Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫Work are letting us try out this monitor, which looks like a joke image begging for a caption, but is actually a real thing somebody thought needed to be made.
Charlie Stross@petealexharris Back in 1990/91 I worked for a company who made graphics engines for flight simulators (also tankers and trucks!) and we'd have KILLED for something like that. One rig for a truck simulator needed seven 1024x768 SVGA displays (two wing mirrors, two side windows, row of three for the front window). This could replace at lease three of those displays, maybe even all of them, with one screen (if it could be fabricated with wraparound curvature—or just a prism—at the side edges).
Henryk Plötz@petealexharris I'm not sure what impresses me more: The monitor, or the background image that fits this monitor. :)
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The main use for this monitor I can see is if you have one of those "panoramic" photo settings on your camera and want to use it for screen backgrounds.
I can't think why else. I could have 6 windows open on one screen, but I couldn't concentrate on 6 windows open on one screen. I like the purposeful context switch of flipping to a different virtual desktop.
Violet MadderYou don't play games much, do you?
Hurricane Daveosaurus@petealexharris @henryk I work in GIS. It would be SOOOOO good to actually have a decent amount of map visible as well as all the tools and toolbars (plus all the other Necessary Corporate Paraphernalia Which Does Not Serve Any Purpose Whatsoever).
heycitizen@petealexharris These would be much more useful if you can create virtual dividers. Basically splitting the screen into several portions that an app can snap into
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Chris@amatyr Oh nice, this is exactly what I’ve been looking for! I’ve been using ‘Sizer 4.0 by Brian Apps’, but this looks a lot slicker and seems to have all the functionality I need.
@amatyr In particular, I like the ability to set a space around zones when using the grid layout. It’s a small thing but for me it makes my workspace feel so much less cluttered.
Sheldon@heycitizen there are programs that will do that for you. You define how you want to divide your screen.
I’ve always wanted to try one of these monitors, but they only come in standard res and my eyes won’t like anything less than a “Retina” quality screen. @petealexharris
Duncan@heycitizen on Windows, the Powertoys collection (from MS) will do that for you - amongst many other things.
Flop_Ysh@heycitizen that what the latest Windows versions do and quite well actually
MacBalance@petealexharris I work with a guy who has an ultra-wide monitor at home. It’s frustratingly small if he has to share the screen on a call.
The Essence of Woerm SinYeah, same; "my" guy tends to share his laptop screen unless he absolutely has to share the ultrawide (in which case I tend to move the Teams window to my 4k screen)
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AlisonW ♿🏳️🌈♾️@petealexharris
Great for spreadsheets and for developing code too. I have two ultrawides (but not this wide) adjacent to each other.
Great for spreadsheets and for developing code too. I have two ultrawides (but not this wide) adjacent to each other.
adamrice@petealexharris Seems like you should be required to run only Windows Vista on that.
Octorine@petealexharris I have a monitor about two thirds this size at work.
For the most part, it's like having two regular sized ones except
1) It's harder to tile windows because you only have the left and right edges to dock against, and
1) if you share your desktop during a meeting no one can see anything because the image is microscopic when you fit it in a laptop display.
Allpoints@petealexharris I see you're not a gamer. Get some immersive simulations running, you'll appreciate the screen real estate
sleepy@petealexharris designed for gaming immersion
Badtux the Snarky Penguin@petealexharris For office plankton that screen is overkill, but those of us who code appreciate the real estate. The more of the project you can keep in windows on-screen, the more you can keep in your memory cache for immediate reference for the current bit of code you're working on. Thus why my coding monitor is a 43" 4K television. And yes it is a pain if I have to share my screen. I end up flipping resolution to 1K or 2K so people can see it.
@badtux I code. I don't need a UI the approximate size of a nuclear power station control room on one monitor to do it. It does nothing a 3-monitor rig can't do with more flexibility, portability and failure tolerance.
So it's a pretty toy. And that's OK.
dr_barnowlWe're hearing the new M3 Macbooks can only run one external monitor .... so maybe this is a product with a niche /s
Aethylred@petealexharris this is my current setup. Windows Power Toys has a tool called Fancy Zones that make it act like any number of virtual monitors.
I have full screened spreadsheets on it, but mostly it’s a three apps open copy pasta fiesta.
Also... did you know they fixed virtual desktops on windows and they’re now usable Winkey+Tab. Got a half dozen of those too.
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