On: Hackers' screen shots

[kingnothing]

I have no clue how so many of you are only working on one monitor. Maybe you've never tried using two, but there's absolutely no way I could ever code again on just one.

The difference is night and day.

[nostrademons → kingnothing]

Some of us value the ability to hack in bed over the extra screen real estate.

[copenja → kingnothing]

I concur. I can't believe how many single monitor setups there are.

I am also surprised that more people don't use split screen setups where they can view multiple pages of code within the same window (ala emacs,gvim, Visual Studio). I prefer to have around four but atleast two views of code open at once.

[dfranke → kingnothing]

Screen real estate is like a drug. Addiction creeps up on you quickly, and the more you have the more you think you need. I used to be perfectly content with one 17" monitor. Now I'm looking for a bigger desk so that I can add a fourth 22" LCD.

[kingnothing → dfranke]

A fourth?

Wow. That's awesome.

[abstractbill → kingnothing]

I've tried working on multiple monitors, several times. It doesn't work for me.

[copenja → abstractbill]

Just curious, but what doesn't work for you about multiple monitors?

[kingnothing → copenja]

I'd be interested to hear why as well.

I find it's invaluable as you can have a web browser on one side and your code on the other.

[alexfarran → kingnothing]

I tried it and it made my neck hurt. I prefer a virtual desktop if I want multiple workspaces. Why move your head when you can make the screen move for you?