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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:22:00 -
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Me, it's always windowed mode, as wide as the screen, but slightly smaller on the vertical.
Still, I see a lot of people talking about "alt-tabbing out of EVE" and such... so I wondered, how many of you still (for some unknown, obscure reason) play EVE in fullscreen instead of the much more practical windowed mode ?
And if you do play fullscreen... why ?
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Midday Toker
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:24:00 -
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I play with EVE Psuedo-Fullscreened on one screen, does that count?
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skuko
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:25:00 -
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same here Akita, windowed custom resolution 1675x1020 (i have a very thin modded taskbar)
much more practical for reading stuff a watching stuff while travelling, looking up eve-relevant stuffs, fiddling with EFT, etc.
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Hugh Ruka
Exploratio et Industria Morispatia
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:26:00 -
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I do play fullscreen when I can dedicate all my time to EvE. When doing anything else in paralel it's windowed.
BTW alt-tabing is the easiest way to switch applications so I bet you are using it a lot even if you are running EvE windowed :-)
My dream is to get it finaly working in Linux so I can just window+scroll the window semi-transparent to see the windows under it. However as an ATI owner, I did not yet manage to get past splash&crash :-(
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Alex Salas
BROTHERHOOD OF SPARTA
Dominatus Phasmatis
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:26:00 -
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The only time I play in fullscreen mode is for PVP/Roaming ops. Old habit from the counterstrike days when every little pixel was crucial in the event your opponent was at your 10 or 2.
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:27:00 -
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Edited by: Akita T on 03/06/2008 14:26:50
 Originally by: Midday Toker
I play with EVE Psuedo-Fullscreened on one screen, does that count?
Nah, doesn't really count 
You don't have to alt-tab out of EVE, you just move the mouse out.
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Tarminic
Black Flame Industries
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:27:00 -
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I play it on fullscreen whenever I'm not mining. Otherwise I browse the interwebs and/or forum *****.
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Luh Windan
Republic University
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:28:00 -
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full screen on my windows pc
I use my other machine (with 2 screens for looking things up , spreadsheets etc. ) if I need them while playing. Sometimes use the mac client windowed for skill changing and trading updates
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El Codge
El Codge's Emporium of Exotic Delights
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:29:00 -
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Depends on what i'm doing. Anything that takes a length of time but doesn't need contstant monitoring: Windowed
Anything that requires me being on constantly: Fullscreen.
Also, HDR+AA goodness only works in Fullscreen
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Chris Bartlett
shadow and flame
Hydra Alliance
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:29:00 -
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Full screened 100% of the time. I hate playing games that dont take up the full screen, just feels wrong
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Kagura Nikon
Infinity Enterprises
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:29:00 -
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Full screen ALWAYS. video card drivers are MASSIVELLY optimized towards full screen operation.
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Caiman Graystock
Quantum of Solace
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:31:00 -
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I dont even know how to set it to windowed mode...
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Letouk Mernel
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:31:00 -
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You won't find out "how many of us" here; a forum is impractical for this type of question, and in fact only CCP can answer this question by looking at the data they gather from everyone's clients.
I play in full-screen mode, and I have a regular (not widescreen) display. I'm used to it, and I have a single character / no need to alt-tab out of the game.
What's "much more practical" about windowed mode? You'll find part of your answers there.
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Ulstan
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:32:00 -
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Single PC, multiple monitors, so windowed for me.
if I could somehow have EVE be fullscreen in one monitor while simultaneously using the other monitor, I'd do that :p
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:32:00 -
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Edited by: Akita T on 03/06/2008 14:35:04
Originally by: Letouk Mernel
You won't find out "how many of us" here
It's called sampling. I suspect the sample will be slightly biased towards non-fullscreen mode users.
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What's "much more practical" about windowed mode? You'll find part of your answers there.
Hmmz... wheere do I start ?
You can use whatever IM/voice program you prefer OOG while still watching what goes on ingame.
Easiest to run multiple clients on the same machine.
Nothing that might pop you out of fullscreen mode (minimize EVE in the process) can disturb you.
And so on and so forth.
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Orchid Ix
X-ile
Pupule 'Ohana
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:32:00 -
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I use windowed mode the size of my desktop resolution and let EveMon make it apear full screen on my 2nd monitor. 
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skuko
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:33:00 -
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you can set windowed mode with *tadaaaa* ALT+ENTER !
a.k.a. media player shortcut :)
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Winterblink
Body Count Inc.
Daisho Syndicate
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:34:00 -
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If I'm doing anything important (tough mission, pvp) I put it in full screen. Way better FPS overall.
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armas
Dark Centuri Inc.
Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:34:00 -
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Fullscreen, only takes a quick control + alt + left/right to spin the cube.
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MotherMoon
Huang Yinglong
FOUNDATI0N
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:38:00 -
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lol, I love the cube :P
but fullscreen for me, I honestly alt tab out :P
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:40:00 -
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Originally by: armas
Fullscreen, only takes a quick control + alt + left/right to spin the cube.
*headscratch* I have no idea what you're talking about...
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sg3s
O.W.N. Corp
OWN Alliance
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:41:00 -
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I play in full screen as I just use my laptop for everything else (maps, forums, whatever, even vent/ts)
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Karanth
Eve's Brothers of Destiny
FOUNDATI0N
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:41:00 -
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Windowed, since doing fullscreen causes my graphics card to do Bad ThingsÖ.
Even then, I only ever used fullscreen for fleet ops and such.
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Le Skunk
Low Sec Liberators
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:42:00 -
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oh god. another AKITA T "why im right" mega thread.
Whats next - WHY IM RIGHT TO HAVE MY SPEAKERS VOLUME SET TO 6, AND WHY YOU ARE WRONG TO HAVE IT SET TO ANYTHING ELSE
SKUNK
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Letouk Mernel
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:42:00 -
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Originally by: Akita T
It's called sampling. I suspect the sample will be slightly biased towards non-fullscreen mode users.
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Easiest to run multiple clients on the same machine (and no delays in switching between them).
Only way to run multiple clients on same machine on separate monitors.
Only way to use second monitor for anything else on the same machine while playing EVE.
The most common computer setup out there is a single monitor on a single computer, and I forget what the statistic that CCP released about multiple accounts is... was it "50% of the player base has a single account."? Anyway, the majority of your convenience examples have to do with multiple monitors and multiple accounts, and I think that that is NOT very common.
Thus, the sample might be very biased towards full screen mode users.
Anyway, yes, if I had two monitors or multiple accounts, sure, what you're saying makes sense, but I'm playing EVE very casually, and one character on one screen is sufficient for me.
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armas
Dark Centuri Inc.
Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:42:00 -
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Originally by: Akita T
Originally by: armas
Fullscreen, only takes a quick control + alt + left/right to spin the cube.
*headscratch* I have no idea what you're talking about...
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Shintai
Balad Naran Orbital Shipyards
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:43:00 -
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2 Windowed here on 2 screens. Makes no reason to run "Fullscreen" when you can just adjust the windowed size.
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KompleX
IDLE GUNS
IDLE EMPIRE
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:44:00 -
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Always play window mode. WTB maximised window mode without borders tho.
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Freya Runestone
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:45:00 -
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Originally by: Akita T
Me, it's always windowed mode, as wide as the screen, but slightly smaller on the vertical.
Still, I see a lot of people talking about "alt-tabbing out of EVE" and such... so I wondered, how many of you still (for some unknown, obscure reason) play EVE in fullscreen instead of the much more practical windowed mode ?
And if you do play fullscreen... why ?
I dont alt-tab out of eve more than a few times a month, when I play, I play.
I do run in fullscreen, I don't realyl see much of a difference though. Are the any advantages to windowed? (besides quicker alt-tab and hiding the client? Since those don't mean anything to me.)
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:49:00 -
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Edited by: Akita T on 03/06/2008 14:53:06
Originally by: KompleX
Always play window mode. WTB maximised window mode without borders tho.
If you select a windowed resolution exactly as wide as the desktop, you can manually position it so that you have no left nor roight borders, and only a 2 or 3 pixels border on the upper side.
That's how I do it, anyway. Like this : Linkage.
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