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From: Vikas Rawal <[email protected]>
> 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.
> Even for those who use computers for common office applications, the
> 4:3 dimensions work so much better.
MS Office reading pane nicely splits into multipage format irrespective of your
screen dimension - it is always nicer to be able to read larger text than
everything squeezed into a 4:3 monitor.
End of the day I think we have to adapt ourselves to the hardware than expect
them to modify to our style. Do remember there are more people buying
widescreen HDTV than people buying consumer grade LCD monitors so the incentive
is to go widescreen especially since you can claim a larger size for lesser
pixels if you manufacture 16:9.
- Mithun
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