How many screens?
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I'm on 2 (I'm not counting additional devices/machines, just a workstation's screens), now I don't know if I grow accustom to them or what but honestly I feel that if I would go back to a single one I would probably be a lot less efficient... maybe it's just in my head. Nevertheless I use 2 at work but also at home as well. Now regarding the 6, hmmm it seem quite unnecessary to go that far... but then again who knows... maybe I should try it out in order to say for sure ;)
Right, 2 is enough. What can a person do with 6 screens in a programming environment? Visual Studio can handle debugging and all in one screen. :sigh:
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6 is too much for programming, but applications use them regularly. 6 is mostly used in medical applications. An application for 4 is an aircraft simulator, where: 2 - front windshields, 1 - each for the side screens. Addendum: I like the concept of spaces on Macs, where you just navigate from screen to screen, looking at one screen all the while.
Medical applications, eh? They save lives, programming on other end, destroys sole existence of life. 6 screens of programming, total waste! :laugh: You can get your life destroyed with one screen too. ;)
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I use one screen with multiple personalities.
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
Perfect! :thumbsup: One screen is enough, for anyone. Unless they need to make their lives complex.
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On this Quora post[^], the guy said he uses 6 screens for his daily use, as a programmer. I will say, that he didn't have the ALT + TAB keys or they don't work; where as he claims he doesn't have to press them. I have used one screen at a time, for everything, everytime! OriginalGriff once wrote about his 2 screens, well that is fair enough I also have a secondary laptop and I use it for chatting purposes if I am working, but 6?
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Once you've tried three you'll never be free. I have three 24" monitors at work. One for SSMS, one for VS, and one for whatever.
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Perfect! :thumbsup: One screen is enough, for anyone. Unless they need to make their lives complex.
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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote:
One screen is enough, for anyone. Unless they need to make their lives complex.
No, it is not. I definitely find a dual monitor setup eases my daily development tasks. I often have a second computer running with a single monitor that I use mostly for "administrative tasks" (I typically spend +10 hours a week on conference calls), but I don't think I would go higher than three monitors. Besides, some of us develop those medical applications and have to make them work in multiple monitor setups. Soren Madsen
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Once you've tried three you'll never be free. I have three 24" monitors at work. One for SSMS, one for VS, and one for whatever.
I will go for "whatever" only. :)
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I will go for "whatever" only. :)
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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote:
I will go for "whatever" only.
Often the "whatever" is a deathly boring video conference with the boss.
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On this Quora post[^], the guy said he uses 6 screens for his daily use, as a programmer. I will say, that he didn't have the ALT + TAB keys or they don't work; where as he claims he doesn't have to press them. I have used one screen at a time, for everything, everytime! OriginalGriff once wrote about his 2 screens, well that is fair enough I also have a secondary laptop and I use it for chatting purposes if I am working, but 6?
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
Minimum 2 now I'm using 3 given I have a laptop as my dev machine and a dock station with two 24" displays... On for the programming environment, the other one for testing and executing and the last one for e-mail internet...
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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote:
I will go for "whatever" only.
Often the "whatever" is a deathly boring video conference with the boss.
That is the afterjob life, in my beforemarriage life, I am usually on a Skype call with my girl. So, I can understand your problems! :(
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Minimum 2 now I'm using 3 given I have a laptop as my dev machine and a dock station with two 24" displays... On for the programming environment, the other one for testing and executing and the last one for e-mail internet...
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3 is still satisfactory, I mean I understand using 3 screens, but more than that is confusing and not at all useful, unless required by the framework (as already discussed for Medical or other such uses).
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
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On this Quora post[^], the guy said he uses 6 screens for his daily use, as a programmer. I will say, that he didn't have the ALT + TAB keys or they don't work; where as he claims he doesn't have to press them. I have used one screen at a time, for everything, everytime! OriginalGriff once wrote about his 2 screens, well that is fair enough I also have a secondary laptop and I use it for chatting purposes if I am working, but 6?
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
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Virtual setups are fine as I already said, I can create multiple desktops in Windows 10, similarly creating everything virtual is fine and physically up to 2-4 is also fine. But physically adding screens and making up, like 6 or 5, for programming purposes? I won't fathom. :laugh: Can you?
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
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On this Quora post[^], the guy said he uses 6 screens for his daily use, as a programmer. I will say, that he didn't have the ALT + TAB keys or they don't work; where as he claims he doesn't have to press them. I have used one screen at a time, for everything, everytime! OriginalGriff once wrote about his 2 screens, well that is fair enough I also have a secondary laptop and I use it for chatting purposes if I am working, but 6?
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
2 works for what I do but I use a laptop always in "feet up" mode so I suffer along with one screen and side by side if I have to.
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Virtual setups are fine as I already said, I can create multiple desktops in Windows 10, similarly creating everything virtual is fine and physically up to 2-4 is also fine. But physically adding screens and making up, like 6 or 5, for programming purposes? I won't fathom. :laugh: Can you?
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
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On this Quora post[^], the guy said he uses 6 screens for his daily use, as a programmer. I will say, that he didn't have the ALT + TAB keys or they don't work; where as he claims he doesn't have to press them. I have used one screen at a time, for everything, everytime! OriginalGriff once wrote about his 2 screens, well that is fair enough I also have a secondary laptop and I use it for chatting purposes if I am working, but 6?
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
Oddly, I'm comfortable within 1 to 6. I've been doing a lot of work on a laptop recently with just 1 screen, and my desktop has 3, which is awesome, as I often have multiple browsers, IDE's, and other documents open. I've used 6 (spread across a couple computers using Synergy to share the mouse and keyboard) which was a huge advantage when I was having to remote into several different machines as well as keep my development environment open. Never had the opportunity to use more than 6, but the way I see it, the more the better. Of course, a couple of these babies[^] would do too. Marc
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On this Quora post[^], the guy said he uses 6 screens for his daily use, as a programmer. I will say, that he didn't have the ALT + TAB keys or they don't work; where as he claims he doesn't have to press them. I have used one screen at a time, for everything, everytime! OriginalGriff once wrote about his 2 screens, well that is fair enough I also have a secondary laptop and I use it for chatting purposes if I am working, but 6?
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
Most have 1 or 2 screens, occasionally 3, and this guy in question has 6. In my work, my system is so powerful, that it GOES UP TO 11 ![^]
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On this Quora post[^], the guy said he uses 6 screens for his daily use, as a programmer. I will say, that he didn't have the ALT + TAB keys or they don't work; where as he claims he doesn't have to press them. I have used one screen at a time, for everything, everytime! OriginalGriff once wrote about his 2 screens, well that is fair enough I also have a secondary laptop and I use it for chatting purposes if I am working, but 6?
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
I use two. Generally one for VS and one for SQL. I see Philips now have a cheap 40 " UHD monitor for the same price as their old 28". It has software that allows you you set it up with up to four virtual monitors. Looks good. I just need to get work to get one as a test :)
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I use two. Generally one for VS and one for SQL. I see Philips now have a cheap 40 " UHD monitor for the same price as their old 28". It has software that allows you you set it up with up to four virtual monitors. Looks good. I just need to get work to get one as a test :)
I will consider this 40" option for myself also. :)
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
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Oddly, I'm comfortable within 1 to 6. I've been doing a lot of work on a laptop recently with just 1 screen, and my desktop has 3, which is awesome, as I often have multiple browsers, IDE's, and other documents open. I've used 6 (spread across a couple computers using Synergy to share the mouse and keyboard) which was a huge advantage when I was having to remote into several different machines as well as keep my development environment open. Never had the opportunity to use more than 6, but the way I see it, the more the better. Of course, a couple of these babies[^] would do too. Marc
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After reviewing many comments, in which 3 is the most common term, I think I am lagging behind for having 2 laptops only. I will from now on purchase more screens only. :laugh: JK, I will stick to using one machine for each purpose. :)
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
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On this Quora post[^], the guy said he uses 6 screens for his daily use, as a programmer. I will say, that he didn't have the ALT + TAB keys or they don't work; where as he claims he doesn't have to press them. I have used one screen at a time, for everything, everytime! OriginalGriff once wrote about his 2 screens, well that is fair enough I also have a secondary laptop and I use it for chatting purposes if I am working, but 6?
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
Terry Pratchett was asked why he had six monitors. His reply: "Because I don't have enough space for eight" Two is brilliant - orders of magnitude better than one. Three, I'd like to try. Four, I could fit in - just - but I'd need a new video card, which means a new PC as it's only half height. Six? I could use it. I don't think that for what I do, it'd be that much of an improvement - but I didn't think two would make that much difference either.
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