How the fuck do people get used to large monitors?

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FatalError

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Been hustling using laptops since years. Got a 22" display 6 months back & my productivity went shit. Now everytime I use the display my neck hurts.

Thank you wickedfire "show your workplace" threads. You can suck my balls. Back to laptops yo!

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Well I use 3 different set ups for work.

At home I have my PC with a 22" Monitor, while travelling I use a 17" laptop, and in the office I have a PC hooked up to two 24" Monitors.

To be honest I enjoy using the office setup the most, since I don't have to minimize shit, ALT+TAB all the time, since I have enough space on my screens.

I don't really enjoy working on my laptops(I say laptops because I have 2 different ones) I don't like screens smaller than 22"...
 
Are you looking up or down? Don't see how it would hurt your neck.

Use 2 27's and 2 laptops at my desk and none seem to bother me
 
Get used to not using applications maximized to full screen.
Instead, resize browsers and shit to half the screen. That way, you won't have to move your eyes (and head) left to right all the time over wide angle.

It's for the same reason books have margins.

Position application windows like this:

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Three 21.5" screens and no neck pain whatsoever.
Before that, I was using laptops for years. I would use a laptop with an external screen attached. But always used the laptop's screen as the main screen and external to watch movies while work.

Transitioning to larger screens was tough at first, but once I stopped trying to use all windows maximized, I realized how cool it is to have more room on the desktop.
 
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bcc423 said:
Get used to not using applications maximized to full screen.
Instead, resize browsers and shit to half the screen. That way, you won't have to move your eyes (and head) left to right all the time over wide angle.
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+1.

However, if your working inside an app like PS or Eclipse I like detaching tools and placing them at the side/above the app (or have a live preview beside it or something)
 
Use the real estate of large monitors to display more windows, rather than maximizing. Adjust the monitor to how you sit and you can't go back.

I agree that laptop screens being small keeps you focused on one window, but you can still stay focused and save time by having just what you need up on large monitors.
 
bcc423 said:
Get used to not using applications maximized to full screen.
Instead, resize browsers and shit to half the screen. That way, you won't have to move your eyes (and head) left to right all the time over wide angle.

It's for the same reason books have margins.

Three 21.5" screens and no neck pain whatsoever.
Before that, I was using laptops for years. I would use a laptop with an external screen attached. But always used the laptop's screen as the main screen and external to watch movies while work.

Transitioning to larger screens was tough at first, but once I stopped trying to use all windows maximized, I realized how cool it is to have more room on the desktop.
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I did the opposite, I maximize everything now and my neck pain has gone to 0 because I'm consistently moving it around (allegedly).
 
just learn how to properly sit for fucks sake

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laptops suck in that regard because you're looking way down.

Observe:

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Get a pair of 22s and rotate them through 90 degrees so they are like two A3 sheets in front of you but bigger. You'll need to pencil in an artificial 'above the fold' line at the side of the display but once you've tried a vertical monitor rather than a horizontal monitor you probably won't want to go back.

Alternatively the MS Windows Start button on your keyboard is your friend. As was pointed out on here recently START+left or right arrow half maximises a program window to that side of the monitor.
 
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Do what I do and just blow up the size of everything. Your icons, your text. If you can make it larger do so.
 
bobby_custard said:
Get a pair of 22s and rotate them through 90 degrees so they are like two A3 sheets in front of you but bigger. You'll need to pencil in an artificial 'above the fold' line at the side of the display but once you've tried a vertical monitor rather than a horizontal monitor you probably won't want to go back.
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30" at 2560x1600 in normal landscape with a 20" at 1600x1200 in portrait on each side is the best of both worlds. :thumbsup:
 
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