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I seriously question this each time this is brought up. I needed multiple monitors when we had 1024x768 and smaller. I now code on a dqhd that could fit 10 of

I seriously question this each time this is brought up. I needed multiple monitors when we had 1024x768 and smaller. I now code on a dqhd that could fit 10 of those old monitors. I still use 2 other displays. Why? Reference. Nothing will be faster than the flick of your eyes to the alternate display. When constructing optimal copy pasta it’s impossible to beat.

FumblingBear 3y ago
But the obvious use case to augment a large mirrored macbook screen is native vision apps (safari, etc.) with windows open to the documentation / references that you'd naturally have on other screens. Generally there's 1-2 apps that are native MacOS apps that I require when developing, and the rest could easily be independent windows of safari, slack, teams, whatever to supplement the main screen.
joshstrange 3y ago
Ideally we would have a large curved screen or support for multiple virtual monitors in AVP but for now it looks like we just get 1. It will be a change but with window management utilities (like Magnet and friends) I don't think I'll have a huge issue tiling my windows on just 1 monitor. I use 3x2K monitors now so 4K (that I can make whatever size I want) should cover my needs. Also, like the sibling comment says, I plan on seeing if I can pull some of the apps I run out of the virtual display and use the iPad apps instead. Copy/Paste/Drag support will make or break that for me though as I don't plan on accepting anything but exactly what I can do on my computer. But maybe iMessage, Slack, and Discord (and definitely Home Assistant) can run their iPad native apps instead of needing to be on my virtual display. Heck, maybe I just fall back to the desktop if I need to. I'm also not sure yet what the story is on using a wireless keyboard/mouse/trackpad with your laptop, as in can I use it in AVP or is it only for use on my virtual monitor? Maybe continuity comes into play there? It should if it doesn't already.

FumblingBear 3y ago

But the obvious use case to augment a large mirrored macbook screen is native vision apps (safari, etc.) with windows open to the documentation / references that you'd naturally have on other screens. Generally there's 1-2 apps that are native MacOS apps that I require when developing, and the rest could easily be independent windows of safari, slack, teams, whatever to supplement the main screen.

joshstrange 3y ago

Ideally we would have a large curved screen or support for multiple virtual monitors in AVP but for now it looks like we just get 1. It will be a change but with window management utilities (like Magnet and friends) I don't think I'll have a huge issue tiling my windows on just 1 monitor. I use 3x2K monitors now so 4K (that I can make whatever size I want) should cover my needs. Also, like the sibling comment says, I plan on seeing if I can pull some of the apps I run out of the virtual display and use the iPad apps instead. Copy/Paste/Drag support will make or break that for me though as I don't plan on accepting anything but exactly what I can do on my computer. But maybe iMessage, Slack, and Discord (and definitely Home Assistant) can run their iPad native apps instead of needing to be on my virtual display. Heck, maybe I just fall back to the desktop if I need to. I'm also not sure yet what the story is on using a wireless keyboard/mouse/trackpad with your laptop, as in can I use it in AVP or is it only for use on my virtual monitor? Maybe continuity comes into play there? It should if it doesn't already.