I'm mainly curious about software developers here, or anyone else whose computer is somewhat central to their life, be it professional or hobbyist.
I only have two monitors—one directly in front of me, and another to the right of it, angled toward me. For web development, I keep my editor on the main screen, and anything auxiliary (be that a dev build, a video, StackOverflow, etc.) on the side screen.
I wouldn't mind a third monitor, and if I had one, I'd definitely use it for log/output, since currently it's a floating window that I shuffle around however necessary. It could be smaller than the other two, and I might even turn it vertical so I could split the screen between output and a terminal, configuring a AutoHotKey script to focus the terminal.
What about y'all?
[ cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13864053 ]
I have been using 2-3 monitors for more than 20 years now it's the best.
I use 3 monitors at work, the left one is for outlook and teams, the middle one is the main development monitor, the right one is for browsers chrome/edge for work related sites, FF for surfing.
Pretty much exactly the same for my work setup except flip left and right .
I can't effectively use 3 for personal stuff, one monitor at work pretty much exclusively is for teams and outlook
Three monitors at work, one at home… my work ones are 1080p, my home monitor is 1440/165
…I prefer my home monitor for working, even beyond the WFH perks. I have no idea why. I wish my company would gimme a high rez+refresh screen.
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