Comments on: Big Monitors Improve Productivity: The Facts http://www.jivesystems.com/blog/2010/01/big-monitors-improve-productivity-the-facts/ Video Email and Online Marketing Strategies Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joshua Tagg http://www.jivesystems.com/blog/2010/01/big-monitors-improve-productivity-the-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-3442 Joshua Tagg Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:14:35 +0000 http://www.jivesystems.com/blog/?p=3060#comment-3442 I use 4 separate 17" displays. In some ways I like it better than one or two very large displays because it gives me completely separate space for my different applications. One for outlook, two for separate firefox windows (each with multiple tabs) and one for whatever else I am using (photoshop, dreamweaver, acrobat, word etc). Oh yeah-- and I am not even a computer techy really -- I am a mortgage broker! On a 24 inch screen I would still have to overlap.<br><br>I do however agree -- if all you have is one small monitor -- you can't accomplish any sort of multitasking. While ALT-TAB is great for toggling windows to have them all readily visible at once is far superior. I use 4 separate 17″ displays. In some ways I like it better than one or two very large displays because it gives me completely separate space for my different applications. One for outlook, two for separate firefox windows (each with multiple tabs) and one for whatever else I am using (photoshop, dreamweaver, acrobat, word etc). Oh yeah– and I am not even a computer techy really — I am a mortgage broker! On a 24 inch screen I would still have to overlap.

I do however agree — if all you have is one small monitor — you can't accomplish any sort of multitasking. While ALT-TAB is great for toggling windows to have them all readily visible at once is far superior.

]]> By: Joshua Tagg http://www.jivesystems.com/blog/2010/01/big-monitors-improve-productivity-the-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-3531 Joshua Tagg Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:14:00 +0000 http://www.jivesystems.com/blog/?p=3060#comment-3531 I use 4 separate 17" displays. In some ways I like it better than one or two very large displays because it gives me completely separate space for my different applications. One for outlook, two for separate firefox windows (each with multiple tabs) and one for whatever else I am using (photoshop, dreamweaver, acrobat, word etc). Oh yeah-- and I am not even a computer techy really -- I am a mortgage broker! On a 24 inch screen I would still have to overlap. I do however agree -- if all you have is one small monitor -- you can't accomplish any sort of multitasking. While ALT-TAB is great for toggling windows to have them all readily visible at once is far superior. I use 4 separate 17″ displays. In some ways I like it better than one or two very large displays because it gives me completely separate space for my different applications. One for outlook, two for separate firefox windows (each with multiple tabs) and one for whatever else I am using (photoshop, dreamweaver, acrobat, word etc). Oh yeah– and I am not even a computer techy really — I am a mortgage broker! On a 24 inch screen I would still have to overlap.

I do however agree — if all you have is one small monitor — you can’t accomplish any sort of multitasking. While ALT-TAB is great for toggling windows to have them all readily visible at once is far superior.

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