Dual monitors, this is sweet!
| ResidentBiscuit (2215) |  |
| So I finally gave in and went out and bought myself a second monitor. I don't know why I waited this long! This is amazing. No more alt-tabbing to look up documentation is great. I can now actually have a project open full-screen, and be reading docs at the same time! So cool. Not to mention I can now watch netflix while I play D3 :D | |
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| strongdrink (444) | |
| I know right? It is on the programmers must have list. | |
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| ResidentBiscuit (2215) | |
| Yea no kidding. Best purchase I've made in awhile. | |
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| ModShop (765) | |
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I agree. Dual monitors are where its at. I wonder how triple monitors would be... Maybe this formula can answer:
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| Cheraphy (785) | |
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... I've been running a tri-head setup for years (and for a short period I had five hooked up. Mind you, these monitors were very very mismatched and most weren't any where near high quality) edit: not mine, but do want for the shear amount of cool looking http://i.imgur.com/9kjnt.jpg | |
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| BHXSpecter (834) | |
| They have all that and only just surf the web ;). Can't imagine how much heat that setup puts off. | |
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| ne555 (4041) | |
| Or you could use a tilling windows manager. Like ratpoison. | |
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| Cheraphy (785) | |
| ... but multiple monitors looks cooler. | |
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| strongdrink (444) | |
| @ne555 dual 24s with i3wm... nuf said. | |
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| darkestfright (1091) | |
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If you give a programmer N amount of monitors, they will find at least N amount of programs to have open across all monitors at once. It doesn't matter how much real-estate you have, you can always justify having more ;) Just bought my 3rd monitor, saving up for a 4th. | |
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| iseeplusplus (297) | |
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Command Center !! Someday | |
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| strongdrink (444) | |
| darkestfright so true... I just don't have space on my desk for another... D= | |
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| iHutch105 (947) | |
| I only have one screen. Though it is 27", so I've still got a fair bit of space. :-) | |
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| BHXSpecter (834) | |
| I've never needed more than one and never needed anything over 19". So I have a 19" AOC monitor. Though, I could use a new tower as the fans run hard when I do almost anything (especially Minecraft or such...but it is only 6 years old :-/). | |
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| darkestfright (1091) | |
| Specter, once you try it you won't want to go back ;) | |
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| Moschops (5961) | |
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I had a chap on my team at work a few years ago who only used one. Watching him context switch between windows too big to have both on the monitor at once was painful. I got him another monitor and the improvement in his "flow", so to speak, was very clear to see. Nobody needs more than one; we could do it all on a single 14" VGA monitor. It's just far, far easier to do it on (at least) two big monitors. | |
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| BHXSpecter (834) | |
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Will never try it, don't have the money to get a second monitor and don't have the space on my desk for a second one.
I'm a programmer, I don't worry about easier. :P | |||
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| Moschops (5961) | |
| I literally won't take a job somewhere that won't supply at least two monitors (which, to be fair, has not been an issue for almost a decade now). Not only is it ridiculously frustrating to have to work on such a small amount of screen space, but the corporate short-sightedness of it is a very bad indicator of company values. | |
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| ThangDo (124) | |
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A programmer's must have. If possible, make it 3. your productivity will be increase magnificently according to ModShop's formula | |
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| chrisname (5896) | |
| I could use an extra monitor or two, especially since I like to watch movies while programming. I don't have the space, though :( | |
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