To those with 2+ monitors on your machine: What's your use case, and how much does it actually boost your productivity?
To those with 2+ monitors on your machine: What's your use case, and how much does it actually boost your productivity?
I'm mainly curious about software developers here, or anyone else whose computer is somewhat central to their life, be it professional or hobbyist.
I only have two monitors—one directly in front of me, and another to the right of it, angled toward me. For web development, I keep my editor on the main screen, and anything auxiliary (be that a dev build, a video, StackOverflow, etc.) on the side screen.
I wouldn't mind a third monitor, and if I had one, I'd definitely use it for log/output, since currently it's a floating window that I shuffle around however necessary. It could be smaller than the other two, and I might even turn it vertical so I could split the screen between output and a terminal, configuring a AutoHotKey script to focus the terminal.
What about y'all?
[ cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13864053 ]
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I like the single ultrawide, maybe with the laptop screen for a meeting app. Two monitors just feels like a compromise and for a little extra you can just remove the border entirely
Same, ultrawide with a split screen where it's 75% my main productive environment and 25% our in-house chat, and a second desktop configuration that's 50:50 between browser and text processor to write documentation and stuff.
My laptop screen defaults to my email plus calendar view, and will be used for video calls if needed.