On Tuesday 13 Apr 2010, Mithun Bhattacharya wrote: > From: Vikas Rawal <vikasli...@agrarianresearch.org> > > > With wide-screen monitors, I end up wasting a lot of screen space > > even when I am only word processing on something like openoffice. > > In a 4:3 monitor, one could see a lot more of the page. > > I am not sure what is the big deal with widescreen monitors and > coders :) - I do coding for a living and I use widescreen monitors > both at work and home. I actually use 2-3 4:3 monitors at work > depending upon how wide I need it to be. > > Among other things try doing a diff across three files on a > widescreen monitor and see how useful all that space is. Next I > don't have to worry about my code getting wrapped just because my > display doesn't go that far wide. It is also useful for people who > are working with datasets - most computer generated datasets wont > care how wide your display is - I have seen 256 columns or more of > dataset flowing into some of the apps I work with. With a wide > screen I can keep my email, browser and terminal all open without > having to switch between them - try debugging a web based service > while looking at the server logs.
Agreed to all points. For the main activities of either coding or document reading/preparation, however, longer monitors do make a difference to me, at least. For instance, when coding I make lines < 80 characters anyway (split longer ones across multiple lines), so taller monitors will enable me to see more code at one time. Similarly, when writing (formatted or unformatted) text I rarely write lines that would occupy more than 1/2 the width of the screen, so again taller monitors give me more context. > End of the day I think we have to adapt ourselves to the hardware > than expect them to modify to our style Now that is something I completely disagree with. The hardware is supposed to adapt to my needs, not vice versa. We're not automatons defined completely by our programming and environment (at least not yet!) Paraphrasing G B Shaw a bit, The reasonable man adapts himself to his environment, while the unreasonable one insists on adapting his environment to his needs. Hence all progress depends on the unreasonable man. Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathur r...@kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
