Dual monitors, this is sweet!
| xander333 (622) |  |
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Somehow I doubt if Modshop's equation still holds here. | ||
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| chrisname (5896) | |
| ModShop's equation was for awesomeness, not productivity. | |
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| Moschops (5961) | |
| Ya, production OF awesomeness. | |
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| Petee (9) | |
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haha. Some people need something in the background to concentrate on their work. I work much better with music, so why not watch movies while working ;) I love my two monitors and I'd definitelxy go for a third one if I had space on my desk! | |
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| Framework (3116) | |
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I'd have a second monitor, but my desk is too small. However, I can easily mount it on the wall with an adjustable bracket. Wazzak | |
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| BHXSpecter (834) | |
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Some consider music with lyrics to be distracting and same with movies. They think they will distract you from working so that you will watch them instead of work. | ||
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| ResidentBiscuit (2216) | |
| I work all day with Pandora playing. I work just fine | |
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| BHXSpecter (834) | |
| I don't listen to anything or watch anything myself when coding. Though I don't listen much music anyways :-/. | |
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| ThangDo (124) | |
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I find that movie during work is impossible and it doesn't make sense. But music is perfectly OK. just nothing too loud. I use both screen for writing code. mostly to compare the 2 files like declaration and definition ... I just cant work with just 1 screen any more. it makes me feel uncomfortable | |
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| Petee (9) | |
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Yea, of course. I normally listen to songs I already know so I don't really pay attention to the lyrics or preferrable to instrumental music without any lyrics ;) | ||
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| darkestfright (1091) | |
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Any decent editor let's you have split editor panes or tabs, much more convenient if you ask me. I usually have IRC/IM and the documentation I need on one window, and my IDE fullscreen on other. Add having multiple virtual desktops on a Linux desktop workstation: quasi- infinite space. | ||
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| xerzi (570) | |
| Anybody have a monitor that rotates 360 degrees ? Rotating screen sideways, getting all that extra room up/down to view more lines of code. | |
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| ResidentBiscuit (2216) | |
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I think this is really just preference, and highly resolution and size dependent. If you have a smaller monitor/lower resolution monitor, that really cuts down your space. But yea, I go with the documentation on one monitor, and IDE fullscreen in the other as well. With a linux VM opened floating around somewhere, you know just in case :D | ||
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| Stewbond (1676) | |
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Once you go to two monitors, you'll never go back. 3 monitors is even better, but it's not as world defining as 2 monitors. Sometimes when I go in-field I have to use my laptop with no extended monitor and it's a PAIN! | |
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| darkestfright (1091) | |
| Yeah, using a laptop in-field is kindof a pain. Luckily I can use Ubuntu that gives me multiple workspaces, at the least. | |
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| Zephilinox (548) | |
| I've tried using two monitors, twice now, but I hate it, it is really distracting and moving your sight from one to the other doesn't feel natural, 1 nice size monitor is all I need. | |
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| Moschops (5961) | |
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A single 50 inch monitor would be neat, but two smaller ones is all I can budget for. | ||
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| Zephilinox (548) | |
| that's just insanely big though, I'd have to sit a meter away just to see the whole screen, mid 20's is enough and maybe low 30's, I have a 24 inch I think | |
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| Moschops (5961) | |
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Everyone's different. I find looking from one monitor to the other is as disruptive as looking from one window to another (on one monitor) - that is, I don't even notice. A single 24 inch monitor presents so little space that it would (and indeed, when I have to use just one monitor, clearly does) affect the rate at which I work. | |
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| darkestfright (1091) | |
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Only if the resolution is ridiculously high. A 50" 1080p screen gives you the exact same screen real-estate as a 23" 1080p screen. | ||
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