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How many windows do you have open?

Posted: 2004-05-27 02:15am
by Bob McDob
For me, it's a rare day when I have less than ten windows open, most of them browser windoes (I've only recently begun switching to Mozilla's "tabbed" system, of which I have twelve tabs open). In addition to those, I have mIRC, Wordpad and an IE image of Al Gore screaming. (This is hardly the most I've had, I once had all that, a distributed computing program and three 3d programs open :twisted: In ME, no less)

So what about you? How much do you multitask?

Posted: 2004-05-27 02:34am
by Shinova
Very few really. I have four items in the systray, and usually two or three items in the taskbar usually. I once had something like eight, but that's really really rare.

Posted: 2004-05-27 02:40am
by DPDarkPrimus
I don't have many windows open anymore, thanks to Mozilla and it's tabs. The most I'd run at on an average day would be maybe four windows: One/two Mozilla, one AIM, one MSN, one misc.

Posted: 2004-05-27 04:19am
by Ace Pace
Lets see: Opera, 10-50 tabs
Eudora
MSN
IEX10
DAPX5
chat windowsX3 (avrage)
misc games.


Alot. :P

Posted: 2004-05-27 08:11am
by Saberslash
I usually have 4 windows open at once.

Posted: 2004-05-27 08:14am
by Mr Bean
Minium three max... ooh twenty seven or so(normaly from this board)

Posted: 2004-05-27 08:18am
by Sarevok
I usualy leave a minimum of three windows open when browsing SD.net. Maximum is around 15 windows.

Posted: 2004-05-27 11:15am
by General Zod
i rarely have less than 5 open at any one time. occasionally i'll have as many as 20 open at once.

Posted: 2004-05-27 11:36am
by Sir Sirius
Two at the moment and four tabs in Firefox. Usualy I at least have the Explore window and a single browser window open, other then that it varies quite a bit.

Posted: 2004-05-27 12:20pm
by LadyTevar
And here I thought you meant windows in the house, open for air...

It depends on how many people I'm IMing, but usually three: AIM buddy list, IE, and my MUSH client. Of course, I have had 15 AIM windows up at once before....

Posted: 2004-05-27 12:49pm
by Datana
Six Opera tabs, two Explorer windows, Miranda IM's main window, XNews, Mozilla Thunderbird, and a command prompt. I also have a Getright window and Winamp client minimized to the tray.

Posted: 2004-05-27 01:02pm
by Vendetta
5-15, usually around 7 or 8.

Posted: 2004-05-27 01:19pm
by Xon
Depends, while forum browsing the number of windows I can have open can peak at ~20-30(I try to keep it down to ~6 IE windows loading at anyone time cos some sites have problems with lots of simulations connections).

Normal web browsing <10, programming stuff generally involves at least 4 windows, with a mIRC minimized to the system tray & WMP9 in toolbar mode on the taskbar.

Posted: 2004-05-27 01:21pm
by Ghost Rider
Usually only two or three.

Don't need all the distractions.

Posted: 2004-05-27 01:48pm
by Sea Skimmer
I typically have three open, two dedicated to web browsing or more often one on a web board and one on something else, along with Microsoft Word into which I generally type my posts. I also use it to store information I copied from web pages and may or may not want to save. That sometimes leads me to have multiple Word windows

Posted: 2004-05-27 02:05pm
by Admiral Valdemar
Three tabs in Firefox for this forum, SB.com and SoD.org. Maybe another open for BBC News if I'm reading up on the events today.

Though if I'm working on, say, a BLAST genomics search for coursework, I may have quadruple that number.

Posted: 2004-05-27 02:06pm
by Faram
At work a shitload of Terminal Server sessions, ~20 or so.

Home 3 or 4

Posted: 2004-05-27 02:44pm
by Pu-239
10+ tabs in 1 or 2 Galeon windows. 2-4 xterms, with one of them running GNU screen with ~4 sessions. 2-3 Gaim windows, and occasionally 1-2 openoffice windows.

Max ~7, min ~4

Posted: 2004-05-27 03:49pm
by Laird
Two, ftp window and IE(viewing this thread.)

Posted: 2004-05-27 04:22pm
by Howedar
Opera, one tab
Windows Explorer
Winamp
Trillian x 2


So five. Fairly typical.

Posted: 2004-05-27 05:28pm
by Sokartawi
3-5 on average, 5-15 when working on my UO freeserver.

Posted: 2004-05-28 06:51am
by Bill Door
1-2 on average. Typically Firefox+Winamp or a game.

Posted: 2004-05-28 09:38am
by Slartibartfast
SPAAAM

As many as I need :)

Posted: 2004-05-28 09:51am
by Tribun
3... 5 at a maximum.

Posted: 2004-05-29 12:35am
by White Haven
Well, how to calculate...when you dual-compute, it gets somewhat difficult to figure that type of thing. Mozilla with oodles of tabs, depending, MUSHclient with several sub-windows, Mozilla's download window, my 'stuff' folder, any number of Trillian windows, usually like to keep that under half a dozen. On the other comp there may be Winamp, or a game, or a DVD, maybe a few folders open, that sorta thing.