How do I watch video and post at the same time?

I actually have a system for this.

I use a DisplayFusion hotkey to move Firefox to the right of the screen and resize it; it's normally maximized with the Bookmarks sidebar open (All-In-One Sidebar version). Once I close the Firefox sidebar, my Firefox working area is about 1130 pixels wide, which is plenty for just about every web site and not much smaller than the 1300 pixels in my normal maximized/sidebar state.

Then I use my remote or other hotkeys to start Windows Media Center, restore it to a window, and move it from my plasma TV (which naturally is off) onto my desktop. I position its window to the left of Firefox. The WMC window is 708x428 pixels, which isn't too bad on my 1920x1200 monitor. Then I can watch TV live or DVR'd right beside my Firefox window, and I have a HD HomeRun Prime with CableCard, so I get all the channels.

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open one window, press the windows key plus the left arrow.

open a new window, press the windows key plus the right arrow.

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That's a good method, and it's quick and easy when you want height-maximized, side-by-side windows, each half the width of the screen, but it doesn't give me the window sizes I need. In particular, it would make the Firefox window too narrow for a lot of web sites that don't adjust their layout to fit the window size, bringing out the horizontal scrollbar.