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I was thinking that the author was going to be arguing that anything more than 2 screens is a bad idea. (Because seriously, where the heck did my mouse go? I ca

by mabbo 6y ago

I was thinking that the author was going to be arguing that anything more than 2 screens is a bad idea. (Because seriously, where the heck did my mouse go? I can't find it and it's somewhere on one of these 3 monitors in front of me). I can't fathom being a professional in the tech world and not having two monitors.

jodrellblank 6y ago
> where the heck did my mouse go? Windows' mouse properties control panel has "Display pointer trails" and "Show location of pointer when I press the Ctrl key" options to make the pomouse pointer more findable.
- weaksauce 6y ago
  there's also the mac shake the mouse pointer to enlarge it momentarily feature.
  - dvtrn 6y ago
    I prefer the term "embiggen", heh.
  - mabbo 6y ago
    I could never really fall in love with Mac's OS, but I do wish windows would steal that idea.
  - powersnail 6y ago
    It's quite smart, considering shaking the mouse is the first thing I do when I cannot find my mouse. And it becomes hilariously huge.
- mabbo 6y ago
  This is, no joke, a very big deal for me. Thank you.
dmos62 6y ago
When this topic comes up I like to chip in to remind the quiet readers that not everyone does the 4k * N screens thing. I was confused for a long time as to why people seem to need larger and larger screens (not want, but need, it would seem). That changed when recently I had to use a GUI static analysis toolkit on my 1440 screen. It was too small. The GUI wasn't customizable and its usage on my screen was very awkward. Its single window was split into a number of panes, all of which were too small to use comfortably without constant horizontal and vertical panning. The mentioned GUI's devs created it for big screens. I'd guess that this happens with popular IDEs as well, right? In a way it's about modifying hardware to adhere to software. Sounds backwards. The reason why a 1440 laptop screen is enough for me is that I use vim and cli for pretty much everything except browsing. That makes my workspace relatively space efficient.
JBiserkov 6y ago
> where the heck did my mouse go? On Windows I recommend using the Inverted (Extra large) scheme for the mouse cursor. It’s dynamic - becomes black on a white background and white on a black background; works with other colors too, even with complex textures. It’s a life saver.

by mabbo 6y ago

jodrellblank 6y ago

> where the heck did my mouse go? Windows' mouse properties control panel has "Display pointer trails" and "Show location of pointer when I press the Ctrl key" options to make the pomouse pointer more findable.

weaksauce 6y ago
there's also the mac shake the mouse pointer to enlarge it momentarily feature.
- dvtrn 6y ago
  I prefer the term "embiggen", heh.
- mabbo 6y ago
  I could never really fall in love with Mac's OS, but I do wish windows would steal that idea.
- powersnail 6y ago
  It's quite smart, considering shaking the mouse is the first thing I do when I cannot find my mouse. And it becomes hilariously huge.
mabbo 6y ago
This is, no joke, a very big deal for me. Thank you.

dmos62 6y ago

When this topic comes up I like to chip in to remind the quiet readers that not everyone does the 4k * N screens thing. I was confused for a long time as to why people seem to need larger and larger screens (not want, but need, it would seem). That changed when recently I had to use a GUI static analysis toolkit on my 1440 screen. It was too small. The GUI wasn't customizable and its usage on my screen was very awkward. Its single window was split into a number of panes, all of which were too small to use comfortably without constant horizontal and vertical panning. The mentioned GUI's devs created it for big screens. I'd guess that this happens with popular IDEs as well, right? In a way it's about modifying hardware to adhere to software. Sounds backwards. The reason why a 1440 laptop screen is enough for me is that I use vim and cli for pretty much everything except browsing. That makes my workspace relatively space efficient.

JBiserkov 6y ago

> where the heck did my mouse go? On Windows I recommend using the Inverted (Extra large) scheme for the mouse cursor. It’s dynamic - becomes black on a white background and white on a black background; works with other colors too, even with complex textures. It’s a life saver.