Dual monitor question

yes

I have a dual monitor video card and use it to run two monitors.

I have my browser stuff on the main monitor, and an IRC chatroom on the other one. If you place something on one monitor it typically stays there without a problem. It's almost like "docking" it to that monitor.

The 2nd monitor is basically an extension of the desktop, so I don't so how you'd keep the mouse from moving to the second monitor.

Also, you can't take a window that's playing video and move it to the other monitor, which I feel is really damn annoying.

I hope this helps.

just become a pimp like phil-flash and have a setup like this one

2 PCs and three 19" lcds



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damn i am one LCD short of that.

If you're using some sort of Unix-based setup, then it's really easy: Just start a new X session per display.

Assuming you're on windows, short answer is "yes". How it'll react depends largely on your drivers and how you set options up, though.

Most of the time, dual monitor setups involve the desktop spanning both monitors, in which case your mouse will travel one to the next and windows may overlap both displays. Some drivers allow you to specify that you don't want display overlap, and will allow "window affinity" so that particular programs will always show up on specific displays, along with their dialogues etc. A common option is to set a particular display as your 'full screen video' output.

I personally don't have a problem with windows spanning on my setup, but whatever works for you... but you should be able to get what you want from it.

Did you get that set up just so you could surf GFY all day?