It's a video game, so you're going to need to see something. But in
this age of windowing operating systems, how much we see is up to us.
So in today's Completely Random and Pointless Poll, let's find out
what your preference is when it comes to how big your game's viewport
is.
I) Full Screen: This is my opportunity to play a
game, and I don't want anything getting in the way.
II) Borderless Window: Sure, I want to maximize
the viewport, but I'm a modern computer user, so I
want the convenience of windows too.
III) Window: I got a lot going in my life, and don't
have the time to focus solely on gaming. That game's
just gotta learn to share the screen
V) Full Screen Plus: I got multiple screens, baby,
and I'm taking full advantage of them!
V) Running in the background: Because either the games
I play don't need my input, or progress so slowly that
I can just minimize the damn thing and only check up on
it every twenty minutes or so.
VI) Something else entirely: Because I'm a REBEL baby, and
I don't fit into any of these pre-assigned boxes!!!!
Unsurprisingly, I fall into category I; I like my full-screen. I'll
settle with borderless, but I find that, using that, too often the mouse-cursor strays outside the confines of the game at the most
inconvenient time, so given the choice I like a proper full-screen
mode. Surprisingly - given my love of multiple monitors - I almost
never game with more than one monitor: partly because few games deal
well with a four-monitor set-up, but also because my monitors are all different sizes and have huge bezels, so it wouldn't work well anyway.
(The only exception to the rule is "Civilization" games, because I
like to pretend that if I play them that way I'll be less likely to
play them for hours on end. And no, it doesn't work).
So, where do you fall on the spectrum? Given the choice, which
viewport setting are you going to use? CRAP Polls don't answer
themselves, so hit REPLY and tell us! ;-)
So, where do you fall on the spectrum? Given the choice, which
viewport setting are you going to use? CRAP Polls don't answer
themselves, so hit REPLY and tell us! ;-)
It's a video game, so you're going to need to see something. But in
this age of windowing operating systems, how much we see is up to us.
So in today's Completely Random and Pointless Poll, let's find out
what your preference is when it comes to how big your game's viewport
is.
I) Full Screen: This is my opportunity to play a
game, and I don't want anything getting in the way.
II) Borderless Window: Sure, I want to maximize
the viewport, but I'm a modern computer user, so I
want the convenience of windows too.
III) Window: I got a lot going in my life, and don't
have the time to focus solely on gaming. That game's
just gotta learn to share the screen
V) Full Screen Plus: I got multiple screens, baby,
and I'm taking full advantage of them!
V) Running in the background: Because either the games
I play don't need my input, or progress so slowly that
I can just minimize the damn thing and only check up on
it every twenty minutes or so.
VI) Something else entirely: Because I'm a REBEL baby, and
I don't fit into any of these pre-assigned boxes!!!!
Unsurprisingly, I fall into category I; I like my full-screen. I'll
settle with borderless, but I find that, using that, too often the mouse-cursor strays outside the confines of the game at the most
inconvenient time, so given the choice I like a proper full-screen
mode. Surprisingly - given my love of multiple monitors - I almost
never game with more than one monitor: partly because few games deal
well with a four-monitor set-up, but also because my monitors are all different sizes and have huge bezels, so it wouldn't work well anyway.
(The only exception to the rule is "Civilization" games, because I
like to pretend that if I play them that way I'll be less likely to
play them for hours on end. And no, it doesn't work).
So, where do you fall on the spectrum? Given the choice, which
viewport setting are you going to use? CRAP Polls don't answer
themselves, so hit REPLY and tell us! ;-)
I) Full Screen: This is my opportunity to play a
game, and I don't want anything getting in the way.
II) Borderless Window: Sure, I want to maximize
the viewport, but I'm a modern computer user, so I
want the convenience of windows too.
III) Window: I got a lot going in my life, and don't
have the time to focus solely on gaming. That game's
just gotta learn to share the screen
VI) Something else entirely: Because I'm a REBEL baby, and
I don't fit into any of these pre-assigned boxes!!!!
Unsurprisingly, I fall into category I; I like my full-screen. I'll
settle with borderless, but I find that, using that, too often the mouse-cursor strays outside the confines of the game at the most
inconvenient time, so given the choice I like a proper full-screen
mode.
Surprisingly - given my love of multiple monitors - I almost
never game with more than one monitor: partly because few games deal
well with a four-monitor set-up, but also because my monitors are all different sizes and have huge bezels, so it wouldn't work well anyway.
It's a video game, so you're going to need to see something. But in
this age of windowing operating systems, how much we see is up to us.
So in today's Completely Random and Pointless Poll, let's find out
what your preference is when it comes to how big your game's viewport
is.
I) Full Screen: This is my opportunity to play a
game, and I don't want anything getting in the way.
II) Borderless Window: Sure, I want to maximize
the viewport, but I'm a modern computer user, so I
want the convenience of windows too.
III) Window: I got a lot going in my life, and don't
have the time to focus solely on gaming. That game's
just gotta learn to share the screen
So, where do you fall on the spectrum? Given the choice, which
viewport setting are you going to use? CRAP Polls don't answer
themselves, so hit REPLY and tell us! ;-)
It's a video game, so you're going to need to see something. But in<snip>
this age of windowing operating systems, how much we see is up to us.
So in today's Completely Random and Pointless Poll, let's find out
what your preference is when it comes to how big your game's viewport
is.
II) Borderless Window: Sure, I want to maximize
the viewport, but I'm a modern computer user, so I
want the convenience of windows too.
V) Running in the background: Because either the games
I play don't need my input, or progress so slowly that
I can just minimize the damn thing and only check up on
it every twenty minutes or so.
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
<snip>
It's a video game, so you're going to need to see something. But in
this age of windowing operating systems, how much we see is up to us.
So in today's Completely Random and Pointless Poll, let's find out
what your preference is when it comes to how big your game's viewport
is.
II) Borderless Window: Sure, I want to maximize
the viewport, but I'm a modern computer user, so I
want the convenience of windows too.
Ever since the launch of City of Heroes, May 6, 2004, I have been
playing this way.
I was in full screen but the game would disconnect my in exactly 5
minutes, over and over, the fix was to play in windowed mode.
Also makes it easier with some games, to alt-tab out to look shit up
without the game crashing or corrupting.
<snap>
V) Running in the background: Because either the games
I play don't need my input, or progress so slowly that
I can just minimize the damn thing and only check up on
it every twenty minutes or so.
BDO, I often set up to afk fish or process (something that can go hours)
then minimize to tray while I read news or play another game like STO,
SWTOR or COH.
On 12/16/2023 6:58 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
I'm not sure if I'm a I or a V. I'll run the game on full screen on one monitor and as necessary access other software on the other monitor.
It's a video game, so you're going to need to see something. But in
this age of windowing operating systems, how much we see is up to us.
So in today's Completely Random and Pointless Poll, let's find out
what your preference is when it comes to how big your game's viewport
is.
I) Full Screen: This is my opportunity to play a
game, and I don't want anything getting in the way.
II) Borderless Window: Sure, I want to maximize
the viewport, but I'm a modern computer user, so I
want the convenience of windows too.
III) Window: I got a lot going in my life, and don't
have the time to focus solely on gaming. That game's
just gotta learn to share the screen
V) Full Screen Plus: I got multiple screens, baby,
and I'm taking full advantage of them!
V) Running in the background: Because either the games
I play don't need my input, or progress so slowly that
I can just minimize the damn thing and only check up on
it every twenty minutes or so.
VI) Something else entirely: Because I'm a REBEL baby, and
I don't fit into any of these pre-assigned boxes!!!!
Unsurprisingly, I fall into category I; I like my full-screen. I'll
settle with borderless, but I find that, using that, too often the
mouse-cursor strays outside the confines of the game at the most
inconvenient time, so given the choice I like a proper full-screen
mode. Surprisingly - given my love of multiple monitors - I almost
never game with more than one monitor: partly because few games deal
well with a four-monitor set-up, but also because my monitors are all
different sizes and have huge bezels, so it wouldn't work well anyway.
(The only exception to the rule is "Civilization" games, because I
like to pretend that if I play them that way I'll be less likely to
play them for hours on end. And no, it doesn't work).
So, where do you fall on the spectrum? Given the choice, which
viewport setting are you going to use? CRAP Polls don't answer
themselves, so hit REPLY and tell us! ;-)
So in today's Completely Random and Pointless Poll, let's find out
what your preference is when it comes to how big your game's viewport
is.
(The only exception to the rule is "Civilization" games, because I
like to pretend that if I play them that way I'll be less likely to
play them for hours on end. And no, it doesn't work).
On 12/16/2023 11:41 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 12/16/2023 6:58 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
I'm not sure if I'm a I or a V. I'll run the game on full screen on
It's a video game, so you're going to need to see something. But in
this age of windowing operating systems, how much we see is up to us.
So in today's Completely Random and Pointless Poll, let's find out
what your preference is when it comes to how big your game's viewport
is.
I) Full Screen: This is my opportunity to play a
game, and I don't want anything getting in the way.
II) Borderless Window: Sure, I want to maximize
the viewport, but I'm a modern computer user, so I
want the convenience of windows too.
III) Window: I got a lot going in my life, and don't
have the time to focus solely on gaming. That game's
just gotta learn to share the screen
V) Full Screen Plus: I got multiple screens, baby,
and I'm taking full advantage of them!
V) Running in the background: Because either the games
I play don't need my input, or progress so slowly that
I can just minimize the damn thing and only check up on
it every twenty minutes or so.
VI) Something else entirely: Because I'm a REBEL baby, and
I don't fit into any of these pre-assigned boxes!!!!
Unsurprisingly, I fall into category I; I like my full-screen. I'll
settle with borderless, but I find that, using that, too often the
mouse-cursor strays outside the confines of the game at the most
inconvenient time, so given the choice I like a proper full-screen
mode. Surprisingly - given my love of multiple monitors - I almost
never game with more than one monitor: partly because few games deal
well with a four-monitor set-up, but also because my monitors are all
different sizes and have huge bezels, so it wouldn't work well anyway.
(The only exception to the rule is "Civilization" games, because I
like to pretend that if I play them that way I'll be less likely to
play them for hours on end. And no, it doesn't work).
So, where do you fall on the spectrum? Given the choice, which
viewport setting are you going to use? CRAP Polls don't answer
themselves, so hit REPLY and tell us! ;-)
one monitor and as necessary access other software on the other monitor.
That's what I used to do when I could fit 2 monitors on my desk. But
this big ass monitor I've got now doesn't really leave me room for
everything else I need on my desk and another monitor. I could probably make room for one of the 19" ones I've got flipped to portrait, if I
really tried, but I might have to move my big 27" off center, which I
don't like for gaming. I keep thinking about switching to 24" just for
that reason, but my eyes are old and it's hard to read some of the menus
on some games with even a slightly smaller monitor (and I'm NOT using a
lower than native res, that just makes it worse due to scaling on LCDs.)
I do tend to also leave games running in the background if I need to do something else as I want to save the few seconds it takes to close and
then later reopen them, but I prefer to pause the game in that case, so
I'm not actually playing it at that point.
It's a video game, so you're going to need to see something. But in
this age of windowing operating systems, how much we see is up to us.
So in today's Completely Random and Pointless Poll, let's find out
what your preference is when it comes to how big your game's viewport
is.
I) Full Screen: This is my opportunity to play a
game, and I don't want anything getting in the way.
II) Borderless Window: Sure, I want to maximize
the viewport, but I'm a modern computer user, so I
want the convenience of windows too.
On Sun, 17 Dec 2023 11:41:33 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
Generally option one as that's mostly the default.
Oooh, that should have been an category in the poll.
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