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My ideal programming screen is a 1:1 square.

Before I got my 4K display I tried using a 24" 1920x1080 monitor in vertical orientation, and found that even though 1080 pixels wide should be enough to render any website fine, some websites (including some pretty big/important websites) started treating my screen as a mobile device screen, hiding many elements and giving me the mobile view/UI. I guess those sites weren't detecting user agent and were detecting screen resolution? Idk but it was annoying.

Got a 27" 4K screen last year and I have just left it in landscape mode...it's been fine.

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> My ideal programming screen is a 1:1 square

I have never tried it, but to me that seems ideal too. There seems to be close to zero demand for these, though, so I could only find this very expensive and not very high DPI monitor: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1138908-REG/eizo_ev27...

$1,429.00 for a 1920 x 1920 monitor? Meh. I'd rather stick with a single large landscape monitor.

Those sites were checking the ratio of width to height of your screen instead of your window. If the height is taller they give you the mobile site. It's annoying. I've seen that before.

> I guess those sites weren't detecting user agent and were detecting screen resolution?

CSS does this via media queries and allows for different layouts without sending different content. Switching to a mobile-optimized layout at 1080px (note "px" doesn't mean physical pixels to a mobile browser) seems a bit aggressive though.

I imagine it wouldn't be hard for a browser extension to override this behavior, though it could lead to broken layouts or horizontal scrolling.

Just zoom out. Make sure you use page zoom and not text zoom. No need for extensions.

I fondly remember using two monitors with thin bezels one rotated 90° and the other 270°. I think they could be HP M22f. It makes almost a square. Bezels in the middle can be nuisance, but I usually divide windows or splits in the middle. I guess with as thin bezels as possible it should be still cheaper than the mentioned $1429 square monitor. Now I'm tempted to get them. But there are more pressing matters in terms of my setup though.

Eizo makes a 1:1 26" 1920x1920 monitor. I've been tempted several times but the 1k price tag is keeping me off for now.

I've got one. 100% recommended. Bought mine at $1500. I'm not rich but I've never regretted this purchase.

Have you considered buying an nvidia card and 4k monitor of the same height (or width) and setting square resolution + cropping one/both edges?

No, I didn't think of that. It would give the same effect (after all 1920x1920 isn't that high a res). But on the other hand, could I resist using the other pixels I paid for?...tough choice.

I wish they made this with a high refresh rate. It would be hard for me to go from 144Hz panels back down to 60: https://www.eizoglobal.com/products/flexscan/ev2730q/index.h...

Looks like they also offer a 2048px square 28" for anyone willing to pay Air Traffic Control prices: https://www.eizoglobal.com/products/atc/sq2825/index.html#ta...

Also this is the first time I've ever seen a monitor brochure page be NSFW https://eizo-or.com/en/global/products/monitors/

Some 4k screens allow you to split the screen down the middle and act as two monitors. Maybe that'd be nice for you?

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