I’m mainly curious about software developers here, or anyone else whose computer is somewhat central to their life, be it professional or hobbyist.
I only have two monitors—one directly in front of me, and another to the right of it, angled toward me. For web development, I keep my editor on the main screen, and anything auxiliary (be that a dev build, a video, StackOverflow, etc.) on the side screen.
I wouldn’t mind a third monitor, and if I had one, I’d definitely use it for log/output, since currently it’s a floating window that I shuffle around however necessary. It could be smaller than the other two, and I might even turn it vertical so I could split the screen between output and a terminal, configuring a AutoHotKey script to focus the terminal.
What about y’all?
[ cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13864053 ]
Software dev here, and I’m pretty confident that 4 is the ideal number, as long as you have window snapping to split them in half:
Left (inputs): half current ticket, half whatever documentation you need
Main (work): IDE, half test code, half actual code
Right (outputs): half terminal, half web page (frontend) or postman (backend)
Bottom (comms): Smaller laptop screen dedicated to slack / email