> "what would happen if we only designed for large monitors?" What would it unlock if there were desktop designs that ignored laptops and only focused on widescreen monitors?
There's something to this thinking. Large workstation monitors are very much their own thing.
A real example l I've found: Niri (scrolling window manager) is really nice on a laptop but awful on my 6K display. The windows are way too tall, and the induced motion of large windows on a big screen is too much.
Have you tried turning your screen vertical, if it supports that? Way underrated. Instead of useless side space that would make lines too long to read if it was used, you get useful vertical space to display more of a document at once.
iamcalledrob · · focus · HN ↗
There's something to this thinking. Large workstation monitors are very much their own thing.
A real example l I've found: Niri (scrolling window manager) is really nice on a laptop but awful on my 6K display. The windows are way too tall, and the induced motion of large windows on a big screen is too much.
someonebaggy · · focus · HN ↗
iamcalledrob · · focus · HN ↗
In a traditional floating setup I would have multiple smaller overlapping windows wherever I want them.
Whereas with a tiled/scrolling layout, windows can end up way too big to be useful. It's fine on a laptop though.
I initially used Niri on a laptop and thought it seemed great. Then plugged in my large monitor and realised it was awful there!