I have three 25" monitors for web development, and every inch of each is used up by my work. I could probably fill another three with just a single site's development windows, instead of tab switching.
Can you explain how you use them?
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#12Just an FYI that Dashing - http://shopify.github.io/dashing/ (Open Source) and http://www.geckoboard.com/ (Paid) already have tons of modules available if you're looking to get going right away.
I also have a Raspberry Pi powering our dashboards but it really struggles to render some javascript, especially if we switch between tabs every 30 seconds. Any ideas for the cheapest possible way to power the TVs other than a Raspberry Pi?
Edit: Also https://ducksboard.com/ exists as well as a paid option
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#13I have three 25" monitors for web development, and every inch of each is used up by my work. I could probably fill another three with just a single site's development windows, instead of tab switching.
Can you explain how you use them?
I have the same issue with space on a 3-monitor setup. I simultaneously use Chrome, the Chrome inspector, an editor, terminal, Skype, an IRC client, sometimes Firefox, Finder, etc. There's always more things you can put up if you have the space. If I had 6 screens I would dedicate one to a dash, but with 3 it's better used directly for development.
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#14Brilliant! I could never get started implementing a similar idea, so I'm glad to see someone else did it.
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#15Bug report (can't find a bug tracker anywhere): The "Notes" panel can't be moved with click and drag. Chrome 30.0.1599.66 on 64bit (Arch) Linux.
Also, resizing the "Notes panel" also moves the Adsense panel for some reason?
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#16I have three 25" monitors for web development, and every inch of each is used up by my work. I could probably fill another three with just a single site's development windows, instead of tab switching.
Can you explain how you use them?
I have three monitors. I mostly do backend development so I generally have one monitor dedicated to terminals, one to vim and one for browser windows, HipChat, mail, etc.
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#17Google search bar please? I need to replace iGoogle!
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#18Just an FYI that Dashing - http://shopify.github.io/dashing/ (Open Source) and http://www.geckoboard.com/ (Paid) already have tons of modules available if you're looking to get going right away. I also have a Raspberry Pi powering our dashboards but it really struggles to render some javascript, especially if we switch between tabs every 30 seconds. Any ideas for the cheapest possible way to power the TVs other than…
I have been forced to abandon our rpi for our 'information radiator'. Too many card corruptions (several different cards) makes me think I just had a faulty one. But really, it struggled and wasn't particularly smooth. I've just ordered one of these, though they won't be shipping for another month or two: http://www.solid-run.com/cubox
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#19I have three 25" monitors for web development, and every inch of each is used up by my work. I could probably fill another three with just a single site's development windows, instead of tab switching.
Can you explain how you use them?
I have 3 monitors: a 23", a 27", and a 13" macbook air from left to right. I keep gmail open permanently on the 23", coding editor on the left half of the 27", coding output on the right half, and http://www.sublimedash.com on the macbook air.
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#20I have three 25" monitors for web development, and every inch of each is used up by my work. I could probably fill another three with just a single site's development windows, instead of tab switching.
Can you explain how you use them?
Sure. I'll load the rendered view of the site I'm working on and flip through tabs on that window. Typically this takes up a whole screen, and It'll resize frequently if I'm working on a responsive site.
Usually the code editor or IDE takes up a full screen, with it's file tree view or whatever even a full screen can be cramped.
The document inspector/developer tools almost dominate the other screen. If you're used to development in that tiny framed view below the browser, do yourself a favor and pull that sucker out; Get a real look at your rendered document and network profile while you're at it.
Any left over space trades between the terminal, gui file transfer, irc, music player (wait let's keep this work related ;), spec documents, email, code references, credentials manager, file management...
I really could load up three more screens just for a normal workflow. I can screenshot if there's interest.