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Programmers: What size monitors do you guys prefer?
mouser:
Anyone use a rotated monitor in portrait mode for coding?
wraith808:
I've done it. And quickly switched back. I can get past a lack of vertical space... but horizontal space is what I crave. Also, looking up and down is more annoying than looking right to left IMO.
ewemoa:
Similar experience to wraith808 here. My current opinion is that a certain amount of vertical space is important but after a certain amount, horizontal space seems more important (e.g. for comparing two (or more!) documents, segments of code, etc. - sideways seems to work better for me).
On a side note...points I've learned to consider for external displays:
* how easy it is to adjust physical orientation
* how easy are the buttons to push
* how long is one forced to view unnecessary info (e.g. a company logo) when turning the display on
* how much heat do I feel from the display (less the better)
barney:
Had a rotating monitor for several years. It was great for reading texts and tutorials in portrait mode, but lousy for coding unless I moved it back to landscape. And since most video players are designed to be landscape, it didn't work for video, either, in portrait mode.
40hz:
Anyone use a rotated monitor in portrait mode for coding?
-mouser (February 04, 2014, 03:04 PM)
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I used a Radius Pivot monitor with a Mac IIsi for years until it finally gave up the ghost around 1999. I didn't use it for for coding. But I did use it for some serious animation and comic book scriptwriting projects. (Scriptwriting is very similar similar to coding when you think about it.)
I really liked it. I noticed I could focus better for some strange reason whenever I flipped it to portrait. But I also find enabling typewriter sounds helps me to concentrate. So take what I've said about the monitor for what it's worth considering it's coming from me. :mrgreen:
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