Mike Masnick ✅How's my day going, you ask? I have dual monitors and both have giant spreadsheets where I'm comparing things across screens.
That Anonymous CowardMike did you get a gig on fiver removing checkmarks?
@That_AC he's paying me $8!
Yeah but its in Company Town Script so....
AT Hayes@mmasnick So hot.
Casey Jennings@mmasnick I'm very sorry...
Opaque Lightbulb@mmasnick So you've got a spread of spreadsheets, then?
TillyCat@mmasnick Only two?
Adam R. Wood@mmasnick Excel-lent.
VulcanTourist [MOVED]Should I confess that I'm a gamer but a poor one? I previously loved my "1200p" dual monitors, but I couldn't afford to add a third for gaming. So, instead I gave them up for an even weirder 3840x1600 monitor, which is a tolerable compromise of both goals.
I use MS PowerToys' FancyZones to slice up that display into useful comparative chunks reminiscent of the dual displays themselves split in half, and gaming gets an expanse unbroken by bezels and framing.
Christian@VulcanTourist @mmasnick so when you work you can make your monitor act as if it’s two of them? While in reality there’s just the single large one?
Yes. FancyZones uses templates to define arbitrary zones of the display into which applications can be moved and resized. Those zones can even overlap: the one I use divides the display into thirds and two-thirds, and the native Windows snapping allows halves. Applications can be excluded from this, and also remember the last zone used.
There are other solutions for that; I last used GridMove before MS PowerToys. Windows 11 also has a feature.
Also, it's open source:
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys
Also, about Windows 11: If you grab a window by its title bar to move, you might notice a little black inset bar at the top center. If you drag the window into that, a context menu of sorts appears and offers various predefined zones into which you can drop it. The same is also available by hovering over the Maximize button in the window. It's not as flexible as FancyZones, but it's baked-in.
@VulcanTourist @mmasnick yea! That’s a feature I might use more with a larger screen!
I have found such trickery indispensable, even when I did have dual monitors. If you're a "rabbit hole spelunker" you'll likely appreciate it, too.
Beeks@mmasnick just think, a year or two from now you'll be able to subscribe to an AI service that will compare them for you for the low low price of $100 a month and consent to harvest and sell every shred of data you have. I can't wait!
Tammy Gentzel@mmasnick Pure joy.
Pyperkub@mmasnick I did three loads of laundry, the dishes and grocery shopping. The trifecta!
Louis Ingenthron@mmasnick Even with so many techie followers willing and able to automate that pain away for a nominal fee?
@LouisIngenthron nah, this needs to be done by hand and brain...
@mmasnick Tedious *and* requires advanced reasoning skills? Brutal.
@LouisIngenthron the end result will be wonderful. But, there's a lot of work to get to that point.
Rosemary McNaughton@mmasnick sounds heavenly! I only have a 13” laptop to work on and I had to buy it and maintain it myself. Teacher & school admin and the admin part involves a lot of spreadsheets 😝
bignose@mmasnick Oh good, the tedious part already ended and you're on to the fun part: Spreadsheets!
Enrique Barcelli@mmasnick git diff A B 😉