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> Turning your head ~90 degrees to the left just to see Slack(or any other windows) is for me an productivity nerf, not a boost.

I wouldn't put slack there because I look at it all day long, but I could see leaving open something like Datadog that I look at infrequently, but it'd be nice if it was just _there_ and I didn't have to go tab-hunting to find it

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> I could see leaving open something like Datadog that I look at infrequently, but it'd be nice if it was just _there_ and I didn't have to go tab-hunting to find it

Exactly! I use a 50" TV as my main display, but I stick chat, email, and music on separate monitors. If I use chat/email extensively, I move it closer. Otherwise, it's just something that's on all the time that I don't need to dig for.

I’d be curious to see what your set up looks like. How far away is the TV? Is it mounted in the wall or something behind your desk?

About 3 feet.

I have it on a stand that I screwed into a beam of wood that goes between two very heavy speakers that I built myself. If I move my setup I might mount it on a wall.

Needless to say, I'm eagerly awaiting something like an Apple Vision Pro to be "mainstream" for desktop displays. I can't use a Mac for my 9-5 job.

I "install" high usage chrome tabs as apps so I can pin them to my taskbar and bring them up with a shortcut, e.g. Win+9. I actually do this more more than programs, so I use AutoHotKey to get more shortcuts, e.g. CapsLock+F1 may bring up something less common like Authy.

Tab/Window hunting via CtrlTab/AltShiftA is... not great. A goal of mine is to never AltTab.

Or something like your music player. If you're going there you're already out of flow anyways.

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