Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo...
by zimpenfish on Sunday August 09, 2020 @12:01PM
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> I either keep a single full screen window
Pretty much what I do with my single screen. Probably down to being a contractor for a long time and never knowing from one day to the next if I even had a desk to sit at, never mind a monitor or two.
Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo...
by jon-wood on Sunday August 09, 2020 @09:51AM
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Since moving to Mac OS because of work I desperately miss XMonad, where workspaces and screens are separate concepts, and you can ask any screen to show any workspace and it’ll just resize appropriately.
Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo...
by stjohnswarts on Sunday August 09, 2020 @01:15PM
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There are tiling managers for OSX. None of them work as well as the ones for Linux but they're better than fumbling with a bunch of mousing around. Maybe try Divvy or Tiles.
Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo...
by wogong on Sunday August 09, 2020 @10:03AM
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Tiling window manager like i3 in multiple monitors environment is not that convenient as I thought. Most of the time I just use one monitor. Switching workspace between multiple monitors confuses me.
Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo...
by dkersten on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @11:15AM
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I still like having multiple monitors even with i3, but a single large monitor is definitely more useful to me than multiple small ones, so given the choice I would choose a larger primary monitor before choosing a second or third monitor.
More monitors just mean some workspaces are switched between by moving my head instead of switching what’s on screen. For some tasks it’s easier for others it’s not.
I do find a larger higher resolution monitor more useful than having two or three small ones, especially for my IDE where I have splits and such. I use a 34” 1440p currently but would love to go larger/higher resolution (but 4K at those sizes is out of my budget right now)