A slight hijack: for people who are using dual monitors, what
configuration do you use? Here at work, we have people using dual LCD
displays. I see the following configurations in use:
* Horizontal side-by-side, most often "tilted back" (top back,
bottom up) but sometimes also straight up and down. This is what I
use.
* Vertical side-by-side. A LCD monitor is easy to rotate, of course.
These are most often straight up and down. I tried it but it felt
cramped.
* Horizontal /one above the other/. I kid you not. I usually see
this configuration with the upper monitor tilted /forward/ (top
forward, bottom back) and the lower monitor tilted opposite. The
configuration has a very futuristic/spaceship look.
I have seen a few quad monitor setups, which are most likely from
multiple machines.
In my current configuration, I devote the left-hand panel to all my
normal work, and use the right-hand panel exclusively for e-mail. I
think that the biggest hurdle to overcome is switching my mindset. I am
just not used to having this much screen space, so I do things in an
old-fashioned style. I often find myself switching between app windows
rather than moving one off to the second display.
Joe
John Posada wrote:
> --- Richard Doll <sgmlindy at tds.net> wrote:
>
>
>> As many of you have touted the advantages of dual monitors . . . My
>> ??s follow:
>>
>
> Richard...you're thinking too much. :-)
>
> As a long-time user of multiple monitors, consider it one big
> desktop. Simply drag whatever application window you want to whatever
> screen you want. You'll be able to drag from the left monitor to the
> right monitor and vice versa. I'm continually moving things around.
>
> With the mouse, when you move it past the right boundary of the left
> monitor, it will appear on the right monitor.
>
> As long as you don't restart your machine with only one monitor, when
> you reboot, each application will (usually) reopen on the monitor
> where you left it before you shut down.
>
> John Posada
> Senior Technical Writer
>
> "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never
> actually known what the question is."
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