I can't work properly without a second screen when it comes to web development.
By the way I have some of my colleagues that use the second screen to display their gmail inbox, that's a great loss in productivity...
By the way I have some of my colleagues that use the second screen to display their gmail inbox, that's a great loss in productivity...
What's interesting to me is that someone who uses a work computer mainly for word processing (like the author) would think he could be more productive on two screens in the first place. Did other professions imitate web developers by using more than one monitor?
I switched from a 15" thinkpad to a 13" mackbook pro about a year ago, and even just that screen size and small resolution switch makes me feel more productive. They're comparatively speced, the only real difference is size and bulk, and that the macbook has significantly worse graphics capabilities, but in the grand scheme of things, they're basically the same underlying specs for development, just with a different screen.
Yeah, it is a bit of a pain to have to switch workspaces, or just rotate through windows to recompile something, or check a modification made to a web page compared to just turning your head a little, but because I'm forced to pay attention to one main thing at a time, I feel significantly more productive at that one thing.
It's mostly like the author said, removing additional distractions from the screen.