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I used to use the “cube” but with six or seven sides (so whatever a hexagonal or septagonal cylinder is called), with the faces being transparent so you can se
by dkersten 3y ago
I used to use the “cube” but with six or seven sides (so whatever a hexagonal or septagonal cylinder is called), with the faces being transparent so you can see the windows floating in the background.
Nowadays I use an open laptop with two external monitors, with the laptop out to the left, my largest monitor in landscape in the center and a portrait monitor to the right: - — |
- twicetwice 3y agoI have settled on exactly the same setup! It's pretty great. My right-hand monitor is a terminal 24/7. My center monitor is code—I used to think I'd want vertical for code, and it is nice sometimes, but at my current job I benefit from having several files open side-by-side more than I benefit from seeing more of one file. It's a 4k monitor and I have it fractionally scaled so that I can read comfortably, but I can also fit up to four files side-by-side on the screen at once. It is very useful. And then the laptop screen is for Slack, docs, AWS dashboard, whatever is useful at the time.
- dkersten 3y agoI use the right hand monitor for slack and documentation. Sometimes a terminal, very occasionally code that I’m reading (not writing). I also used to think is want a portrait monitor for code but it turns out that the Jack of horizontal resolution actually bothers me for code. Maybe with a higher resolution monitor it would be better, but for now, I prefer to use a large but landscape monitor for code.
- stavros 3y agoI will never understand people who have a landscape monitor as their main. The only thing landscape is good for is videos, everything else is portrait (including many videos). The only semi-reasonable excuse I've heard is that people use a landscape screen as three or four portrait screens (so four windows side by side on it), but then just get a portrait screen and split it four ways also. You can pry my | - from my dead fingers.
- tedunangst 3y agoI find my laptop slides around too much when I'm trying to type with it on its side.
- alexvoda 3y agoAlso some ports get blocked. You have to drill a hole in your desk to use those ports. Very inconvenient.
- arcanemachiner 3y agoI use a 43" 4K TV as a monitor. It completely fills my visual field, and I cannot turn it sideways. I hope this comes across as a semi-reasonable excuse.
- perryizgr8 3y agoMy monitor is primarily a gaming monitor. As such it's stand does not allow for rotation to portrait.
- arcanemachiner 3y agoDoes it have holes for a VESA mount on the back?
- runjake 3y agoI use landscape monitors because it effectively allows me to have two portrait arrangements side by side on one screen. Also a vertical monitor is terrible on my neck. Humans necks are designed to look down but not up above eye level for extended periods. I learned this after extended discussions with a neurosurgeon on what the most common neck and brain injuries are, and what I could do or not do to best avoid seeing her. That said, we are all different. Use what you prefer!
- stavros 3y agoYou're right, I have the screen much lower than eye level (because I basically lie back on my chair), but this is generally good advice.
- quietbritishjim 3y ago> so whatever a hexagonal or septagonal cylinder is called In case you're interested (probably not!), the word you're looking for is prism e.g. hexagonal prism or heptagonal prism.