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by v5v3 357 days ago
>We use Slack to talk. Notion to document. Jira or Asana to plan. But every time a decision is made in chat, someone has to manually copy, summarize, or “translate” it into another system. Context gets lost. Work slows down.

Have you got multiple monitors or ultra wide monitor?

As switching between Apps is much easier if you are only moving your eyes and everything mostly stays where it is.

I have email/slack on one monitor, then main ide on wide monitor taking up 70% width and other things split vertically in remaining 30%.

Same with laptop, went for 16" as again screen size is key for me.

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Multiple monitors definitely make window switching easier—totally agree. The snag we keep hitting isn’t the physical hop, but the cognitive hop:

- A decision lives in Slack, - its rationale hides in Notion, - the actual task ends up in Jira.

Even with three screens, someone still has to copy-paste and re-explain. That’s the part we’re trying to erase: let a Slack message turn itself into a task/doc record without leaving the thread.

If that hand-off were automatic, would you still feel the need for so much screen real-estate, or is multi-monitor workflow a must for you regardless?

Side note We’re prototyping this idea right now. If you’re curious and willing to give feedback, drop me a note at (admin@markhub.ink) and I’ll send over a private link.

Appreciate your take!