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I'd also like to see a photo of this setup, and I'd like to understand how you work on this. I have a 27" 4K monitor at 150% scaling and it feels 'big enough',

I'd also like to see a photo of this setup, and I'd like to understand how you work on this. I have a 27" 4K monitor at 150% scaling and it feels 'big enough', I was considering getting a second but then I'd have the bezel in the middle, so three would probably be better, but then I'd have to turn my head a lot to see the outer screens, so it seemed a bit pointless. Maybe I'm an outlier, but I prefer to have applications full screen and just focus on that one thing. I also don't work with videos playing in the background as I find that very distracting, music is ok as I can zone out (and then realise for the last hour I've had headphones on with nothing playing), so I don't need to see a whole Spotify playlist, artwork and recommendations when I'm writing code. If I'm doing web development, I'll have Vim in a terminal full screen, and when I need to test something live I'll switch to Chrome - my screen is big enough that I can have the page and debugger open side by side without it feeling squashed. I have tests and the compiler running in another tmux tab, so the terminal bell will alert me if something needs my attention there.

schmookeeg 9y ago
http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/11/09/A7KWg.jpg http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/11/09/A7KWg.jpg :) I basically divide the screens into 8 1080P windows. A "basic workday" for me is usually: 1. Chrome with Email, hangouts, and other administrata 2. A second Chrome with web dev. 3. A third 1080P with the web inspector for above. 4. An SSH window to the nodejs server 5. pgAdmin to postgres 6. VSCode 7. Xencenter if I'm juggling VMs around 8. Choice of: another chrome for goofing off, or a bunch of smaller windows with git bash, filesystem windows, or other little distractions like spotify. It's hard to tell from this photo (lol messy desk) but I sit about 80cm from the screens. There are some downsides: I'm too close to the TVs for gaming -- they're too bright even at minimum brightness setting. One "all white" explosion cutscene and my eyes will hurt. I'm in the habit of closing my eyes when I sense impending white-out. The "curved" monitors are only subtly curved, and I still fly them in a "Vee" configuration. I could've saved $200 by just going with 2 flat monitors. It seemed cooler at the time than it is. I see others talking about fighting firmware and whatnot, but these MU650Ds from Costco (which I'm told are identical to MU6500s, but re-numbered to avoid price-matching...shrug?) just worked out of the box. Setting the "device" to PC HDMI and the TV took it from there. I dinked with the color settings to taste. It's weird, my laptop is an XPS13 with the 3200x1800 screen, and when I try to do ANY splitscreen work, I find myself edging closer or squinting. I don't wear glasses, but I think I must just be a "not a HiDPI" guy. square inches on screens are cheap and cheerful. I haven't found it hard to focus on a "tile" to work. It's nice to step through the node debugger by flicking VSCode fullscreen, hunting and pecking through the 100-line-high code, all on the right side while the SSH/Chrome/Chrome debugger/pgsql windows sit on the left and I can watch them whirr with each step. Works for me anyway. $0.02 :)
- brokenmachine 9y ago
  Nice setup. I personally like to have three monitors, so the center one is in the middle and I don't have to turn my head. ATM I have a fairly old 32" 1080p TV as my middle screen. It becomes hard to find the desk space for three monitors when you get to a 40" middle screen though. I prefer having multiple monitors than a single larger monitor. I haven't decided how I'm going to upgrade yet.

schmookeeg 9y ago

http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/11/09/A7KWg.jpg http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/11/09/A7KWg.jpg :) I basically divide the screens into 8 1080P windows. A "basic workday" for me is usually: 1. Chrome with Email, hangouts, and other administrata 2. A second Chrome with web dev. 3. A third 1080P with the web inspector for above. 4. An SSH window to the nodejs server 5. pgAdmin to postgres 6. VSCode 7. Xencenter if I'm juggling VMs around 8. Choice of: another chrome for goofing off, or a bunch of smaller windows with git bash, filesystem windows, or other little distractions like spotify. It's hard to tell from this photo (lol messy desk) but I sit about 80cm from the screens. There are some downsides: I'm too close to the TVs for gaming -- they're too bright even at minimum brightness setting. One "all white" explosion cutscene and my eyes will hurt. I'm in the habit of closing my eyes when I sense impending white-out. The "curved" monitors are only subtly curved, and I still fly them in a "Vee" configuration. I could've saved $200 by just going with 2 flat monitors. It seemed cooler at the time than it is. I see others talking about fighting firmware and whatnot, but these MU650Ds from Costco (which I'm told are identical to MU6500s, but re-numbered to avoid price-matching...shrug?) just worked out of the box. Setting the "device" to PC HDMI and the TV took it from there. I dinked with the color settings to taste. It's weird, my laptop is an XPS13 with the 3200x1800 screen, and when I try to do ANY splitscreen work, I find myself edging closer or squinting. I don't wear glasses, but I think I must just be a "not a HiDPI" guy. square inches on screens are cheap and cheerful. I haven't found it hard to focus on a "tile" to work. It's nice to step through the node debugger by flicking VSCode fullscreen, hunting and pecking through the 100-line-high code, all on the right side while the SSH/Chrome/Chrome debugger/pgsql windows sit on the left and I can watch them whirr with each step. Works for me anyway. $0.02 :)

brokenmachine 9y ago
Nice setup. I personally like to have three monitors, so the center one is in the middle and I don't have to turn my head. ATM I have a fairly old 32" 1080p TV as my middle screen. It becomes hard to find the desk space for three monitors when you get to a 40" middle screen though. I prefer having multiple monitors than a single larger monitor. I haven't decided how I'm going to upgrade yet.