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"40% of the screen is ok because EVERYBODY should be using dual or triple 4k+ monitor setups nowadays. Anybody who doesn't have 4k+ monitors doesn't deserve the
by k_sze 11y ago
"40% of the screen is ok because EVERYBODY should be using dual or triple 4k+ monitor setups nowadays. Anybody who doesn't have 4k+ monitors doesn't deserve the awesomeness in our shiny new IDE." - Possibly what the Eclipse devs are thinking.
- the8472 11y agoIf you have limited screen real estate almost all panels seem to be collapsible, making them open-on-hover or open-on-keypress. And things go both ways: Some of us do have multiple 30"+ monitors and appreciate UIs that manage to utilize all that space. Remember that responsive design doesn't just mean scaling down to tiny mobile devices, it also means scaling up to large screens.
- stephenr 11y agoFilling a 30" screen with crap for the sake of filling it is hardly good "utilisation".
- esaym 11y agoAnd filling a 30" screen with 200 character code lines because 80 character limits were only for the 800x600 days isn't good utilization either.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoThus you display multiple source files next to each other, or maybe some metadata. More screens should mean more relevant information.
- the8472 11y agoAnd eclipse lets you do just that.
- AlisdairO 11y agoI'd typically rather have more information about the file I'm currently working on rather than a bunch of different files open. When I'm using a text editor I'll want multiple text windows, but that's because navigation between files is much harder in that environment.
- aerique 11y agoOne can also have multiple views on one file (at least Emacs can) which is another good for having multiple buffers side-by-side instead of one single buffer.