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Where are all the high resolution desktop displays? They are stuck in the 90s. Back then I had a 21" CRT that could run at something like 2400x1800. Not all the
by Too 14y ago
Where are all the high resolution desktop displays? They are stuck in the 90s. Back then I had a 21" CRT that could run at something like 2400x1800. Not all the way to retina but still in a different league than todays screens. It could also run at something like 120Hz refresh rate, but then you had to turn down the resolution to more like 1280x1024.
- stinos 14y agoexactly. I loved those displays, running at at least 90Hz. That in a dual moitor setup was hard on your desk becasue of the weight, but awesome for programming. Being so used to the vast amount of vertical space, I felt sort of let down by the 'now let's make all widescreen displays' movement. 1080 pixels vertically really doesn't do it for me. But maybe it's just me? Sometimes I see people programming, with the editor taking up only half of the screen and the rest all IDE windows and toolbars and whatnot. That's like 15 lines of code on one screen. I don't get it.
- w1ntermute 14y agoYep, this is why I try to avoid IDEs whenever I can. The best "IDE" is Vim running in Screen in urxvt.
- jjtheblunt 14y ago"Amen."
- stinos 14y agoI hope that is not the sole reason you avoid IDE's? Cause any decent IDE can be configured to behave properly and get out of your way on the screen. The example I gave was just to clarify that apparently some people do not seem to bother about vertical space (or don't know any better)
- Too 14y agoRotate the screen 90 degrees :)