Comments on: Do Larger Monitors Make You More Productive? http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/03/do_larger_monitors_make_you_more_productive-2/ tips and downloads to help you at work and play Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:40:24 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nicholas Orr http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/03/do_larger_monitors_make_you_more_productive-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4571 Nicholas Orr Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:11:27 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/03/14/do_larger_monitors_make_you_more_productive-2.html#comment-4571 <p>Its not the size of a monitor that is good.. It's the resolution!! Granted larger monitors usually have a higher resolution, that doesn't mean it does, or people use it....</p> <p>Look at laptops, you can get a 15" screen in different resolutions, some of these resolutions are the same or greater than a 17" screen.</p> <p>I use 2x21" WS LCD's, 1680x1050. They do the job, however 3 would be way better. Two vertical & one horizontal. When developing websites it is great having the higher resolution in the vertical as I can see a whole webpage content plus have the firebug sitting at the bottom.</p> <p>I'd really like the larger 2560 x 1600 resolution as my primary with 2 1920x1200 in the vertical. That would make developing so much simpler! instant access to logging, code, web browser (multiple even), database all visible at the same time, no alt+tab required, awesome!</p> Its not the size of a monitor that is good.. It’s the resolution!! Granted larger monitors usually have a higher resolution, that doesn’t mean it does, or people use it….

Look at laptops, you can get a 15″ screen in different resolutions, some of these resolutions are the same or greater than a 17″ screen.

I use 2×21″ WS LCD’s, 1680×1050. They do the job, however 3 would be way better. Two vertical & one horizontal. When developing websites it is great having the higher resolution in the vertical as I can see a whole webpage content plus have the firebug sitting at the bottom.

I’d really like the larger 2560 x 1600 resolution as my primary with 2 1920×1200 in the vertical. That would make developing so much simpler! instant access to logging, code, web browser (multiple even), database all visible at the same time, no alt+tab required, awesome!

]]> By: AussieRodney http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/03/do_larger_monitors_make_you_more_productive-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4570 AussieRodney Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:17:50 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/03/14/do_larger_monitors_make_you_more_productive-2.html#comment-4570 <p>Absolutely. The bigger the better. I work with a 1920x1200 at work & could easily use 2 of them.</p> Absolutely. The bigger the better. I work with a 1920×1200 at work & could easily use 2 of them.

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