To have one monitor, or more than one, that is the question.
Thought I’d keep this post separate from the previous so it could have it’s own comments.
Ever since the ability to have more than one monitor on a single machine I’ve been a fan of dual monitors. I just feel it’s so much more productive to have certain things on certain screens so that you can quickly glance from one screen to the other rather than having to ALT-TAB between them. Like coding on the main monitor and having a reference book/website open on the other monitor or a media player on the secondary while working on the primary. I would rather prefer working with two monitors than one big wide-screen monitor (although I’ve not worked on a wide-screen long enough to say for sure, but they do look damn sexy!).
So, what’s your preference?
Tags: dual monitor, wide-screen
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Two – one for work, one for Landy wallpaper!
No guesses as to which one gets the most real estate… But I consider the wallpaper a mental holiday – a coping mechanism to get through the working day.
As if work requires more real-estate than an idylic image
Who says you can’t have dual wide screens?
Well I guess the same could be applied to either one or two wide-screens
I don’t know if I could get on with a dual set-up. I do see the benefits but I think it would really hurt my eyes after a while, the glare from just the one monitor is usually more than enough at the end of the day.
It would definitely be more convenient than switching between tabs but does it hurt your neck to keep looking between screens? I suppose if you get the right multi screen support system and the right monitors you’ll be ok but I’m a bit too much of a creature of habit.
Jess, with LCD monitors placed directly next to one another there’s hardly a lot of movement required to pan from one screen to the other, it’s as simple as scanning your eyes across a screen from left to right. I find that by removing the act of constantly switching using ALT-TAB between applications and rather switching my gaze from one screen to the other makes me more productive.