… if you know how to use virtual desktops and shortcuts. You can’t look at two screens at a time, anyways.
One use case I can understand is having a 2nd monitor for checking stock prices or checking for a certain event. Other than that, I don’t see how it contributes to “productivity” while working or coding for example.
P.S: Tiling WM users may understand this post more
Lol an actual unpopular opinion. I use 4 monitors. Sometimes I’m looking at reference documents on a second monitor to determine how to implement the function. Sometimes I have my dbms app up on the third screen so I can look at the data structure as I’m implementing it. And the 4th monitor is usually for YouTube so I have a background noise/video to keep me focused
Because lots of productivity tasks, including coding, involve looking at a reference material while creating the output. I’m frequently looking at a database structure on one window, an API document on another, and coding in an IDE.
You don’t necessarily need two screens, but it helps to have enough real estate to view two or more applications at once. Personally I use a 50" 4k TV and tile things in halves or quarters - which is the equivalent of having four 1080 monitors.
I have 3 27" 4k screens in this layout: | - -. That’s from left to right, portrait landscape landscape.
I have a terminal and sometimes on the 1st screen. Code/Work on the second. Documentation/chats/email on the 3rd.
It works well for me :)
What’s faster, switching desktops or turning your eyes a bit to the side?
Funny how you seem to believe that “checking stock prices” is a good use of a whole monitor but don’t seem to see how literally any other task could benefit from having reference material up on a second monitor.
