On 7/26/07, Malcolm Tredinnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I find it hard to imagine a programmer these days who is so starved > > for screen real estate that they couldn't handle a width of, say, 120 > > characters; > > Try to imagine a bit harder then. I'm in that position, for example, > even on my desktop. It's much more effective to be able to view more > than one window at a time (e.g. the bug report or details in the web > window and the terminal next to it), so 80 columns is the right sort of > width for that. It's the same reason people have web browser windows at > less than 1024 columns sometimes, despite big screens existing. Having > to flick back and forth between partially obscured windows is slower. > This workflow doesn't work on my laptop, since the screen isn't large > enough, but that's a problem with smaller screens.
I'll accept that I'm an outlier, then; I'm also the only one at work who can't stand working with multiple and/or large monitors, and the only one who prefers quickly flipping between maximized windows for most apps rather than having multiple apps side-by-side. (Yeah, I guess that cements me as a weirdo.) ;-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
