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I don't understand why people insist on using more than one monitor. Downsides: - Looking sideways is bad for your neck. - Looking from the one to the other an
by vanviegen 3y ago
I don't understand why people insist on using more than one monitor.
Downsides:
- Looking sideways is bad for your neck.
- Looking from the one to the other and refocusing probably takes more time than using a shortcut key to switch between virtual desktops or something similar.
- Consumes additional space, energy and money.
Upsides:
- Looks cool and professional, I guess.
- ??
- recursive 3y agoI'm not expecting you to understand but I find it less disruptive to look to the side than switch windows or desktops.
- nick-of-time 3y agoThe advantage of having two monitors is that I can look at two things at the same time. I have my main monitor centered and my second off to the side. My browser mostly lives on my second monitor while my IDE lives on my main. I spend a large majority of my time looking at my center monitor, as I put my IDE there and also move my browser there when I need to look at it for any extended period of time.
- binkHN 3y agoIn this case, I concur with the parent post. I probably have a browser window on every virtual desktop, but I also have a browser window that exists on all virtual desktops. In this case I could just access this browser window from the virtual desktop that contains my IDE.
- bdcravens 3y agoI either want to look at 2 things at once, or I'm often only looking at one monitor at a time. Besides, my chair swivels lol. I'm certain the common posture of how many look at their phones (neck down, for many hours over the course of a day) is far more damaging to the neck than a 30 degree side turn.