(PeteCresswell) wrote:
I just read Kieth's post under "PS Windows 8.1" and came away with the
impression that, out of the box, Windows 8 only allows two concurrent
windows to be open.

This sounds so radical that, if true, it seemed to warrant it's own
thread.

Only 2 concurrent windows?

Number of monitors?

I wonder if there's a tutorial around somewhere
with this info in it ? :-)

This is a pretty lousy looking web page, because it
has too much decoration on it. I was hoping the rules
would be in Wikipedia, but they're not.

http://blog.laptopmag.com/use-split-...ode-windows-81

These are some basic rules (modified via the Windows 8.1 update).

1) 1280x1024 screen. One operating mode only.
Desktop mode shows N programs at once. Just like WinXP could.
Metro mode shows one running program. As if your desktop was a tablet.
Press Alt-F4 if you want to "fully exit" from the Metro program.
Use some swiping jazz, if you want to go elsewhere, or have multiple
Metro apps running, with just one Metro window on display.

2) 1366x768 or larger screen.
Now you can do "Snap". You may view a Metro program on the
right hand side of the screen, and the Desktop view (many windows)
on the left hand side.

3) Two monitors.
Now you can have the desktop on one monitor, Start/Metro on
the other monitor.

4) More monitors.
Well, who knows. Two Metro apps, one per screen perhaps ???
Who is rich enough for that many monitors ?

Windows 8.1 adds more options, changes the rules a tiny bit.
Not worth repeating. Just more variations of (1), (2), (3),
without anything important happening.

Windows 9 will allow a Metro program to run in a
window on the Desktop mode. The way it should
have been in the first place.

Suffice to way, if you used WinXP and were used to
opening N windows there, the new Windows 8/8.1/9 will
still allow N desktop windows to be opened in Desktop mode.
It means you will always have one mode, that looks like
your old OS, when it comes to opening of windows.

Paul