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V00DOO

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Dec 2, 2000
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Me me me me..... And I cleared all my history before heading out to lunch. Better safer than sorry.
 

CRXican

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Originally posted by: V00DOO
Me me me me..... And I cleared all my history before heading out to lunch. Better safer than sorry.

I do the same. Delete cookies and clear history before lunch and before I leave for the day.
 

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Lifer
Apr 29, 2003
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Move your desk so people can't see your monitor when they walk by.
 

300MDemon

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When I first started here my back was to the door and I was NOT feeling that. So I finally moved my desk so that I am facing the doorway and I just casually close my windows when I see people slithering into my office. ;)
 

andylawcc

Lifer
Mar 9, 2000
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problem with winKey M is that people will be even MORE suspicious on what you are doing since you minimized ALL browsers... heh, its even worse if your wallpaper is Jessica Alba in a bikini (or Lindsay Lohen in a bra top)


also, try Shift WinKey M, un-minimize all.
 

raanemaan

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Originally posted by: CRXican
Originally posted by: V00DOO
Me me me me..... And I cleared all my history before heading out to lunch. Better safer than sorry.

I do the same. Delete cookies and clear history before lunch and before I leave for the day.

me too, me too
 

Kev

Lifer
Dec 17, 2001
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Originally posted by: CRXican
Originally posted by: V00DOO
Me me me me..... And I cleared all my history before heading out to lunch. Better safer than sorry.

I do the same. Delete cookies and clear history before lunch and before I leave for the day.

lol, it doesn't matter. everything you do is logged by your company's server and your boss could check without your knowledge at any time
 

VaeVictus

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Jul 4, 2004
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Sometimes my Lotus Notes will freeze if I attempt to refresh the inbox. What happens is that if you alt-tab into Lotus Notes when it's frozen nothing happens. Which leads to even more frantic alt-tabbing and you get the picture from there. :)
 

cw42

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Originally posted by: andylawcc
problem with winKey M is that people will be even MORE suspicious on what you are doing since you minimized ALL browsers... heh, its even worse if your wallpaper is Jessica Alba in a bikini (or Lindsay Lohen in a bra top)


also, try Shift WinKey M, un-minimize all.

lol is that the one where she's sitting on the bed? my friend has that on his laptop haha. :thumbsup:
 

anxi80

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Jul 7, 2002
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i do a mouse-gesture in maxthon to open a new window to something work related. and because its a tabbed browser, i still got what i was working on waiting for me at the top. :D
 

ShowdOWN

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Sep 25, 2002
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i can pretty look at anything i want at work. of course no porn or any illegal websites.
 

Jeraden

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Oct 9, 1999
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count me in too, alt-tab.

The problem is, sometimes its too late to alt-tab. Someone is already next to you. Then you start sweating and thinking, is it too late to alt-tab now? Am I being more suspicious by changing windows than just leaving the web-page up. Or you do alt-tab and wonder if it was too late, did the person just see you switch and know you are covering up your browsing.

Then the worst is what someone else mentioned, you alt-tab to a window that doesn't fully cover the IE window, but leaves a flashing ad banner visible. So you see out of the corner of your eye this blatantly obvious banner flashing wildly while a co-worker is talking to you. You know its completely obvious and drawing their attention to it, but there is absolutely nothing you can do about it at that point. Then the dreaded moment comes and you see their eyes look at your screen to see what that annoying flashing is. Dang ad banners.

PS. I had to alt-tab once while typing this message. :)
 

Kelemvor

Lifer
May 23, 2002
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My desk faces the doorway so I can always see who it is and just selectively close things if I need to. Works great.
 

eigen

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Nov 19, 2003
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Originally posted by: Yossarian
I can alt-tab faster than you can blink.

alt-tab in konqueor just brings up a pop up-window with the thread topic.
 

Kelemvor

Lifer
May 23, 2002
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Just as good to then do Windows+D or Windows+M. Unless of course you have a naughty wallpaper.
 

andylawcc

Lifer
Mar 9, 2000
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Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
Just as good to then do Windows+D or Windows+M. Unless of course you have a naughty wallpaper.

oh yeah, Win D is actually more 'powerful' because Win M sometimes would not work (in near-crash/BSOD situation).
 

SurgicalShark

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Mar 30, 2004
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Originally posted by: andylawcc
problem with winKey M is that people will be even MORE suspicious on what you are doing since you minimized ALL browsers... heh, its even worse if your wallpaper is Jessica Alba in a bikini (or Lindsay Lohen in a bra top)


also, try Shift WinKey M, un-minimize all.

This requires use of both hands.

Win D is better, one hand use and pressing alternatively min/un-min windows.