Maybe your monitor is just too small? My 24" widescreen has more vertical space than my old 22" CRT. (it is 16:10 rather than 16:9)[QUOTE="dave17"]
Am I the only one that hates widescreen? For games it's ok, but for other stuff like browsing, reading pdfs or pretty much doing anything, I wish I had more vertical screen space. There's always 9999 horizontal toolbars squishing your real vertical space you actually have left to use. I actually dock my vista/xp start bar to the left so it doesnt take up ther vertical space.
jedinat
And... right click on your taskbar and check the "Auto-hide the taskbar" box. An always-visible taskbar is a sure sign of PC newbishness... or is it the other way around...? lol. Anyways, if you're having vertical space issues you have no business keeping your taskbar visible. (and there are themes for firefox and such that really cut down on the toolbar space)
Well my 22" widescreen (16:9 since that is how they all come now) has less vertical resolution than my old 19" crt (1080 vs 1200). I'm not sure if you understood me about the task bar, but its docked on the left side instead of the bottom, so that way it doesnt eat up vertical space. I dont like a hidden task bar, I like always be able to see it. :) It only takes up 6%ish of the left side of the screen anyways. Oh, and I use chrome for my browser, I find it takes up the least space with the toolbars.
And to the above poster: not every monitor can be switched to vertical, but I can see it definitely being a help for some applications.
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