More efficient Anki input with Dual-Monitors...

Hashiriya Member

From: Georgia Registered: 2008-04-14 Posts: 1072

hey guys i just wanted to let you guys know if you have a spare computer monitor around your house you might want to connect it to your PC and enable dual-monitors. this is what i have done and i have anki opened up on one screen and on the other screen i can open KO.2001 or a webpage or whatever and i can pick and drop new vocabulary really fast without having to minimize and maximize everything. it's really cool, give it a try ^_^

Hashiriya Member

From: Georgia Registered: 2008-04-14 Posts: 1072

dual-monitors would be pretty cool for playing videogame emulators on your PC too because you can look up the japanese scripts/translations and stuff in one monitor (or follow a guide) and play the game in the other monitor ^_^

woodwojr Member

From: Boston Registered: 2008-05-02 Posts: 530

Although I'm a big fan of dual monitors, it should be noted that in this particular case you can get the same effect by just not running your programs maximized all the time

~J

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Hashiriya Member

From: Georgia Registered: 2008-04-14 Posts: 1072

yes, but what fun is that?

Last edited by Hashiriya (2008 July 09, 11:25 am)

alantin Member

From: Finland Registered: 2007-05-02 Posts: 346

I have been using dual displays for years now.
Using only one would just be way too inconvenient.
Sometimes it feels like I should have three thought..

sutebun Member

From: Oregon Registered: 2007-06-29 Posts: 172

It's also great for watching TVU/dramas.

You could just minimize and listen to the sound, but I find I understand and take in MUCH more when I have the video to go with it. Sometimes its distracting and stops me what I'm doing for a few minutes, but it's still worth it.

Oh, and I'm sure I have the strangest dual monitor set up of anyone: 19 inch giant CRT monitor on the corner of my desk, with a tiny 14 inch lcd next to it. The CRT runs in 1600x1200 and the lcd is often in either 800x600 or 1024x768 (the max).

Last edited by sutebun (2008 July 09, 1:13 pm)

Hashiriya Member

From: Georgia Registered: 2008-04-14 Posts: 1072

はは！！　that is kinda funny, i got a 17" 4:3 LCD and a 19" 16:9 LCD i just started using dual monitors last week and i'm loving it ^_^. but yeh, 3 would be really nice ^_^

uberstuber Member

Registered: 2007-03-27 Posts: 238

drool
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1408/141 … b9af_o.jpg

But yes, minimizing the amount of time wasted switching windows around is amazing

mystes Member

From: USA Registered: 2008-04-08 Posts: 99

I use ion for linux which is not for the fainthearted but allows you to partition your screen so that you can conveniently have many programs open at the same time. In my anki virtual desktop I have it split so I have the main anki window and the add new cards window to the left, and to the right I have a list of vocabulary I have collected to be added (on top) and a Japanese dictionary(on the bottom) open. I honestly can't imagine using anki any other way.

Hashiriya Member

From: Georgia Registered: 2008-04-14 Posts: 1072

thats hardcore man >_<

Shibo Member

From: South Dakota, USA Registered: 2008-01-19 Posts: 132

I like to have my lappy on the arm of my couch, a book in my lap, some sort of mixed drink on the coffee table, and the Red Sox on tv. XD

liosama Member

From: sydney Registered: 2008-03-02 Posts: 896

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/lionoff/DSC01663.JPG
can someone say win?

uberstuber Member

Registered: 2007-03-27 Posts: 238

mystes wrote:
I use ion for linux...

I prefer xmonad

woodwojr Member

From: Boston Registered: 2008-05-02 Posts: 530

I've never actually used xmonad (I'm a Mac user, myself), but if it's written in Haskell, it's probably worth recommending

~J

cangy Member

From: 平安京 Registered: 2006-12-13 Posts: 372 Website

uberstuber wrote:
mystes wrote:
I use ion for linux...
I prefer xmonad

I'm enjoying wmii

mystes Member

From: USA Registered: 2008-04-08 Posts: 99

cangy wrote:
uberstuber wrote:
mystes wrote:
I use ion for linux...
I prefer xmonad
I'm enjoying wmii

Too bad that all of these exist and nobody can convince normal people that overlapping windows are a dumb idea despite the fact that people end up having using dual-monitors just for window-management purposes as in the OP.

liosama Member

From: sydney Registered: 2008-03-02 Posts: 896

I think that most people use dual/tri monitors for the purpose of looking at multiple documents open at the same time without the need to alt tab or whatever between each document as you need simultaneous look up.

woodwojr Member

From: Boston Registered: 2008-05-02 Posts: 530

And as has been discussed in this thread, that's perfectly possible with any non-tiny single monitor (where "tiny" is probably 640x480, maybe 800x600).

~J

pitwo Member

From: Canada Registered: 2007-07-29 Posts: 11

I have been running dual-monitor for years as well.
Currently I have a giant 24" Samsung (1920x1200) with a 15" (1024x768). Both are LCDs.
Screenshots take up 10megs.

I kinda want to try a tiling Window Manager now. Need to choose what distro first though.

GoodSirJava Member

From: USA Registered: 2006-07-17 Posts: 38

woodwojr wrote:
And as has been discussed in this thread, that's perfectly possible with any non-tiny single monitor (where "tiny" is probably 640x480, maybe 800x600).

~J

It's best with a widescreen monitor, though. Yet another way in which 4:3 is obsolete.

Are there any utilities like this for Windows? I despise Linux.

Last edited by GoodSirJava (2008 July 11, 12:01 pm)

GoodSirJava Member

From: USA Registered: 2006-07-17 Posts: 38

mystes wrote:
Too bad that all of these exist and nobody can convince normal people that overlapping windows are a dumb idea despite the fact that people end up having using dual-monitors just for window-management purposes as in the OP.

Interestingly, Windows 1.0 was only capable of tiling windows; overlapping was introduced later.

alantin Member

From: Finland Registered: 2007-05-02 Posts: 346

GoodSirJava wrote:
Are there any utilities like this for Windows? I despise Linux.

Pity..

Left click the menu bar and select tile windows horizontally or vertically..

liosama Member

From: sydney Registered: 2008-03-02 Posts: 896

woodwojr wrote:
And as has been discussed in this thread, that's perfectly possible with any non-tiny single monitor (where "tiny" is probably 640x480, maybe 800x600).

~J

No it can't. I run 3 17" CRTs at 1024x768@100hz so it won't really work, 85hz kills my eyes especially for reading. I cannot stand LCD monitors i can't read off them, if i do i go blind, so no chance in fitting more than 2 docs at the same time.

I have about 4 different e-books that i look through at any given time simultaneously with the primary screen as the word editor.

woodwojr Member

From: Boston Registered: 2008-05-02 Posts: 530

liosama wrote:
woodwojr wrote:
And as has been discussed in this thread, that's perfectly possible with any non-tiny single monitor (where "tiny" is probably 640x480, maybe 800x600).
No it can't. I run 3 17" CRTs at 1024x768@100hz so it won't really work, 85hz kills my eyes especially for reading. I cannot stand LCD monitors i can't read off them, if i do i go blind, so no chance in fitting more than 2 docs at the same time.

What?

I'm sorry, it may just be that I woke up too early, but I'm not following the train of logic at all. Could you please clarify?

~J

liosama Member

From: sydney Registered: 2008-03-02 Posts: 896

I'm saying that these programs simply won't work for me.

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