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Quicky

@ Quicky @lemmy.world

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  • What would you recommend to fix this home network issue.

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  • Haha thanks, I’ve actually considered that before. Hacky, but if it works, who cares.

  • What’s the most common owl in the world?

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  • Make my dog human

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  • Good lord

  • Make my dog human

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  • Tried the opposite on a photo of me, and I reckon you might be right.

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    Make my dog human

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  • Not creepy. The only issue might be a clash of what you want, if it became a serious relationship, ie she may want to marry if she hasn't before, and you may be averse to it having been divorced. Or she may want children, which you may not if you've already got adult kids etc.

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • Except they don't use the space well do they, as you've said. Toolbars, menus, status bars, task bars etc all reside horizontally.

    Most widescreen monitors in offices allow you to put two documents next to each other, but still don't let you see the whole page and remain readable. There's no question that a taller monitor wouldn't solve that, because as you've said earlier, why not rotate your screen?

    I wouldn't have to if it was taller 😂

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • This makes no sense at all. UIs are justified in not making full use of a widescreen monitor because at some point someone might want to use another at the same time?

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • No I'm not upset by anything 😂

    It sounds like you're excusing poor UI design by saying "just use the extra space for something else"

    If only those apps displayed even less content horizontally, we could get even more of them on the screen and be yet more productive, right!? 😂

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • As mentioned, this doesn't solve the problem of apps not utilising the available space efficiently. "Just open another app" isn't a solution to "Why doesn't the app I'm working on appropriately use the available space".

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • I think you might be missing the point though.

    Not everyone needs to multitask in two apps simultaneously. In fact most of the time, most workers are only going to be working on a single application. If that application isn't making full use of the widescreen, then saying "just fill that space with another app" doesn't solve anything. In fact if anything, it potentially reduces the real estate the main app had.

    Yes they now have two apps open, but they're still only working on one. They don't "need" the other one, so why not design the primary app or web page to more appropriately scale to the display?

    It's got absolutely fuck all to do with "what can the user do to better utilise the technology" and everything to do with UI design.

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • This is an unnecessarily patronising response.

    Your answer to apps not utilising left and right space efficiently is "well you should do something else then". It's not the user's fault.

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • Edit: Deleting this comment because I'm an idiot.

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • Can't imagine there are too many traditional offices with 40" 6k screens.

    As I say, I think it's unfair to blame users for "not using the screen properly" when most office software is set up for portrait, while the screens are horizontal. Yes you can use multiple windows (assuming your widescreen display is big enough to allow productive working with two smaller windows), or multiple screens, or rotate them etc, but they feel like workarounds to get around the fact that the applications work naturally in portrait, and most laptop screens for example don't easily accommodate any of those options. Which is probably why you see more 3:2 laptop displays than standalone monitors.

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • I don't think widescreens exist "primarily for additional tasks in an office setting". I think they're the default because, as another user said, TVs were that ratio.

    It's weird that it's fine for widescreens to have additional areas to the sides that aren't used by many apps, but adding space vertically that would automatically be used by every office application isn't fine.

    Yes you can use two apps side by side, yes you can rotate your screen, but the software in general literally defaults to reducing that available space by putting the taskbar and menus where they are, while usually being full screen screen by default.

    Saying "You're using it wrong" is blaming the user for using the computer the way it was presented out of the box.

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • Genius.

    Essentially if you want to use a monitor horizontally that's fine, if you want to rotate it vertically that's also fine, if you want to have equal horizontal and vertical real estate you're out of your mind.

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • we use the width more than the height.

    Tell that to my scrolling finger.

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • Not if the square monitor is the same width as the widescreen though.

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • Forgot to say, I reckon your economies of scale answer is the reason why. TVs were, so makes sense for monitors to be.

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • Think I had the exact same one in about 2008!

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    Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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    I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want

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    If my name was Victor, I would make it my life's goal to pen at least one piece of historical literature.

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    Blocking trash newspapers in Apple News+ just disables the link but doesn't free up screen space.

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    Who stores eggs in the fridge (UK)?

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    Hypnotherapy as a proactive treatment

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    "Hacked" Instagram

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    Email admin

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    Yeah but how much for 4?