Working with dual monitors
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I am having a tough time working with dual monitors for 8 hrs a day at the office. While the two monitor idea saves me a lot of time and work I am having trouble positioning them correctly to avoid shoulder/neck aches. And these are CRT's not those flat panels you lucky guys are currently staring at :) I've tried positioning both such that the seperation is inline with my view and since that did not work I just went ahead and put my best monitor in front of me and the other one next to it. This is good untill I forget and start off working on the second monitor ... and there's that neck pain again.
I'm a lefty which does affect my layout somewhat but what i've done is to center my body on the qwerty section of the keyboard (with arms strait this corresponds to hands on arrows and mice) and then align myself 60:40 (65:35?) in favor of my primary monitor. I then keep whatever I'm working on on it, with email/references/etc (all stuff I only look at for short times) on the second. THe other thing I've noticed is that I need to sit about 6" farther back than I did with a single monitor setup to keep everything within eye move only distances.
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I am having a tough time working with dual monitors for 8 hrs a day at the office. While the two monitor idea saves me a lot of time and work I am having trouble positioning them correctly to avoid shoulder/neck aches. And these are CRT's not those flat panels you lucky guys are currently staring at :) I've tried positioning both such that the seperation is inline with my view and since that did not work I just went ahead and put my best monitor in front of me and the other one next to it. This is good untill I forget and start off working on the second monitor ... and there's that neck pain again.
I've found the problem isn't as bad when you use 3 monitors. ;P
Using the GridView is like trying to explain to someone else how to move a third person's hands in order to tie your shoelaces for you. -Chris Maunder
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I've found the problem isn't as bad when you use 3 monitors. ;P
Using the GridView is like trying to explain to someone else how to move a third person's hands in order to tie your shoelaces for you. -Chris Maunder
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I am having a tough time working with dual monitors for 8 hrs a day at the office. While the two monitor idea saves me a lot of time and work I am having trouble positioning them correctly to avoid shoulder/neck aches. And these are CRT's not those flat panels you lucky guys are currently staring at :) I've tried positioning both such that the seperation is inline with my view and since that did not work I just went ahead and put my best monitor in front of me and the other one next to it. This is good untill I forget and start off working on the second monitor ... and there's that neck pain again.
They won't give me 2 monitors at work (becasue it would help me do my job) But at home, I use my primary monitor for the main work horse and my secondary monitor for Spec's, help pages, e-mail, CodeProject, things I don't go to nearly as much (except possibly CP) so far no pain in the neck (except no 2nd monitor at work);) Joe Q
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
Don't give up breaks, stretch and move your neck around (not 360 please) during breaks so you don't get a stiff neck
I wonder if there are people who can ;P
WM.
Yaaarrrr What about weapons of mass-construction?WillemM wrote:
I wonder if there are people who can
Only once. ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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WillemM wrote:
I wonder if there are people who can
Only once. ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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MY docking station only has 2 connectors, and I can't access the VGA port on the laptop while docked. In any case AFAIK the gfx chip only supports 2 displays at time.
dan neely wrote:
MY docking station only has 2 connectors, and I can't access the VGA port on the laptop while docked. In any case AFAIK the gfx chip only supports 2 displays at time.
http://www.matrox.com/mga/offhome/th2go/home.cfm[^] TripleHead2Go adapts one output to three monitors. Which means with one VGA out, you have three screens. Two VGA out, you could have six screens.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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dan neely wrote:
MY docking station only has 2 connectors, and I can't access the VGA port on the laptop while docked. In any case AFAIK the gfx chip only supports 2 displays at time.
http://www.matrox.com/mga/offhome/th2go/home.cfm[^] TripleHead2Go adapts one output to three monitors. Which means with one VGA out, you have three screens. Two VGA out, you could have six screens.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
TripleHead2Go adapts one output to three monitors. Which means with one VGA out, you have three screens. Two VGA out, you could have six screens.
Getting an additional monitor isn't a major problem. I'd just repeat the borrow monitor from infrequently used testbox and put in a service ticket on it routine that got a 3rd in my cube. Covincing someone to buy a $400 adaptor on thier overhead budget is something else entirely. :-/
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They won't give me 2 monitors at work (becasue it would help me do my job) But at home, I use my primary monitor for the main work horse and my secondary monitor for Spec's, help pages, e-mail, CodeProject, things I don't go to nearly as much (except possibly CP) so far no pain in the neck (except no 2nd monitor at work);) Joe Q
Joe Q wrote:
They won't give me 2 monitors at work (becasue it would help me do my job)
:rolleyes: I managed to inherit 2 from the guy who worked in the cubicle before me when I started. I was told that eventually they'd need the second one for someone else and the IT guy would come and get it... He never did :-D
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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Joe Q wrote:
They won't give me 2 monitors at work (becasue it would help me do my job)
:rolleyes: I managed to inherit 2 from the guy who worked in the cubicle before me when I started. I was told that eventually they'd need the second one for someone else and the IT guy would come and get it... He never did :-D
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"