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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 35 points 6 days ago (2 children)

This was not a response I expected, I thought the only people who didn't like multiple monitors were ones who never tried it lol

My peak was like 8 monitors, I'm at 6 now, but I can never go back to a single one long term. Whenever I do it temporarily for whatever reason it's agonizing

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago

It’s taken me awhile to figure out, but I feel like the vast majority of people dismiss new things if they aren’t:

  1. Very clearly presented in exactly applicable use-cases for the person, including easy to understand benefit explanations. 2. They try it themselves in a way that the benefits are immediately apparent and understandable.
[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There no way you're actively using 6 monitors at the same time. How many of this are just storing windows you don't look at for an hour at a time.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 6 days ago

It's a whole lot faster to turn my head to check on a process than to Alt-Tab 30 times hoping I don't miss the window I'm looking for.

Though 6 monitors seems a bit nuts to me, but I don't know what he's doing.

I can use 3 when I have some long-running tasks, or need to RDP into multiple systems. It's just easier than using a tabbed remote tool like mRemote.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I'm the same person who also has 600 (Not an exaggeration) ~~Chrome~~ Firefox tabs open at a time LMAO

It's a lot easier to just have whatever windows open on a monitor than constantly switching between windows. Sure there's 1 or 2 that just has Spotify open or whatever, but there's also ones with ya know documentation open or a browser or an IDE or RDP sessions there's also a dedicated crib monitor one as well