Do you use dual Monitor for Coding
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Do you use dual monitor and how it is helping you?
Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com
I have three, a 24, an two 19s. The main one contains my code, if I need to read something and compare to my code, it goes on the right, where I also keep MSN windows. On the left is media player if I am using it, and various text documents, such as the one I use to keep track of my daily tasks for timesheets.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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i am and it does not. however, i do have a purchase order in for a widescreen giant monitor :)
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How giant ? My 24 inch widescreen is amazing. I can't imagine life without it.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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Do you use dual monitor and how it is helping you?
Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com
keencomputer wrote:
Do you use dual monitor and how it is helping you?
for 3D graphics and probably for any graphics, it is a lifesaver. UI or graphics on main window, and all your debugging, performance monitoring or other testing tools on the other window. Keep the product window clean and realistic in a user environment, and the coding/debugging window with the tools you need to do the job right.
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How giant ? My 24 inch widescreen is amazing. I can't imagine life without it.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
Christian Graus wrote:
How giant ?
We just got in a truckload of 52"... but none will go on my desk. :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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Do you use dual monitor and how it is helping you?
Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com
Yep. Use dual monitors when coding and it is very helpful :) VS2008 on one display, and Code Project on the other :-\
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Yep. Use dual monitors when coding and it is very helpful :) VS2008 on one display, and Code Project on the other :-\
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
Paul Conrad wrote:
and Code Project on the other
That has to be a whole new machine here.... I miss my quad monitor setup.... ONe for CP, One for Linux, two for primary coding on Windows. :)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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Paul Conrad wrote:
and Code Project on the other
That has to be a whole new machine here.... I miss my quad monitor setup.... ONe for CP, One for Linux, two for primary coding on Windows. :)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
El Corazon wrote:
miss my quad monitor setup....
That's something I'd like to put together one of these days :)
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Do you use dual monitor and how it is helping you?
Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com
keencomputer wrote:
Do you use dual monitor
Yes
keencomputer wrote:
how it is helping you
10% efficiency, 90% makes my desk look cool.
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Do you use dual monitor and how it is helping you?
Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com
No, I opted for a single 24" 1920x1200 LCD instead. /ravi
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Do you use dual monitor and how it is helping you?
Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com
I tried it once and really disliked it except when I needed to debug certain types of UI issues where losing foreground caused problems (like with menus.) I now use a very nice widescreen at work and even find that to be a waste. I prefer a good old 19" CRT.
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Do you use dual monitor and how it is helping you?
Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com
I'm often debugging client/server apps, sometimes stuff involving designers (form and report) and I often have trace logs going for things not in debug mode. I also often run debug sessions on both the server and the client apps simultaneously. Having multiple monitors, not just dual monitors, is extremely helpful. Marc
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Do you use dual monitor and how it is helping you?
Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com
I like coding on one and either testing or googling or email on the other. Been programming for many years and wonder how/why I have done without. Mike
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Do you use dual monitor and how it is helping you?
Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com
For a while there I was using 3 19" CRTs all in 1280x1024 but I had to loose one since the new PC did not have dual PCIE 16X slots. I may eventually put a PCI graphics card in to add back the third monitor. I code on the first move the class view to the second and the UI designer to the 3rd with several putty sessions scattered on all monitors and also a firefox session probably on the first with probably 35 to 75 tabs open at most times.
John
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Do you use dual monitor and how it is helping you?
Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com
I cannot live without multi-monitors. Since I AM the IT Department, Finance and Management, I have zero problems getting my expenses approved. Multiple monitors are so much more productive. I picked up a 24" 1920x1200 display for $300. Should have bought 5.
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How giant ? My 24 inch widescreen is amazing. I can't imagine life without it.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
yea 24. i want a high resolution.
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
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Do you use dual monitor and how it is helping you?
Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com
I do, and it's great... I sometimes run sql server management studio on one, and VS on the other, or VS on one and my app on the other (so I can watch the screen paint, or refer to which fields have what values in etc. as I step through code etc), sometimes I have IE or MSDN help open on one monitor with a sample or some kind of documentation with VS open on the other while I code etc. Somtimes, when working in several different projects/products etc. I'll have a seperate instance of VS open on each monitor with a seperate solution in each (i.e product a on one screen and product b on the other, or the client solution for product a on one screen and the server solution on the other).
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Do you use dual monitor and how it is helping you?
Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com
I have two. I used to do VS on one, and e-mail on the other, until I started to realize that outlook was interrupting me way too much. Then I turned off the desktop notifications from outlook, and moved all my solution explorer, output, watch windows, etc.... into a floating window that takes up 90% of my second monitor and.... POOF! Now I get twice as much done ;)
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Does it require a special hardware to make it?, I heard that there is a cable to do it.
For the third monitor? You just need another graphic card and motherboard with two PCIE 16X slots.
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I have three, a 24, an two 19s. The main one contains my code, if I need to read something and compare to my code, it goes on the right, where I also keep MSN windows. On the left is media player if I am using it, and various text documents, such as the one I use to keep track of my daily tasks for timesheets.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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Do you use dual monitor and how it is helping you?
Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com
Yes. My code is on one screen, my running application on the other. My code is on one screen, The Code Project is on the other. My code is on one screen, some sample code, another project, is on the other. My Code is on one screen, SQL Server Management Studio is on the other. I want three.
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