also nice explanation of why Vista was disliked and XP is liked. While I could point to many more specific factors, that certainly was a part of it.
I use full screen a high majority of the time, except when it's useful to be able to see both what's in a tab and what's in Notepad++ or some other program I'm working with, or perhaps if I'm in a lot of IM conversations, when I might have AIM Lite along the side. That's 1280x800. IMO full screen looks nicer than windowed, so if I'm only using one window at the time, I prefer to have it full-screen.
CFC does a good, if not perfect, job of making higher resolution useful, at least with most themes. But it is annoying that a lot of sites never go wider than 800 or 1024 pixels.
I do use Firefox 3.6 some, though. It's my browser for sites that require a whitelisted browser, which almost always includes Firefox. Haven't had to use IE for a long time. I also use it for sites that are noticeably better in a supported browser, such as some Windows Live sites that play nicer with Firefox than with Opera, and with Offline GMail, which sadly does not work with Firefox 4 and is why I'm sticking with 3.6 for the time being. Otherwise I'd be using Firefox 4 for these sites. Opera I have up-to-date.
On my mobile phone I use Opera Mobile, but I hardly ever use the Internet on my phone. Even so, Opera Mobile was noticeably better than whatever it came with.
As I run XP, I'm unable to try IE9. But with all the other browsers supporting XP, it would be silly to upgrade for a browser even if IE9 actually were slightly better than the competition.
For the second Google (or other service account), you can just use a private tab in most browsers and not have to open another browser.
Also nice explanation of why Vista was disliked and XP is liked. While I could point to many more specific factors, that certainly was a part of it.
I use full screen a high majority of the time, except when it's useful to be able to see both what's in a tab and what's in Notepad++ or some other program I'm working with, or perhaps if I'm in a lot of IM conversations, when I might have AIM Lite along the side. That's 1280x800. IMO full screen looks nicer than windowed, so if I'm only using one window at the time, I prefer to have it full-screen.
Are there even any websites that make that resolution useful? Seems like a waste of screen space
CFC does a good, if not perfect, job of making higher resolution useful, at least with most themes. But it is annoying that a lot of sites never go wider than 800 or 1024 pixels.
azzaman333
meh
Full screen no matter what resolution I'm using.
Always full screen except when gaming, sometimes I have to drop down to 1024x768 or whatever for better performance or because the game I'm playing doesn't support widescreen well or simply has no option for larger resolution.
Mise
isle of lucy
Yeah, I agree. I can use the other half of my screen for other things, rather than giant white spaces. I used to make fun of those widget sidebar things but on a big screen they're pretty neat.Are there even any websites that make that resolution useful? Seems like a waste of screen space
I use my other monitors for widgets and other things.
Perfection
The Great Head.
Full screen 1080x1920
Mise
isle of lucy
Couldn't you use 2 or 3 windows open at the same time, across both your monitors, so you can browse several websites at once? I mean, rather than using tabs you could use windows, with so much screen space...
Yeah, I do sometimes, generally when I have something up for reference to something I'm doing on my primary monitor, in which case I'll bring it over to a secondary monitor.
Smellincoffee
Trekkie At Large
I switched to Firefox soon after getting used to the online existence, but when Chrome came out I went after it. I like it most for its simplicity, but there are nights when it and Flash/Shockwave do not get along and I have to resort to Firefox.
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