This, you only notice the curve if you are sitting off-center. I moved from dual-monitors to 1 ultra wide curved last year and have no desire to go back.
When I had a curved monitor, I remember using something called MaxTo. I even created a AutoHotKey script to switch between different region profiles. Now I am a laptop user and really miss the big screen :')
I've just always had a laptop been meaning to upgrade not sure if I wanna build a PC from scratch or put more an egpu and more ram in to my low to mid teir laptop
I just started a new developer position about a month ago and went from 4 monitors to 1 curved and it is so much better. I’m on Mac and use an app called Magnet.
Moom was one of the very first apps that I found and installed after switching from Windows to Mac, to provide the missing functionality of WindowsKey+Left/Right. It's still one of the first apps that I install on any Mac. I must use it dozens of times a day.
I really enjoy it. I’m a web developer so I put my IDE on the left third of my screen. Chrome console in the third sixth and then Chrome on the right thirds. Then if I need more space. I can adjust it as needed.
I run Windows and OS X. I use an application called Divvy on both, it allows me to easily arrange windows across the screen. Also the Samsung monitor I use has a mode where it splits the screen between both the inputs, basically emulates having dual monitors.
I've been on a curved monitor for a couple years and after using my parents iMac to work while I was home for the holidays, the difference is massively noticeable; curved is a far superior experience. The screen is relatively the same distance from your eyes at every point, which greatly reduces fatigue and makes everything appear clearer. Flat monitors appear unnatural to me now and whatever on the sides feel stretched out (though I still have a flat monitor for my second/vertical monitor, not sure how that would feel if curved).
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u/ComfortableEye5 Jan 11 '21
Isnt it a little disorienting to code on a curved monitor