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Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers

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Re: Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers

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Post by tsfranke »

codingdave wrote: post #27

I just run on a 45" TV at 3840 x 2160. Sure, the response time is slow for gaming, but it works fine for movies and coding. And I have enough space that I can set each window to whatever size and orientation I want.

100% agreed.

Previously dual monitor, 24" 1920 x 1080, portrait left, landscape right. left was usually for email and chat, right for coding and browser.

Now it's a single 40" 4k tv as my display. Using gridmove to easily partition the screen as needed. It's like have 4 1080p screens with no border. Only downside I've come across is some screensharing apps will always share the entire desktop when sharing a single app (webex is worst offender) - just the app window will be shown, but with massive greyed out background. Can be fixed by changing desktop res, just an annoyance.

Moving to a single massive screen has honestly lead to better productivity, but i possibly attribute that more to gridmove than overall screen real estate.

Re: Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers

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Post by codingdave »

tsfranke wrote: post #41
codingdave wrote: post #27

I just run on a 45" TV at 3840 x 2160. Sure, the response time is slow for gaming, but it works fine for movies and coding. And I have enough space that I can set each window to whatever size and orientation I want.

100% agreed. Previously dual monitor, 24" 1920 x 1080, portrait left, landscape right. left was usually for email and chat, right for coding and browser. Now it's a single 40" 4k tv as my display. Using gridmove to easily partition the screen as needed. It's like have 4 1080p screens with no border. Only downside I've come across is some screensharing apps will always share the entire desktop when sharing a single ap…

I fix that by maximizing whatever app I'm sharing and upping the zoom. It looks comically large on my screen, but normal to the rest of the folks on the call.

Re: Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers

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Post by Cerium »

Why do people complain about wasted white space on the side of their windows? Who said you have to full-screen every application?

My slack window is about 1/3 of a screen, zoom a bit smaller, Firefox about 2/3 of a screen, Outlook about 2/3. I think the only window I regularly make full size is the terminal.

Re: Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers

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Post by RHSeeger »

Cerium wrote: post #43

Why do people complain about wasted white space on the side of their windows? Who said you have to full-screen every application? My slack window is about 1/3 of a screen, zoom a bit smaller, Firefox about 2/3 of a screen, Outlook about 2/3. I think the only window I regularly make full size is the terminal.

This is exactly what I was thinking.

> Websites and documents usually end up with a lot of whitespace and padding around them

I can't imagine have _any_ window full width on a large screen. I have 5 windows visible on my primary screen right now, and that's not even a lot for me. The browser, at max, is about 60% of the screen's width.

Re: Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers

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Post by kraftman »

I've tried a lot of different setups over the years at work and at home, with laptops, 3 monitors, thin monitors, vertical monitors, etc.

I eventually settled on one 43 inch 4k monitor. I have it divided into 3 columns and 2 rows, and have everything I'm working on open at once so I don't have to tab between things, with the core work in center and the reference work either side.

Re: Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers

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Post by enriquto »

mgaunard wrote: post #21

Three monitors with one central in landscape remains the best layout.

I have the opposite setup: three monitors but the central one is vertical. The central monitor is where the actual fucking happens. It only has a glorious 80x80 xterm with a large font.

Re: Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers

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Post by bloopernova »

mgaunard wrote: post #21

Three monitors with one central in landscape remains the best layout.

I've found I like P-L-L

Leftmost monitor is portrait, the other 2 landscape.

Command line and documents on the portrait monitor. Editing/browsing in the centre. Mail and Teams on the rightmost landscape monitor, with browsing often moved there too.

Re: Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers

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Post by cecilpl2 »

I run 7 monitors. I've got a 2x3 grid of 24" monitors on a stand, and then a 27" widescreen standing tall beside it for code or a long terminal.

It's fantastic, though I could stand to have another row above. It's nice rarely having to switch windows - everything I need and use is right in front of me.

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