Monitor size?
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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Take a look at what Al Gore uses.
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I have two 32" 30" monitors. I don't think that there is any real advantage for programming, I am just here to brag. :-D -- modified at 11:35 Monday 15th October, 2007
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
Gary Kirkham wrote:
I am just here to brag
:omg: well i think you have done that exceptionally well lol
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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Personally, I think that above about 19" the screen starts to get too big to be able to see at a glance. However, the *big* gain is when you have two monitors. I can't believe that some posters say that there is no advantage to this. I will never again try to debug a GUI application without two monitors. Imagine the situation... there is an annoying bug that only appears when when a sequence of messages appears in the message queue. You don't know quite what it is, so you set a breakpoint after the first (known) message arrives. You run through the application. Bang! You hit it... and your IDE pops up in front of the application being debugged, causing a host of extra messages to be places in your application's message queue. That's why two screens are useful.
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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John Cardinal wrote:
Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio?
I find for VS that wider is better. Always take an X" widescreen over a normal X" screen, especially now the prices are so close. You will find it does make a noticable difference. I use two 24" widescreens for development work. I did have three normal-ratio screens, but found the extra horizontal screen space was a better tradeoff for what is essentially the same amount of desktop space. If you go for multiple displays make sure you match them both. I don't understand how people can use different vertical sizes on the same desktop - I find it very hard on the eyes to keep swapping resolutions.
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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22-inch
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/gallery.asp?date=desc&nummon=true&mon=desc[^] Some scarily large implementations! As others have said, multiple can be better than bigger single monitors. A really big 24" might allow you to have VS on the left, and say the app you are debugging or the help documentation up -but in reality you spend time fiddling about trying to get windows sized and positioned correctly. With two or more monitors you put each window in a monitor and maximize it. I use two 17" at 1280x1024 and have done for about five years now (even our accountant has copied me!). However I am planning to upgrade one monitor to 22" for the bigger resolution for VS - if you have toolbox/solution/output/watch/etc all open the code doesn't get much space left! My only question is if I get two NVidia 8800s on an SLI motherboard can I use four displays?
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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4x 20" (1600 x 1200) I use VS 9 in three monitors at once - the middle one for code (nothing but code), the right for error list, toolbox, properties, Code Definiton window (shows definition of currently selected identifier; very useful), etc.. in a floating dockable pane, and the left for object browser and help (so I can refer to it as I code), in another floating pane. I hate widescreen - I don't like scrolling vertically.
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I have two 32" 30" monitors. I don't think that there is any real advantage for programming, I am just here to brag. :-D -- modified at 11:35 Monday 15th October, 2007
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
Compensating for something? :laugh:
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I guess it all depends on whether you want / need to see the debugger without the ui being overlapped or need to see multiple instances of visual studio for client server, p2p or multi tier debugging.. Personally I've gone from 2 * 21" CRT to 2 * 22" LCD's and usually get away with that. But the thought of trying to be productive on a single 17" LCD is mind bogglingly painfull in this the 21st century. But then some people probably still think punch cards where a great way to program...
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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Laptop is Dell w/17" widescreen with a 1900x1200 resolution which is huge for a laptop, also have desktop streached to a 17" 4:3 monitor w/ 1280x1024 I program and 90% of work on laptop screen and watch output on other screenI also use to keep web browser and email.
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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That's really funny - I thought I was the only one around here that preferred a single monitor. I, too, have a single 17" monitor and it's just FINE with me. I tried a dual-monitor set up for a little while and found it to be very distracting. I felt like I was spending more time moving stuff around the desktop than focusing on the thing I was working on. The other developers think I'm nuts for staying with only one monitor - but I'm told by the management that I produce at a higher rate than other developers do, so I don't think my monitor is getting in the way! BTW ... yes, I'm using Visual Studio 2005. -CB ;)
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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i recently bought the HP w2207 and i highly recommend it. a) there's nothing like 1680 x 1050, great space and for developing i find wide screen very appropriate b) high contrast ratio means i can turn down the brightness (all the way) and everything is still clear, easy on the eyes. c) the stand is very flexible, and big plus for my desk if u ever saw it. but for developing i prefer many monitors vs 1 big one, since at work i have 3x17" and i fit my programs nicely
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Compensating for something? :laugh:
Software Zen:
delete this;Monitor envy?
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
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Monitor envy?
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
Panel envy.
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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I believe it really does help. Take your Visual Studio example, on a widescreen 17" laptop you are only able to see about 33 lines of code... what I have is a 21" monitor turned vertically and I can see about 86 lines of code...roughly the same resolution. The fact that I'm not scrolling around and am able to see a TON more code is great. Below is an article I found and an excerpt that I used to get justification for them to pony up the dough to buy it for me at work. It was a real pain, but that's another thread. Buy the monitor! Article ---- Gloria Mark, a University of California at Irvine instructor, later hired by Microsoft research labs and Mary Czerwinski who worked for NASA did an article on productivity. Here is the highlight -- The researchers took 15 volunteers, sat each one in front of a regular-size 15-inch monitor and had them complete a variety of tasks designed to challenge their powers of concentration - like a Web search, some cutting and pasting and memorizing a seven-digit phone number. Then the volunteers repeated these same tasks, this time using a computer with a massive 42-inch screen, as big as a plasma TV. The results? On the bigger screen, people completed the tasks at least 10 percent more quickly - and some as much as 44 percent more quickly. They were also more likely to remember the seven-digit number, which showed that the multitasking was clearly less taxing on their brains. Some of the volunteers were so enthralled with the huge screen that they begged to take it home. In two decades of research, Czerwinski had never seen a single tweak to a computer system so significantly improve a user's productivity. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/magazine/16guru.html?ei=5090&en=c8985a80d74cefc1&ex=1287115200&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1129521853-ar/Jp1qnf0XCl9MGUEiLGA
