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Screen size & your importance (lemmy.world)
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[–] 7 points 1 year ago* (14 children)

True for the phone and tablet, but for any sort of computer that is not true

I work on a laptop with virtual desktops and I am much more productive that way than with a big screen... Or two big screens.

Everything is in the center of my field of view, I know which VD of my 3x3 grid holds what. It's much more efficient for me than bigger screens could ever be. And that is not for lack of trying!

It just depends on the person.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    You just changed how I think about virtual screens. I feel like Khan being unloaded on by Kirk.

    I decided long ago that I liked the single monitor with multiple desktops. But in my head they have always been a line of desktops instead of a grid.

    Somewhere there is a mathematician who uses a hyper cube array of desktops…

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    When I discovered it can be arranged in a grid, it made VDs so much more useful.

    Cause a line of the same amount of VDs (9)... Ugh, not fun haha

    Even though you can map each to a shortcut, it's still tougher to use than a grid with directional shortcuts!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    How do you have your shortcuts set up for this? And if you don't mind me asking, what desktop environment / window manager are you using?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    VDs arranged in a grid ? Why ?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Faster switch. Think each column being 1-3 and each row as A-C

    B2 is my terminals, B3 is my IDE, B1 is a secondary IDE (for instance, DataGrip), C row is browser windows, A1-2 is temporary, not often used windows, A3 is communication apps. I mostly use A3, B2-3 and C2-3. It's all mapped in my head so I can instantly switch to whichever VD I need.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's impressive

    Personally I never needed more than 5 desktops, and I don't think I could remember what I put on more desktops

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Haha that's fair

    Although it's a habit thing. Most of these are fixed, I never switch them to a different position. So the only ones I have to remember is A1-2 if I am using them, the rest is as easy as knowing where your glasses are stored in your cupboards.

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