Re:Discovering Two Screens Aren’t Better Than One (2014)
by xamuel on Saturday June 13, 2015 @03:24AM
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One of the key advantages of single-screen is you don't cripple yourself whenever you're at a conference/on a train/etc. If you get yourself used to working on a highly portable machine like a macbook air, it's like there were chains connecting you to your desk and suddenly those chains just fall to the ground.
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Re:Discovering Two Screens Aren’t Better Than One (2014)
by icebraining on Saturday June 13, 2015 @04:08AM
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One of the key advantages of single-screen is you don't cripple yourself whenever you're at a conference/on a train/etc
Yeah, instead it's all the time :)
If you want to get used to working with one screen, that's perfectly sensible, but there's no need to force yourself to use only one screen all the time. You can simply get used to both environments - and I say this as someone who works with two 20" monitors and is now typing on his personal 12" laptop on a coffee shop.
Re:Discovering Two Screens Aren’t Better Than One (2014)
by chaney on Saturday June 13, 2015 @03:38AM
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That seems illogical to me. I spend 90% of my time at my desk with a 2-monitor setup. When I have to use a laptop I do, but it would be counter-productive to use it all the time.
IBM Model M, mouse, loads of screen vs poor keyboard, trackpad, tiny screen. I don't get it.
Re:Discovering Two Screens Aren’t Better Than One (2014)
by xamuel on Saturday June 13, 2015 @05:31PM
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At the moment, I'm working mostly remote, and I have a small child at home. Under these circumstances I'd be six feet underground by now if I was anchored to a desk like that. But yeah, if I didn't have the kid, and had the luxury of just calmly sitting down to code in an office without distractions, a second monitor could have its uses.