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I can't deny that this is a cool setup but I can't see it being useful for long. I personally need to see multiples windows simultaneously as I work. Swiping ov
by billpatrianakos 15y ago
I can't deny that this is a cool setup but I can't see it being useful for long. I personally need to see multiples windows simultaneously as I work. Swiping over can't cut it for very long. But good for you, man. To each his own I suppose.
- moconnor 15y agoI must confess, I did wonder about adding a second iPad for browsing documentation, or maybe one of the new kindles... I went through a phase of using multiple monitors all the time. After a year or so I came to the conclusion that alt-tab is quicker and easier than looking at another physical screen. Swiping isn't; I wish alt-tab worked in iOS. Still, it's close and it stops me checking my mail too often.
- Splines 15y agoI think this is one of the places where Win8's tablet interface will gain fans. I've seen the developer preview and being able to snap windows to the side and get a "mini mode" (or whatever it's called) is really cool.
- moconnor 15y agoThis. I'm sure a "mini mode" will be a part of every tablet interface in a couple of years' time.
- prophetjohn 15y agoI seriously doubt that you're alt-tab'ing faster than you're making a saccade to another monitor. We're talking tens of milliseconds to glance over. What if you have to hit tab 2/3/4 times to get to the application you want? And you have to stop and see how many tabs you need? Looking over at a different monitor is significantly faster.
- DrHankPym 15y agoYou can use GNU screen to have more than one bash shell running, and you can use tabs and screen splits with Vim. I use to do this on my G2 phone; it's easier to play with Vim over ssh with a physical keyboard. Unfortunately, my phone lacks some critical characters like '|', '>' and '<', but it's really nice to be able to make edits wherever, whenever.