How many windows do you have open?

Bob McDob · Post by **Bob McDob** » 2004-05-27 02:15am

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

In ME, no less)

So what about you? How much do you multitask?

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-05-27 02:34am

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.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-05-27 02:40am

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.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-05-27 04:19am

Lets see: Opera, 10-50 tabs
Eudora
MSN
IEX10
DAPX5
chat windowsX3 (avrage)
misc games.

Alot.

Saberslash · Post by **Saberslash** » 2004-05-27 08:11am

I usually have 4 windows open at once.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2004-05-27 08:14am

Minium three max... ooh twenty seven or so(normaly from this board)

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-05-27 08:18am

I usualy leave a minimum of three windows open when browsing SD.net. Maximum is around 15 windows.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-05-27 11:15am

i rarely have less than 5 open at any one time. occasionally i'll have as many as 20 open at once.

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2004-05-27 11:36am

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.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2004-05-27 12:20pm

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....

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2004-05-27 12:49pm

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.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2004-05-27 01:02pm

5-15, usually around 7 or 8.

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2004-05-27 01:19pm

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.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-05-27 01:21pm

Usually only two or three.

Don't need all the distractions.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2004-05-27 01:48pm

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

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-27 02:05pm

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.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2004-05-27 02:06pm

At work a shitload of Terminal Server sessions, ~20 or so.

Home 3 or 4

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2004-05-27 02:44pm

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

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2004-05-27 03:49pm

Two, ftp window and IE(viewing this thread.)

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-05-27 04:22pm

Opera, one tab
Windows Explorer
Winamp
Trillian x 2

So five. Fairly typical.

Sokartawi · Post by **Sokartawi** » 2004-05-27 05:28pm

3-5 on average, 5-15 when working on my UO freeserver.

Bill Door · Post by **Bill Door** » 2004-05-28 06:51am

1-2 on average. Typically Firefox+Winamp or a game.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-05-28 09:38am

SPAAAM

As many as I need

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2004-05-28 09:51am

3... 5 at a maximum.

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2004-05-29 12:35am

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.