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monitor sizes, resolutions and programmer's preferences

Hi Everyone,

I am not sure whether this is the right place to post this question, definetly not a design problem but more of developer productivity and personal preference issue. Okay, let me explain my question.

I am definetly not a marketing manager trying to sell monitors to computer firms. I am a programmer like most of us here and I write code... I have got the following questions for you....

1) How big is your monitor screen? (15'', 17'', 19'', 21'')

2) What's the screen resolution you have set?

I am a little IDE specific here, I haven't used any other IDE than eclipse, here are my other IDE related questions.

3) What's the perspective you generally use? (Java Perspective, Java Browsing Perspective, if anything else please specify)

4) Do you maximize your text editor while you write code or you like seeing Package Explorer, Methods and other tiny windows also?

Finally, questions on the monitor's relationship with us...

5) Do you think dual monitors help us?

6) How much bigger monitor (and it's resolution) is adequate and perfect for writing code?

Here are my answers:

A1) 17 inches

A2) 1024 x 768

A3) Java Browsing

A4) Sometimes I would like to see the types, methods, packages but when I am writing a method I normally maximize my text editor.

A5) I have never tried it

A6) I have never tried a monitor bigger than 17 inches, but I am guessing 19 inches with a screen resolution of 1600 x 1200 (or whatever that combination is) would be perfect for development.

Your thoughts?

Thank you,

Srikanth

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# 1

A1) 17 inches

A2) 1024 x 768

A3) Java Prespective

A4) I rarely maximize the editor.

A5) I had a laptop + a monitor at my last job and it was awesome (aside from some odd issues.) The best thing is that you can keep documentation on one screen and be doing work on the other. Really a nice thing to have.

A6) I've used a higher resolution on a 17 inch monitor but it doesn't look right on most 17 inch monitors. Depends on your eyesight, I guess.

dubwaia at 2007-7-15 3:01:03 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Patterns & OO Design...
# 2

1) 17"

2) generally 1280 x 1024, but most of our users are constrained to 800x600 so I drop to that quite a bit

3) eclipse Java perspective/debug perspective/Plugin development perspective ( depending on what I'm doing)

4) I usually prefer to keep package explorer and console in view, but sometimes maximise editors ( see below also )

5) dual monitors definately help us. where I work now don't give us 2 monitors, and I've definately noticed a drop in productivity. all those moments of switching between views add up. at home I use 2, occasionally 3

6) I've never found myself yearning for a larger screen than 17" when coding. I suspect that 19" would involve more head movement to see everything, but I don't think there's a rule that can be applied here

georgemca at 2007-7-15 3:01:03 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Patterns & OO Design...
# 3
Not sure what you're getting at, but you need the following (at a minimum) to be productive developing code:17" monitor1280 x 1024 resolutionIdeally, you should have 2 displays. I find this better than going up to a larger monitor or larger resolution. Just my 2
MickeyOnJavaa at 2007-7-15 3:01:03 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Patterns & OO Design...
# 4

Thank you guys for sharing your views...

From what you people have suggested me, 17'' and 1280 x 1024 seems to be a better choice. And dual monitor seems to be a very productive too... I liked the idea by dubwai of viewing the the documentation on one monitor and coding on the other. I get irritated with those console on the bottom and the other views on the top.

And for some reason my 17'' monitor at my workplace is not looking good when set to 1280 x 1024, it's glaring and it's not clear. So I am using it at 1024 x 768

Thank you all for sharing your views

sri1025a at 2007-7-15 3:01:03 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Patterns & OO Design...
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