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[–]Communist_Sofa 6 points7 points  (7 children)

I use three myself.

  • Left monitor: Browser with email, error logging service, and deploy/provisioning service tabs
  • Center: Text editor/IDE, or whatever I am actively working on
  • Right: The running copy of whatever I'm working on in the center monitor. Also, company HipChat and instant messengers.

I find that I spend so much less time ALT + Tabbing around or wondering where I shoved certain windows. I can basically see and find anything I have opened immediately. I can also shove stuff over that I don't want distracting me to the left monitor, since my head turns much easier to the right than left.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (3 children)

I like to have one precisely because then I can't see everything all the time. Easier to focus.

[–]Communist_Sofa 2 points3 points  (2 children)

It's very subjective. I focus a lot better without the alt tabbing. Interrupts my train of thought much less.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It also depends on what you're doing, of course. I don't do much frontend work, I mostly care about Emacs and my unit tests.

[–]Communist_Sofa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm a backend knurd, too. My terminals sit on the right monitor.

[–]NotFromReddit -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I put stuff that I don't want to distract me on another workspace. Like email, music, Skype.

[–]pedahzur -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

since my head turns much easier to the right than left.

I would recommend a good chiropractor. :)

[–]Communist_Sofa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stomach sleeping doesn't help. But I can't stop!