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Infinite Screen fixes a display bug in ChromeCast

I have a Chromecast like almost every other person on the planet. I can display my laptop screen on the television, which is great since I am travelling a lot and the TV is much nicer to look at.

The problem was that on the TV, my desktop was shrunk down to about 2/3s the size, with the rest of the space empty. Yet the still mouse moved correctly to the edge of the TV, and if I dragged a window offscreen (on my laptop), it would still be visible on the TV. There are several applications that let you use a bigger "virtual" desktop than your screen size, so I figured that I could use the virtual desktop to move windows around on the TV. Happily, the moment I ran the virtual desktop program, the TV started displaying my desktop correctly.

The program was Infinite Screen, and it's handy even if you don't have a Chromecast. Linux users already have this for their desktops, it's a nice feature for Windows as well.