Is the open office layout dead?

Re:Is the open office layout dead? by mcny on Sunday August 20, 2017 @10:01PM (#15061410)

I am trying not to cargo cult here but I think if I need to scroll a file with 9 font on a 32"+ screen with 4k display it might be a sign of code smell (again, this should definitely not be a hard rule just saying it might be nice to stop and think why it is so long)?

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Re:Is the open office layout dead? by sundvor on Monday August 21, 2017 @05:13AM (#15063085)

Not arguing against that, however Visual Studio has lots of windows eg NCrunch runner, output, solution overview in addition to editor(s).

The ultrawide allows for this nicely; tests on the left, two actual editors, solution explorer on right, and output at the bottom under the editors.

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Re:Is the open office layout dead? by strictnein on Sunday August 20, 2017 @11:19PM (#15061687)

Do you mean 9pt or 9px font? Either way, that's not comfortably readable on a 32" 4k screen.

On a 34" 3440x1440 screen I keep IntelliJ at 14px (10.5pt). On a 32" 4k screen I keep it at 15px-16px (~11pt).

You're still only talking ~100 lines of code on the screen at any one time. Maybe ~130 with a smaller font.

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