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Help fight my ignorance: what makes 16:10 so much better? If you sat me down in front of two different monitors I doubt I could tell the difference.
by deeg 6y ago
Help fight my ignorance: what makes 16:10 so much better? If you sat me down in front of two different monitors I doubt I could tell the difference.
- e12e 6y agoI'm not so sure, I recently calculated the following: 16:9 16:10 16:10.66 (almost 3:2) 16:12 (4:3) I'm sure you can tell the difference between 16:12 (old TV) and 16:9 (widescreen).
- znpy 6y agoVertical screen real estate. Think about it: when you're writing code or working in a shell or reviewing a configuration file or working on a word document you'll probably use vertical space more than horizontal space.
- sp332 6y agoIt's a bigger difference than it sounds, because the space taken by the taskbar and window chrome are fixed. So the extra pixels go directly to your vertical scroll area.
- vladvasiliu 6y agoI also like hiding the dock and the menu bar on macos. On linux I like using a 4k display at 100%. I don't really care about window chrome, icons, etc. I care about text and mainly use a text editor, terminal and browser. They all allow me to set the text size. This way I get the best of both worlds: unobtrusive window chrome and legible text. This works great on a 24" display.