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That's simply too big a screen to be sitting right in front of.

I do agree on the basic idea of not running two monitors tho. I used to, and I got neck pains eventually.

My current setup is a single 32" curved QHD monitor and I wouldn't change it for the world. It's just the right size so you can see the whole screen at once, yet large enough to run 3 browsers side by side.

Also, I want to suggest people to learn about virtual desktops rather than wasting money on bizarrely huge screens or multi monitor setups.

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> Also, I want to suggest people to learn about virtual desktops rather than wasting money on bizarrely huge screens or multi monitor setups.

This sounds a little condescending especially when the author is clearly a technically savvy user who uses a tiling window manager.

> Also, I want to suggest people to learn about virtual desktops rather than wasting money on bizarrely huge screens or multi monitor setups.

If I want to have multiple things open and be able to glance at them at once, how would virtual desktops help with that?

If you have it setup right you can flip to the other desktop quick, see what you want and flip fast. I haven't seen a good virtual desktop implementation since around 1998 though, and have given up.

What makes for a good or bad virtual desktop implementation?

Easy to switch, easy to know what you have on each one. Easy to move windows to different desktops. I go years between trying them and always get frustrated by how poorly they work, but it has been so long since my last attempt that I don't remember exactly what annoyed me last time I tried.

55" is not too big. Maybe it's too big for you, but I've been using three 32" 4k screens in portrait for many years, combined they are essentially about the size of a 55" screen. I love it and anything less kind of sucks. No, virtual desktops are no substitute for having more screen size. I use virtual desktops on my massive screen(s) and I love that too.

The 3 32” screens are probably angled around you and the total aspect ratio is extreme widescreen (side to side panning, not vertical neck up down panning). The 3 screens are likely much much better ergonomically.

55" was fine but I'm happy I downsized to 48"

Sounds like a recipe for neck pain.

I'll never understand why some people think multi-monitors involves neck pain. It's a complete non-issue.

I have a chair with a headrest, my neck never has to move at all, I can see all parts of the screen just by scanning my eyes. Very rarely does my neck ever move and it's usually to see the 65" Tv a few feet over - and even then my chair has a swivel and if I'm watching the Tv more than the computer, my chair will swivel over, not my neck.

My neck is just fine, thanks.

> I'll never understand why some people think multi-monitors involves neck pain. It's a complete non-issue.

I can only speak from my own experience, and from what I heard others expressing online over the years.

For me, it was absolutely real and I thought for a while I had some other medical condition.

My issue was that I spent too much time of the day reading of the monitor to my left, twisting my neck while doing it. After a few years I started getting worse and worse neck pains.

I have seen this confirmed many times since by others online.

So please be aware this is an issue, but I am happy that your body still haven't said no.

what are we talking about here, is your head twisted to face a monitor at 90 degrees or what? With my 55" equivalent screen setup the left and right monitors are about 10 degrees rotated from the main center screen, there's practically no rotating my neck at all. None. So I'm not sure what you're doing but if you're having to twist your neck to see your monitors, there's something not optimal about your setup. I have tons of screen real estate and never have to turn my neck.

I use a Macbook - but the slow and cumbersome animations for virtual desktops mean that I hardly use them.

In accessibility setting you can turn the animations off so the screen just flips instantly.

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