gHacks technology news » screen resolution http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:43:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Split Monitor http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/09/split-monitor/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/09/split-monitor/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:45:19 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7514 One of the disadvantages of using a computer monitor with a high resolution is that many applications and websites are not optimized for that resolution which in turn means lots of blank space. One way to prevent the blank space would be to use a program to split the monitor into different areas and move selected windows into them.

Winsplit Revolution is a split monitor application that can split the computer monitor exactly like the user wants it. It comes with a few default layouts like splitting the computer monitor in half either horizontally or vertically or dividing it into quarters. A nice feature of the program is that it is flexible enough to accept user defined schemes so that the computer monitor can be split exactly like the user wants it.

Each scheme can contain various layouts. The default left and right theme for instance contains layouts to assign 50%, 33.3% or 66.6% of the computer monitor screen to a window that is moved in the area.

The software program is hotkey driven and supports drag and drop as an alternative way of moving windows in the right spot. Hotkeys usually consist of CTRL ALT and the numpad. Pressing the same hotkey a second time alternates between the defined layout schemes. Additional hotkeys are available for various operations like maximizing or minimizing windows.

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Windows Fusion is another interesting feature. It can be used to move two windows into an exact position on the monitor screen.

Winsplit can be installed regularly or as a portable application. It is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Windows Vista and requires roughly 8 Megabytes of computer memory while running.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/09/split-monitor/feed/ 7 Change Display Resolutions Automatically http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/29/change-display-resolutions-automatically/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/29/change-display-resolutions-automatically/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:53:09 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/29/change-display-resolutions-automatically/ Did you ever run an application that was designed for a specific resolution on your new shiny 1920×1200 monitor only to find out that it was almost impossible to work with it in that resolution ? I’m not only talking about old DOS games here but also about presentations for instance or applications that have been developed in house. Basically everything that goes full screen automatically could be affected as well.

Res-o-matic [via Download Squad] comes to the rescue. The application creates program shortcuts that force the desktop to a specific screen resolution, refresh rate and color depth. The minimum screen resolution available is 640×480 while the maximum probably depends on your monitor, mine was set to 1280×1024. Colors Depth can be set to 8,16 or 32 bit and the refresh rate again depends on the monitor and can be completely ignored if you have  a LCD monitor.

A shortcut will be created in the end which – when pressed – will change the display resolution accordingly and launch the application afterwards. Exiting the application changes the display resolution back to the original one.

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Res-o-matic is a tiny 9 Kilobyte tool that comes in very handy, it’s probably the easiest way to change the screen resolution automatically at every application start.

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