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It's hard to tell since I don't have an equivalent control device, but I believe I do. It feels like with the limited screen real-estate, where my code takes up
by shazow 16y ago
It's hard to tell since I don't have an equivalent control device, but I believe I do. It feels like with the limited screen real-estate, where my code takes up about 60% of the screen and a terminal for the rest, I can focus a lot better when I do.
Every so often I'll still get distracted and start browsing HN, but that usually means I need to relocate or take a break from the computer.
- hboon 16y agoAlso see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1917725 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1917725. I've also found (what I'm sure everyone knows and is thinking about but don't seem to mention in this thread) that the optimal number of monitors or screen resolution also depends on what tasks is being worked on as well as which tools are used. Compare: Tools like Squeak/Pharo Smalltalk requires a fairly large screen space for a single window since all the "windows" open within the native window and it's harder to work with overlapping windows within that space. vs. Dolphin Smalltalk which supports multiple native windows, where you can do alt-tab fairly quickly and with a culture of writing shorter methods, a smaller screen is viable. or when I am running vim+vimclojure, I use a wide vim window so i can run tabbed buffers on the left and the output on the right. Related to productivity: I've tried experimenting with various approaches, including having online/offline time. Where I break up (primarily development related) tasks into online-information-doc-gathering and offline-coding tasks. Seems to work for efficiency, but I can't stick to it.