Windowed or Full Screen?

[Hazzy]

Use the Poll, young one.

[Berzerk]

Windowed most definitely, I'm always talking on Msn. :O

[wobbufet]

Half, half. When I'm bored and browsing forums + when i'm at zakum I use windowed mode. Otherwise fullscreen.

[Saver]

Windowed mode all the way.

The only time I use full screen is if I'm completely engaging with MS, such as bossing or CPQing.

Off topic: Ew at poll bar color =[
And you misspelled almost :P

[Loose]

Always Full Screen, I'm too used to it now.

[Magus]

Windowed mode hurts my eyes when I use it on my desktop.

[Mira]

Full, beacuse my screen is to tiny to use windowed mode. =P

[Hazzy]

Windowed mode all the way.

The only time I use full screen is if I'm completely engaging with MS, such as bossing or CPQing.

Off topic: Ew at poll bar color =[
And you misspelled almost :P

LOL! I'm a math nerd, not a huge fan of Spelling.

[Anyoneisgod]

on my Laptop,Full. When my Desktop WORKS,Windowed

[Cardboardsnail]

fullscreen all the way

[DrRusty]

I do fullscreen when I'm trying to do some training or bossing, but when im casually with my g/f and i start gettin bored......... well i switch over to window mode lmao

[Bws2cool]

Windowed ftw! I even used DxWnd before. I dont like it full screen :(

[izzyness]

Windowed . Its terribly annoying having to Alt+Tab and lag for ages between to check MSN ):

[Sublimity]

I use windowed mode for general training. Only switch to full screen mode for bossing now.

[Lyssa]

Full Screen, always.

My notebooks' screens aren't quite big enough for the windowed mode to work for me >_>

Also, I've had at least two computers the entire time I've played MS, so I keep my messengers/IRC client/music going on the second machine and just run MS on the other.

~Lyssa

[Eldin]

I use full screen nearly 100% of the time, but that's because I'm an uncultured hog and don't use AIM/MSN/etc very much.

[sicnarf]

I use fullscreen. I'm fairly horrible at multi-tasking, plus my screen resolution is 1280x1024, so trying to view stuff on a 800x600 window is work for my eyes. xD

[Migrant]

Depends what I'm doing.
If I'm browsing forums, I'll have it windowed; if I'm browsing FM, I'll have it full screen, et cetera.

[Vain]

windowed,
double,triple,quatrople? tasking ftw!

too bad i quit. :(

[Brandini]

lol Roses you remade this poll on this forum, and the results are suprisingly similar. Its almost evenly split between windowed and full size.

[DarkGenzo]

I'm so used to full screen mode, and it's always been on a wide screen monitor - that switching over to windowed mode hurts my eyes. @_@

Though - it looks prettier. =3

[Spaz]

Full-screen, except when checking for basil traders. Windowed is a little small, and makes my laptop hot enough to cook something.

[Bribery]

I use Windowed Mode most of the time since I tend to multi-task a lot. I also think the graphics look better :p

[wobbufet]

I like how it raises my FPS, if only it didn't eat CPU ;_;

[Cardboardsnail]

I can alt tab faster in fullscreen, so that's why I use it

[Holypie]

i like widowed, so i can browse southperry ;)

[Mark]

Fullscreen because I'm a blind bastard.

[Tiffany]

Window mode, so I don't have to alt tab every single time I want to go on AIM.

[Worthyness]

Windowed mode cause i talk on AIM too...
I just want maple to start up in windows mode now. Apparently mine starts in full screen and I have to make it Windowed... =(

[TLeviathan]

Windowed mode cause i talk on AIM too...
I just want maple to start up in windows mode now. Apparently mine starts in full screen and I have to make it Windowed... =(

You can change that in system options, at the bottom check window mode.

I use windows mode only when I'm chatting or mostly on the internet, when I just want to check back in to see whats being said. Generally I use full screen though (I hate clicking off of the screen when I'm trying to get something at the edge...).

[jessiebelle]

full screen when i need to pay attention/ windowed when i'm on boats, or hsing people

[Retalion]

Full Screen, always.

My notebooks' screens aren't quite big enough for the windowed mode to work for me >_>

Also, I've had at least two computers the entire time I've played MS, so I keep my messengers/IRC client/music going on the second machine and just run MS on the other.

~Lyssa

That's what I do: Msn/everything else on my 8 year old desktop (its old I know. Im waiting for the one I won from nexon to come) and MS on my laptop.

I occasionally MS on both computers and I'll say this: Im not even going to try window'd mode on my old desktop... not when it takes like 3 minutes for MS to just start up.

As for my laptop, window'd mode is just too small to look decent and part of it just annoys me for some reason. Perhaps when the new computer gets here, i'll try window'd mode on a proper screen (Laptop is 14.1) and maybe I'll like it then. However, as it is, its full screen for me.

[Worthyness]

You can change that in system options, at the bottom check window mode.

I use windows mode only when I'm chatting or mostly on the internet, when I just want to check back in to see whats being said. Generally I use full screen though (I hate clicking off of the screen when I'm trying to get something at the edge...).

Thank you very much =) i forgot to check that option =P

[Ashley]

Before I updated my computer, I had to play in windowed. Now that it has been reformatted and upgraded, full screen pretty much all the time. Unless I'm multi-tasking, anyway.

[Tess]

I use windowed mode when I'm afking (which is most of the time) so I can chat on MSN and in guild. I use fullscreen when I'm actually playing though.

[Trinity]

half and half is good for me

[Ardinea]

Windowed all the time, so I can leave messenger running and MS at the same time, on my good computer.

[Hana]

I would fully enjoy the windows mode if it didn't make my computer programs slower.

[Chameleonic]

I cant use Windowed Mode, every time I try and change it Maple closes down and I get a "hacking detected" warning?! :confused::(

Anyone know why?

[Airrat]

I use full screen mode for Zak or when I'm fully paying attention to whats going on. Otherwise I have it on window mode so I can see whats going on with MSN, see whos talking on vent and other stuff.

[wobbufet]

I cant use Windowed Mode, every time I try and change it Maple closes down and I get a "hacking detected" warning?! :confused::(

Anyone know why?

I looked around at some other forums, but I couldn't find the answer. Only possible reason I could come up with is that a program on your computer reacts on the windowed mode which maplestory then considers a hacking program.

[Chameleonic]

Not running anything else whatsoever. And it was fine a couple of days ago. So I have no idea why it does that now.

[Valarius]

Full screen all the time.

I find the framerate gets choppy on my PC when I enter windowed.

[Normalizer]

800 x 600 Maple story sitting on a 1920 x 1200 desktop is tough on my old eyes. But occasionally I'll do this to check comments on vent or check a website for something. It's good to have the option.

Now if they'd only allow resizing!

[doctorx]

Windowed Mode is best for me since I switch a lot for HB using VMware.

[wobbufet]

800 x 600 Maple story sitting on a 1920 x 1200 desktop is tough on my old eyes. But occasionally I'll do this to check comments on vent or check a website for something. It's good to have the option.

Now if they'd only allow resizing!

You could ofcourse also change your resolution ;)

[doctorx]

You could ofcourse also change your resolution ;)

Using a non-native resolution on an LCD screen looks fugly.

[wobbufet]

LCD screens look fugly anyway D: I'm glad I don't have one.

[LordVader]

usually windowed on my laptop (if i have maple open on there, especially if im using my HB mule or something). Almost always full screen on the desktop though.

[dizzy]

I like windowed mode. My anti-virus software gives me pop-ups sometimes and my computer tabs in and out reallyyy slow. If something pops up at himes, it's auto-death. ;[ Plus it's pretty much impossible for me to do anything else in full-screen mode. Like I said, computer sucks.

[Cybuster]

Windowed Mode all the way. Its a lot easier then having to deal with lag every time I Alt+TAB.

[doctorx]

LCD screens look fugly anyway D: I'm glad I don't have one.

They do not. Mine's connected via DVI and it looks pretty damn good. On topic, what I meant is that LCD displays have only one native resolution, and when using non-native ones, they stretch and look ugly.

[HayO]

Using full screen most of the time only using windowed mode when I gotta talk to some1 on msn.

[Cardboardsnail]

They do not. Mine's connected via DVI and it looks pretty damn good. On topic, what I meant is that LCD displays have only one native resolution, and when using non-native ones, they stretch and look ugly.

I hate the native resolution thing

I actually want my old CRT back except it took a lot of space and it died about 4 years ago

[doctorx]

I hate the native resolution thing

I actually want my old CRT back except it took a lot of space and it died about 4 years ago

I used to have a dual display setup with one CRT and one Widescreen LCD. The CRT died on a 2x EXP event... so I got owned. LOL.

[Moti]

Window Mode, always. I do Fullscreen at bosses, though.

[GIR]

I would use Windowed all the time, if it didn't go "HACKING ATTEMPT DETECTED!" 90% of the time I try to use it.

[Luscent]

With my XP Media Center set up to my cable box, I use window mode while watching TV in window mode at the same time. It has turned out to be extremely useful at pirates considering all I do is hold AE and move to the left a bit.

[Apollo]

It depends on whether or not I'm trying to multi-task. But I mostly use Full screen cause I like my games big ;o

[Dagger]

Mainly Full Screen.
a windowed version of maple on a 1280x800 laptop is too small for me.

Though I do frequently put it in windowed mode to browse the internet or when my brother needs the laptop.

[crazybel]

I haven't gotten around to trying windowed mode. Keep forgetting to, heh.

This is a reminder to myself to try it out.

I don't really use chatting programs while mapling so I might stick with the full screen mode. Maybe if I need to check the internet a lot, then I might start using windowed mode.

[Keone]

I'm big on multitasking, so, windowed :U

[»-Chris->]

Almost always windowed... So I can do things like post this while talking to people on maple story.

[Kevin]

Almost always full screen. My laptop fans are all clogged with dust so my graphic card heats up real quickly. Putting Maple in windowed mode just increases the strain on the card and my computer crashes more often.

Besides, I can Alt-Tab pretty quickly if I really need to chat while Maple is on. I'm sure when I get a better computer I'll use windowed mode more often.

[Mopsy]

Oops. I voted wrong. ):

Windowed unless I'm zakking.

[Tiffany]

Oops. I voted wrong. ):

Windowed unless I'm zakking.
Is Zakking with windowed mode laggy? Haven't zak'd since the patch.

[Kawaii]

I like full screen I just used windowed mode a day ago and it looked pretty nasty.I guess windowed mode is good if you are on msn ,etc

[VictorGS]

Windows Mode. It's less laggy for me. =D. And i can switch windows pretty easy, to talk in the Messenger, Etc.

[wobbufet]

Is Zakking with windowed mode laggy? Haven't zak'd since the patch.

Some people claim it to be laggy, for me it's actually less laggy.

[Toggy]

full screen and 2 comps to chat ftw... windowed mode aint all that good

[Manda]

Windows mode is laggier for me, and even if it wasn't laggy I don't think I could use it regularly, my eyesight isn't great so whenever I switch to full screen I end up spacing out.

[Lylac]

Windowed mode is sooooo much easier for me. I don't feel like I'm closed in on MapleStory and I like multitasking while I play. Plus I've got a pretty good laptop to handle windowed mode.

[Cats]

Windowed for playing, fullscreen for AFKing. Windowed allways shows over the desktop which can be annoying when I'm trying to work on other things. So for that, I switch back to fullscreen so I can minimize it without it getting in my way.

[Kasey]

Windowed mode gives me more FPS at Horntail at Zak, and in general is more pretty looking and more how the game should look like lol. Full screen ftl :rolleyes:

[ToastyGhost]

half and half. Fullscreen if I'm training or zakking or doing anything where my full attention is on MS. Windowed if I'm sitting around waiting for my friends to come on IM and just want to bonk sentinels with a noob character. I like having the option to do it both ways.

[»-Chris->]

Windowed mode gives me more FPS at Horntail at Zak, and in general is more pretty looking and more how the game should look like lol. Full screen ftl :rolleyes:
Definitely faster for me there. Sums up my thoughts completely above.

[xSiNcerex]

I prefer full screen. It keeps my attention XP

[Cardboardsnail]

Windowed mode is sooooo much easier for me. I don't feel like I'm closed in on MapleStory

Feeling claustrophobic? :f2:

[Robert]

I use them equally. Windowed mode solved my problem of MSNing, which I love. If I'm bossing or training though I usually use full screen. Window mode can be quite straining for me after a while, it makes me wish they would resize to 1024x768.

[EchoFaith]

I use windowed since I use msn at the same time. Its only annoying since I get the random 'Hacking Attempt Detected' thing when I sometimes switch to windowed mode.

[Greg22]

I like having the option to do it both ways.
Sorry, had to.
Anyways, windowed mode lags me like a giant bitch. Full screen is the only way I can go.

[Shardsniper0]

I never use windows mode because I enjoy the full screen better. Although windows mode is not a bad thing since someone people like to play and search the internet at the same time, I just alt tab.

[ToastyGhost]

I like having the option to do it both ways.
Sorry, had to.
Anyways, windowed mode lags me like a giant bitch. Full screen is the only way I can go.

You'd like that, wouldn't you? ;)

I've also noticed some lag sometimes with windowed mode - that, or I manage to click outside the box accidentally and have to click back in.

The main disadvantage to windowed, as I just discovered this week while my parents were visiting, is that my mother can NOT keep away from that little red X. We went through several iterations of the following:

Her: "Can I check my email on your computer?"
Me: "Sure. It's on, just leave everything else like it is when you get off."
<She gets on, *closes* MS>
Me: AAAARGH!

So much for my FM spot, right?

They really, really, need to implement an "Are you sure you want to exit MapleStory? [Yes] [No]" box when someone clicks the red X.

[Germ]

Windowed when i'm on SP.
Full Screen for leveling.

[Worthyness]

I use windows mode, but anyone know how to make maple start up in windows mode? I know there is the system options menu and the box to check, but the problem is that whenever i check the box, it doesn't stay there... does that make any sense at all?

It's like, i'll check the box and turn it to windows mode, then later quit the game (full shut off of Maple). I'll come back later to see that Maple starts up in fullscreen again; the system options remain with neither box checked.

Sorry for the long-ish post, but i would really want to know how to make permanent windows mode.

[Jay]

I pretty much stick to windowed mode when I'm playing (this is true for any online/computer game I play that has this option). I'm usually doing other things on my computer outside of playing the game, so it's easier to just be able to minimize the screen with the click of a mouse than ALT + TAB out repeatedly and wait for the other screens to load and such.

[HiiEN]

There's no way out of getting rid of the crazy fps that windows mode gives, is there =\

[CronoRegen]

Windowed ftw because web browsing is a must when you market!

[★tastie]

fullscreen when its the only thing im doing, but since im always chatting, etc while in game i usually have it in windows mode.

[Conciente]

I switch between the two, even though I like Full Screen more just because it's bigger.

[Zaotsu]

Been using Windowed all the time, Full screen looks wayyyyy too bloated and unattractive now.

Windowed mode + Por-- Videos / Anime = Able to grind mindlessly at STD's

[Pyroticwater]

Full screen, any windowed mode at all for any game will lag the shoot out of me

[Keone]

There's no way out of getting rid of the crazy fps that windows mode gives, is there =\

Alt + F12.

[miny]

I usually use full screen but sometimes, I use windowed mode.

[rawrawr♥]

I use both equally, like for zak and other bosses or aPQ I'll use full screen so I have a less chance of lag or disconnecting. I'll use windowed when I'm training or doing whatever else.

[Thunda]

When merchanting windowed. Any other time, fullscreen.

[Findings]

Lags on one computer, works fine on the other. I usually only even bother to switch when I need the time.

[ItzAnth]

Full screen ftw. Window mode lags my comp a lot =/ I can't use other programs with windowmode.

[Hiepocrite]

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