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by bayindirh 1979 days ago
> The only thing 16:9 is good for is watching movies

Nope. These are some of the useful side by side compositions:

- Terminal/Editor + Documentation

- Teleconf + Meeting Notes

- One master, two slave terminals

- IDE + Browser (for real time testing)

- etc.
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mcv 1979 days ago
Sure, but on a big screen. On a laptop screen, you can only read a few lines at a time. Especially on apps that add menus and other stuff to the top and bottom, like IDEs, browsers, editors, etc. A few lines more would do a lot of good. It's really like you're looking at everything through a letterbox opening.

In fact, 15 years ago I had a coworker who used two 20" 1200x1600 on their side next to each other. That worked really well for having lots of text next to each other. It's basically a gigantic 3:2 screen, which is still a tiny bit taller than 16:10.

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bayindirh 1979 days ago
> Sure, but on a big screen. On a laptop screen, you can only read a few lines at a time.

A 15" FHD screen is as effective as 24" FHD screen for me. If the panel quality is good enough, I can work for hours without scaling and eye-fatigue.

At that scenario menus, extra screen clutter doesn't change anything since everything is proportional to the bigger screen.

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sjagoe 1979 days ago
For all of this, I recently got a 21:9 display, and it is absolutely fantastic.
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bayindirh 1979 days ago
A colleague of mine made the same comment. I'd love to use one too, but my desk has no horizontal space for it. I can only fit a 24" because the new monitors are so-called "frameless" displays.
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