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from the surgically-grafted-to-the-inside-of-the-eyelids dept.
The top google hits say that there is little or no benefit to resolution above 4k. I recently bought a 40" 4k tv which I use as a monitor (2' viewing distance). While this is right at the threshold where I'm told no benefit can be gained from additional resolution, I can still easily discern individual pixels. I'm still able to see individual pixels until I get to about a 4' viewing distance (but I am nearsighted).
I did some research and according to Wikipedia the Fovea Centralis (center of the eye) has a resolution of 31.5 arc seconds. At this resolution, a 4k monitor would need to be only 16" at a 2' viewing distance, or my 40" would need a 5' viewing distance.
Now the Fovea Centralis comprises only the size of 2 thumbnails width at arms length (2° viewing angle) and the eye's resolution drops off quickly farther from the center. But this tiny portion of the eye is processed by 50% of the visual cortex of the brain.
So I ask, are there any soylentils with perfect vision and/or a super high resolution set up, and does this match where you can no longer discern individual pixels? Do you think retina resolution needs to match the Fovea Centralis or is a lesser value acceptable?
My 40" 4k at 2' fills my entire field of view. I really like it because I have so much screen real estate for multiple windows or large spreadsheets, or I can scoot back a little bit for gaming (so I don't have to turn my head to see everything) and enjoy the higher resolution. I find 4k on high graphics looks much nicer than 1080p on Ultra. I find the upgrade is well worth the $600 I spent for the tv and a graphics card that can run it. Have you upgraded to 4k and do you think it was worth it? I would one day like to have dual 32" 8k monitors (not 3D). What is your dream setup if technology and price weren't an issue?
Written from my work 1366 x 768 monitor.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Marand on Thursday January 12 2017, @01:03AM
In Linux you can just use a tiling window manager like TMB suggests. The most popular flavour is dynamic tiling, where the windows split automatically as you add more, but I tend to prefer static tiling. My everyday driver lately has been Notion [github.io] across four screens, though I've also spent some time with herbstluftwm [herbstluftwm.org].
I have a basic set of splits set up the way I tend to want them, can have multiple windows in a single frame (notion does tabs as well as tiles), and can alt-tab to swap between tabs within a frame. If I need more fine-grained splitting there are hotkeys and mouse shortcuts to do it, same with removing a split when done. Plus each monitor has its own set of virtual desktops, so I can use multiple sets of splits. Meta+[0-9] swaps workspaces, so it's easy to have a program that needs a lot of space in a single-frame workspace (equivalent to 'maximising' a window) while still using the normal splits for everything else.
They take a bit more work up-front than a traditional stacking window manager, but it pays off long-term because you don't constantly have to futz with moving and resizing windows because the window manager decided to "help out" and put shit in a dumb place.
I don't use Windows, so I can't say much there, but try searching for "Windows 7 tiling window manager" and filter out the search engine's inevitable deluge of Linux options, maybe you'll find something useful. I can't speak for the quality of anything, but a couple first-page hits were bug.n [github.com] and aquasnap [nurgo-software.com]. It looks like they're cheating a bit by trying to work around the normal Windows WM's behaviour, so it won't necessarily be as nice as a proper tiling WM but could give you something similar.