Comments on: Multiscreen setup and productivity research

By: Overcome Fear of Public Speaking

Overcome Fear of Public Speaking — Mon, 10 May 2010 06:09:04 +0000

I used to use two screens but I actually found the second one to be too distracting. Most people claim that they have work stuff on it, I found that I would keep all the distracting apps opened there (skype, twitter etc.).

Since I went back to single screen my productivity increased tremendously.

By: Eva Sar

Eva Sar — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:04:13 +0000

I’m a graphic web designer, I use three screens: one CTR 1024×768, one flat 16:9 1680 and one flat 14:3 1280×1024.
These screens are useful to test website and graphic in different colors and formats.
I love using multiple screens, it improves my time for every job: I put palettes in a screen and use one to work and in the third I open another application, so I can do two tasks at a time.
I have multiple screens at home too, but only two.. because it’s so handy, easy and convenient that I became “addicted”.

By: Andrew Bolster

Andrew Bolster — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:51:45 +0000

I use at least 2 screens all the time (I got a little 7inch USB screen for my laptoping) and I find that the biggest gain is the separation that it forces you to implement; I used to go for big screens and use a variety of widgets to rearrange windows into halfs or quarters (similar to the Snap feature in Windows 7), but it ended up as a complete mess.

With two screens there is a certain amount of discipline required in how you lay out your work; I generally have mine arranged in a “Inputs”, and “Outputs” layout, so I’ll have ebooks, web pages, reading material, google reader, twitter, etc all on one screen, and dreamweaver, console windows, onenote, proposals etc to be written on another.

Works great! Highly recommended!

By: Daisy

Daisy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:51:11 +0000

I use to have 2 screens when working in a company and I did find an improvement. I would have my main screen display what I was currently working on and all the supporting applications on the second screen. That way I didn’t have to be minimizing shuffling through the different applications + email, it was much more organized that way.