After the fall of CRT monitors came slimmer displays that share a common trait – they all have widescreen aspect ratios. Widescreen monitors happen to be great for watching movies and other videos on the Web. Desktop management is also more convenient especially if you are working with multiple windows on a large screen with a high resolution. But there are also some monitors like the highly-acclaimed Dell UltraSharp U2412M and equally impressive ASUS PA248Q that can pivot so it looks as if you have a giant tablet in front of you. This underused feature is more than just a gimmick; it is something surprisingly useful depending on the number of screens you have.
Adding Comfort to Reading
As a single screen, using a monitor in portrait view is a bit of a compromise unless you adjust by moving the dock to the side. But fire up your favorite Web browser and you will see how much more awesome it is in checking out most websites. Viewing most websites in widescreen at standard zoom often introduce empty spaces on the sides. Zooming in makes the text more readable but viewing the site in portrait mode enables you to read more text vertically at just the right font size. Having more text vertically can be more useful for certain apps like spreadsheet software.
Multiple Portrait Screens = Coder’s Bestfriend
Imagine two 21.5-inch screens in portrait view placed next to each other. That gives you a nice and almost boxy 2160×1920 screen resolution which means that you can fully maximize your favorite code editor in one screen and your Web browser on the other screen for preview purposes. The code editor is the best part since you can see more lines of text at once with the width of each line still adequate. If you need to work on another program like a graphics editor, you can always use the other monitor and rotate it to get a better canvas. Three monitors in portrait view can open up even more possibilities.