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So a low frills just the code IDE is better for ADHD. Wonder if single monitor and even single code pane at a time also boosts an ADHD brains productivity. Susp

So a low frills just the code IDE is better for ADHD. Wonder if single monitor and even single code pane at a time also boosts an ADHD brains productivity. Suspect it does. Another aspect of focus is fixation on a specific physical space with lowered blink rate. As soon as you move your eyes away or blink it lowers your concentration. The text outside of this cone of sight is less sharp. It's like a hunter that finds its prey in a landscape. Seems obvious when you think about it but we rarely consider this when designing our office and workflow. Edit: love all the replies to this, lots to consider that could really help.

pjerem 3y ago
My natural workflow is everything full goes full screen. It’s sometimes painful on Windows but on Mac, it’s a breeze to switch full screen apps with the trackpad. But I’ve got the combo of myopia + ADHD so I naturally prefer little screens (like 13 to 15“). I acknowledge that everything full screen on a 30" screen is pretty painful.
SkyPuncher 3y ago
I typically find I do better with a single screen when I’m able to work entirely within an IDE. Once I need to visually see what I’m building or reference documents, it's helpful to have to visually referenceable.
phito 3y ago
Oh yes that is definitely the case for me. I can have laser focus when I'm working on my laptop with just one window on foreground at the time, and I get distracted a lot on my comfy dual monitor desktop.
- rodrigodlu 3y ago
  Give a try on displays of different sizes, like a 13/15 laptop with 27 external. The best I found is 21 and 27, just need to find a decent 21 modern replacement that is not low contrast LCD. Even better if you can dim the brightness of the secondary display. With the notebook display I can just use the brightness shortcut of my keyboard (both on Logitech MX or my Keychron one).
rodrigodlu 3y ago
Yup, even with a giant 4k display, I have only a single tab/window open. 2 windows side by side tops. I found that two displays of different sizes better as well. The smaller is clearly the secondary. I wish that an easy way to switch all windows on different displays in the same workspace is available. I tried to program myself some combos with Gnome and Pop Shell shortcuts macros, but it's not quite there. It's only consistent on the same display, same workspace, and that is not enough to drain some attention spared on secondary stuff, like the documentation/test window while I'm writing the code. The closest I got that is consistent is to have two tmux sessions in different displays and coordinate a simultaneous change of sessions of both displays. But that doesn't cover GUIs.

pjerem 3y ago

My natural workflow is everything full goes full screen. It’s sometimes painful on Windows but on Mac, it’s a breeze to switch full screen apps with the trackpad. But I’ve got the combo of myopia + ADHD so I naturally prefer little screens (like 13 to 15“). I acknowledge that everything full screen on a 30" screen is pretty painful.

SkyPuncher 3y ago

I typically find I do better with a single screen when I’m able to work entirely within an IDE. Once I need to visually see what I’m building or reference documents, it's helpful to have to visually referenceable.

phito 3y ago

Oh yes that is definitely the case for me. I can have laser focus when I'm working on my laptop with just one window on foreground at the time, and I get distracted a lot on my comfy dual monitor desktop.

rodrigodlu 3y ago
Give a try on displays of different sizes, like a 13/15 laptop with 27 external. The best I found is 21 and 27, just need to find a decent 21 modern replacement that is not low contrast LCD. Even better if you can dim the brightness of the secondary display. With the notebook display I can just use the brightness shortcut of my keyboard (both on Logitech MX or my Keychron one).

rodrigodlu 3y ago

Yup, even with a giant 4k display, I have only a single tab/window open. 2 windows side by side tops. I found that two displays of different sizes better as well. The smaller is clearly the secondary. I wish that an easy way to switch all windows on different displays in the same workspace is available. I tried to program myself some combos with Gnome and Pop Shell shortcuts macros, but it's not quite there. It's only consistent on the same display, same workspace, and that is not enough to drain some attention spared on secondary stuff, like the documentation/test window while I'm writing the code. The closest I got that is consistent is to have two tmux sessions in different displays and coordinate a simultaneous change of sessions of both displays. But that doesn't cover GUIs.