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I find portrait mode screen excellent for coding. I see more code in context. My short-term memory is bad. But I am very productive with my 3 LCD setup. The m
by GianFabien 2y ago
I find portrait mode screen excellent for coding. I see more code in context.
My short-term memory is bad. But I am very productive with my 3 LCD setup. The middle monitor is portrait mode and is my primary point of interaction. That is why it is in the central position. To each side I have monitors in landscape orientation. Those are used for multiple windows of related / inter-dependent information.
I'm mostly keyboard oriented, ALT-TAB between windows. I use a trackball to slam the cursor around. I use a desktop that supports 3 LCDs without problems. Not sure if a laptop would suffice. But you could certainly have a portrait mode monitor and use the laptop screen landscape for a 2 screen setup.
- 2rueSid 2y agoIt seems you have a nice setup! Well, yes, I initially thought of having my laptop as the primary monitor (it's actually big) and using a portrait mode monitor mainly for reading code, not for writing code. Are you comfortable with the middle being taller than the others?
- GianFabien 2y agoI've setup the tops of all three screens to be aligned. Thus my focus is pretty much on the same vertical level. I tend to edit code near the top and middle. The bottom part tends to be more contextual. When reading code I tend to scroll up as I read so the top and bottom are to maintain context. I dislike methods that span more than 2-3 screens with this layout.