zanthor
09-12-2008, 11:17 AM
So we've got PIP... this is great.
We've got BOOBS... this is better.
We've got BOOBSJOB... this is even better...
Now... my layout is a pretty standard one, one big gnarly screen @ 1680x1050 and 3 or 4 smaller ones on my second display...
My only issue is that the PIP swaps are slow to respond. They cause a latency issue as things get resized, and in heavy pvp losing my main is still a problem. The cause of this is of course the fact that I'm switching a 560x350 window with a 1680x1050 window and the wow client has tor edraw all it's pixels at the right size... this takes time.
So my option, download the alpha, run all 4 or 5 at 1680x1050 in overlayed regions. My downside here is I have a hard time verifying all 4 are following, and i've grown used to using the smaller windows as a sanity check for that... they are also useful for keeping an eye out around you.
So I was kicking around this idea...
Wouldn't it be great to have the best of both worlds? Small "status" thumbnails and full out full resolution windows at the same time? All it would take is a second type of maximizer region that would be "view only" and would be bonded to a parent region... Show a read only low framerate snapshot (5fps) on the thumbnails, and have the actual game client at it's full resolution. Unless I'm mistaken this would give you the ability to PIP Swap 5 clients with the same speed as alt tab, and still have the ability to "watch" them on the fly...
Possible? I'd assume that the data is rendered somewhere even if it's not displayed, so I'd assume it could be done... well beyond my scope of experience though!
We've got BOOBS... this is better.
We've got BOOBSJOB... this is even better...
Now... my layout is a pretty standard one, one big gnarly screen @ 1680x1050 and 3 or 4 smaller ones on my second display...
My only issue is that the PIP swaps are slow to respond. They cause a latency issue as things get resized, and in heavy pvp losing my main is still a problem. The cause of this is of course the fact that I'm switching a 560x350 window with a 1680x1050 window and the wow client has tor edraw all it's pixels at the right size... this takes time.
So my option, download the alpha, run all 4 or 5 at 1680x1050 in overlayed regions. My downside here is I have a hard time verifying all 4 are following, and i've grown used to using the smaller windows as a sanity check for that... they are also useful for keeping an eye out around you.
So I was kicking around this idea...
Wouldn't it be great to have the best of both worlds? Small "status" thumbnails and full out full resolution windows at the same time? All it would take is a second type of maximizer region that would be "view only" and would be bonded to a parent region... Show a read only low framerate snapshot (5fps) on the thumbnails, and have the actual game client at it's full resolution. Unless I'm mistaken this would give you the ability to PIP Swap 5 clients with the same speed as alt tab, and still have the ability to "watch" them on the fly...
Possible? I'd assume that the data is rendered somewhere even if it's not displayed, so I'd assume it could be done... well beyond my scope of experience though!