Comments on: Big Monitors Can Increase Productivity?

By: Benefits of a Large Monitors : Productivity501

Benefits of a Large Monitors : Productivity501 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:12:36 +0000

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By: Gareth Hargreaves

Gareth Hargreaves — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:50:42 +0000

Hi,
I use a second monitor for development in Macromedia director and recording using Samplitude studio and I couldn’t live without it now. I literally can’t work on a single monitor because I feel so impaired, and I’m partially blind in 1 eye.

I think the GUI of tools like Macromedia director are designed for multiple monitors especially if you are working on projects that are intended for full screen playback.

By: David R

David R — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:47:24 +0000

Reddit recently had a post about two screens:

http://www.gaborcselle.com/blog/2006/08/more-screen-space-more-productivity.html

I’ve just got a laptop so I’ll definitely hook it up to my old 17″ CRT to see what happens. Thanks for all the interesting posts on this topic.

By: James Clemenger

James Clemenger — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:41:09 +0000

Hi:
I’m not really adding much to the good coveralge here already, except to add an example. I develop Excel applications in VBA for our organization, and as anyone who has ever struggled to pin down a bug from a vague error message knows, it can be frustrating. With two monitors I can step through the code on one side and watch what happens to the userform/dialog/spreadsheet on the other, so I can see just where things go awry! It has made a big difference for me.

James

By: Yehuda Zimmerman

Yehuda Zimmerman — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:49:10 +0000

Hi!

As a technical writer whose main machine is a laptop, I have been enjoying using 2 monitors for a number of years. It enables me to see my source documents on one screen while doing my writing on the second screen.

My productivity is up, up, up!

Yehuda

By: Larry H

Larry H — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 22:04:54 +0000

I’ve had 2 screens for about 3 years now. When I got interested in creating and studying maps for Unreal Tournament 2004 I found it VERY useful! The mapping screen can be kept uncluttered on one side and the texture/static mesh/actor/etc can be opened fully on the other. I can widen either to cover both screens if need be. I also use it for transfering and searching files. Another great use is Ebay on one screen and a network search engine on anotherto check and compare things.
I have my main connected to both, with one of them going thru a 4 way KVM for my server and for repairing computers. Last June my video board (a Radeon X800) had to go to the manufacture for repairs and I had to use the on-board video…it felt like I had lost a part of me! I was limited as to what I could do for 6 weeks!!
These days most if not all video boards are dual output, so if you have one or need to replace one, find a temp from someone or one you have sitting around and try it for a month or two, you’ll love it!

larry