[OT] Terminal width (was: OpenOffice question)

[Bill McGonigle]

On 03/29/2010 09:34 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote:
> It's commonly claimed that human
> understanding significantly increases when the information is fit in
> to the field-of-view at one time.  That has been my experience, both
> personally, and with others.  As one CS instructor put it
> (paraphrase), "Yes, this means you'll be a better programmer if you
> get a bigger monitor."

FWIW, I got a 24" LCD display for this reason, but it turns out to be 
slightly too large.  I have to turn my neck to see the entire screen.  I 
do like the 1920x1200 resolution and phi aspect ratio, but when I can 
get a 22" (non-glare type) in this resolution, I'll probably 'downgrade'.

-Bill

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