TMW

Too Many Windows

from JoeUser Forums
       Right now I've got over a dozen windows open. And it's doubtful that the number wlll go down much before friday.
       One of the windows is a download that I don't want to stop because I'd have to restart it and it would have to reindex everything and it would be bothersome. So I want to let it run until it's done. But that probably won't happen until sometime thursday. It worked all day yesterday, is a little under half done, so working all day today should leave it a small amount to finish thursday.
       Normally this wouldn't be a problem, I don't mind leaving things run that long. Except another two of the windows open are from a program I installed that is now wanting me to restart my computer. So I have to not click those until the download is done.
       Then there is the stuff that is always open, like firefox and the various instant messaging things (shameful advertisement: one of which is the JoeUser irc channel at stardock). A handful of folders opened for one reason or another. And of course notepad for writing this
       Ooooh, just realized I can close some of the folders, I finished what I was doing in them. That puts the total open windows at nine, one of which is this article. So once I post it I'll be down to eight, that's so much better, eight doesn't resize each other in the taskbar.
       And yes, I do realize this is all silly
       Update: Because of oddness with joeuser I'm having to repost this, so update for anyone that cares. I'm down to seven windows open, go me
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
That is the beauty of the "Tile Windows" function of WindowFX. I middle click on the title bar and my windw shrinks to a little 100x100 square that I can drag anywhere on the window. Very handy when using lots of windows. Or, you can always go with virtual desktops, makes working with many windows much more manageable.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
There's a game I like to play called "How Many Windows Can I Open Before I Crash the System?"

Yes, I really do play that game and yes I really do call it that. Try it sometime. It's fun.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
BlueDev: It's not that I couldn't work with them or stuff like that, but that too many of them I couldn't close because they were doing stuff I wanted to get done before closing the ones that would restart the computer. But all better now (actually thursday like expected, but who's counting )
xtine: Would any window count or can they not all be the same thing? Find the right program and you could probably open a few hundred, if not thousand. Or you could open two really big programs that don't like each other and crash it right there. Well whatever keeps you entertained