pae,
the 'secret' behind my launch utility is 'javascript 1.2'. basically, the idea is to make use of 'window features', this means that you open a window with
window.open( windowURL, windowName, windowFeatures)
where 'windowFeatures' is a string containing a comma-separated list determining whether or not to create various standard window features.
There are a lot of parameters that can be specified, among these there are parameters for the window location and size.
You can read more about this all in Window spawning and remotes @http://www.webreference.com/js/column7/
Based on this technique i have written a small javascript which allows me to launch all my browser windows. Up to now it is quite restricted to my environment. I have predefined absolute window coordinates and locations, so it works only for my screen resolution of 2304x864 (spanned over 2 monitors). Another point is, it works only for Communicator (for IE the window attributes have different names). And one final drawback i just found out, it doesnt work on Win98. The trouble here is i cant launch a remote window on screen 2 because my control window (the window where the javascript is running) is loacted on screen 1. Maybe there are workarounds for this all...
Some final remark to this browser window launch. There is a browser available called Opera 3.0. This is a nice and small alternative browser. It has some very unique features:
1. you can open several brwoser windows and you can store the window loaction, so that when you start Opera next time it will restore all window positions
2. you can zoom html pages (this is very unique no other browser can do this), it allows you to scale down just everything and thus you can place a lot of things on one screen
However, this browser is quite unstable and doesnt support JAVA. Especially the last point is a serious drawback for me. Btw, it is not possible to use Sun's JavaActivator to 'fill the gap'.
AGP yes or no.
Well, for me its quite simple: no (at least not at home). I tell you why. I just dont have the killer application. No application which really needs an AGP card. One thing is quite clear for me, trading software is not a killer application for graphic cards: just a couple o numbers 'here and there' some lines for a handful intraday ticker charts, thats nothing compared to a 3d-rendering or the mesh for a 3d-finite element analysis. all what I need is a screen which shows me my ticker charts and my quotes in a very clear and sharp style...for this, however, you need a 'high bandwidth graphic card' (more than 200MHZ) and a 'high bandwidth monitor'(more than 130MHZ).
About your remark to use a 4-monitor card. I dont know if its a good idea to connect 4 monitors to one pc. its a bit funny, but some times i just cant find my mouse cursor on my 2-moniotr setup- 'lost in space' . things must be even worse on a 4-monitor setup (maybe i am too old for a 4-monitor setup :) )..ok..right now i have 2 computers, a peer-to-peer network with both computer sharing one internet connection...its really not too difficult (a good starting point is the networking info which can be found at windows95.com)
you just setup a peer-to-peer network (buy 2 ethernet controller PNP cards, 1 bnc cable with connectors ..together about 60$ something) and voila..you have your own tcp/ip network and can share your internet connection. peer-to-peer support is already build-in (win95 or nt workstation..no need for a 'server') and getting connected to the internet with both computers is no problem as well, just look for 'WINGATE' (there is no need for an IP number registration or so)
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