I disagree on the wide screen field of view. From what I understand, reading comprehension actually improves with text in contained width (i.e. columns) [1][2]

I disagree on the wide screen field of view. From what I understand, reading comprehension actually improves with text in contained width (i.e. columns) [1][2]. My experience in using a higher res monitor is that it takes a bit more effort to read the (smaller) text. Larger + higher res combination might work though. PS. I run a two-vertical / portrait monitor configuration and it makes my job a lot easier to orient myself within the code. [1] - http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ColumnModeSometimesBetterThanWidespan http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ColumnModeSometimesBetterThanWidespan [2] - http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/3553/why-do-newspapers-use-multiple-columns http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/3553/why-do...