Dual monitors, this is sweet!
| I could use an extra monitor or two, especially since I like to watch movies while programming. I don't have the space, though :( |
Somehow I doubt if Modshop's equation still holds here.
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!
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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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.
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| I work much better with music, so why not watch movies while working ;) |
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.
I don't listen to anything or watch anything myself when coding. Though I don't listen much music anyways :-/.
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
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
| But music is perfectly OK. just nothing too loud. |
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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| I use both screen for writing code. mostly to compare the 2 files like declaration and definition ... |
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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Anybody have a monitor that rotates 360 degrees ? Rotating screen sideways, getting all that extra room up/down to view more lines of code.
| Any decent editor let's you have split editor panes or tabs, much more convenient if you ask me |
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
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!
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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Yeah, using a laptop in-field is kindof a pain. Luckily I can use Ubuntu that gives me multiple workspaces, at the least.
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.
| 1 nice size monitor is all I need. |
A single 50 inch monitor would be neat, but two smaller ones is all I can budget for.
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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
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.
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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| A single 50 inch monitor would be neat, but two smaller ones is all I can budget for. |
Only if the resolution is ridiculously high. A 50" 1080p screen gives you the exact same screen real-estate as a 23" 1080p screen.