SE please fix fullscreen alt+tab, player feedback

[Okiura]

For me this is one of the biggest issues that affects this game at the moment.

in my laptop i use 2 1gb radeon cards in xfire configuration, as some ppl may already be aware xfire (and sli out the box) will not work in windowed mode this isn't a game issue it's a DirectX issue and will never be changed.

so to make use of both cards i would have to run in fullscreen mode, now here lies the problem in fullscreen mode i lose alot of functionaly of my pc, i can't use my WMI keys to change the volume or skip track on media player cos that causes the OSD to pop up and kill FFXIV, i can't check the web for detais or use my IM or VoiP to chat with other players witout shutting down ffxiv 1st.

Using 3rd pt apps that allow you to run fullscreen "windowed" mode is far from any solution cos it's deamed illegal by SE (and for good reason), and Xfire will not function in this mode so it serves no real purpose anyway.

this isn't just down to Xfire though, you also lose Vsync (even if in most cases you need to force it ^^) and lots of screen space for the ingame widgits running in windowed mode.

i would also like to see ffxiv lose process priority when not focused, this is the 1st game/application i have ever use the hangs on to them when not focused. this is annoying cos my laptop fans need to spin at speed to keep the cpu/gpus chilled when they shouldn't be working on processing anyting, if i want to take a break from the game and watch a movie or somthing i have to shut down and log back in every time, just to keep my pc quite. this means i can't keep my bazzar open when i'm not playing and have to go through the whole process of logging back in each time i wanna take a hour break.