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Aaaand this is why I switched to first a tiling WM, and then to OSX for its intuitive 4 finger swipe workspaces.

Till that switch I was a multi monitor junkie, but after 3 monitors it starts getting bad for your neck, bad for your eyes (with all those monitor backlights burning your retinas) and you also need humongous desk setups.

Nowadays it's just one big monitor and 4 finger swipes.

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I work both on triple monitor and single monitor+workspace setups and still prefer the triple monitor for a single reason: you cannot put workspaces next to each other and get an overview of multiple windows at the same time.. Just saying it might work for you, but it's by no means a proper replacement for all of us

that's what I was thinking, I often throw a frame onto the left or right monitor.....having a single monitor would mean I'm adjusting positions all the time?

> you cannot put workspaces next to each other and get an overview of multiple windows at the same time

While I personally prefer a single-monitor no-workspace setup, there do exist several window managers that let you independently choose workspaces for different monitors rather than having each workspace specify a layout for all monitors. For instance, the window manager "awesome" uses tags (primarily 1-9) for windows, and lets you say "this monitor should display 1, and this one should show 2-3".

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