On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 07:34:03AM +0000, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: > You don't need that much space. Your field of vision isn't that big at > a "working distance" (as opposed to "monitoring distance") from the > screens, so you could just as well switch a workspace as turn your head > to the other display.
I quite like having my malleable content on one screen and my reference content on the other screen. This makes it far easier for me to monitor email and IRC (on the left display) while reading reference content (on the right display). Swapping workspaces requires erasing the reference content when bringing up the malleable content. This constant erasing and replacing content works against my innate ability to remember where content is on a page. When I had a single 1600x1200 display, I could fit reference content and malleable content on screen quite nicely. But it was fuzzy. So I tried 1280x1024 LCD and found myself swapping content enough that it detracted from my ability to get work done. So I bought a second LCD and have enjoyed the extra space. Perhaps I've waited long enough to treat myself to a new display with all the space I need. :) (Pity my video card can't do more than 1280x1024 DVI output. I _really_ don't want to be in the market for a new video card too. Blech.) > Like I say in the FAQ, the real reason for > multihead is penis enlargment most of the time. Perhaps. But some of us find it more useful for reading reference matieral while working on other stuff than advertising our qualities as mates. :) Honestly, expect better from your users. :) The argument for not supporting Xinerama that I can easily appreciate is what it does to your code. Saying "just don't use it" isn't nearly as compelling as "it fuglifies the code".
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