[AccessD] Dual monitor laptop

I used trackballs years ago and gave up on them because THEY bothered my arthritis.  I got tendinitis in my thumb and the precision was never adequate for me.

Charlotte Foust

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 1:04 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dual monitor laptop

My left monitor is set to 800x600 and I do the form and report design on it.
Right monitor is higher res and I do the coding over there but I change the size of the font so I make it big.  Both monitors are in front of me.  I can drag stuff back and forth between them.  Took about 1 minute to get used to it and about two minutes to figure out I could never go back. No KVM but an add-in board to the desktop.  I fixed up another box here with duals, though, using an external black box into a USB port.  

As for the mouse thing - I use a trackball - thumb - and support my arm on the chair's armrest so my whole arm is relaxed and I'm not making all those micro movements with my arm and my whole arm isn't tensed up all day.
Positioning your arm so it's relaxed would be the first thing I'd look at.

Rocky


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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:48 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] Dual monitor laptop

I have a 22" 1680 x 1050 display hooked up to a KVM switch.  I work on my laptop almost exclusively
*except* for my servers (the point of the KVM switch).  But I am developing problem in my right elbow which I think might be related to mousing at an odd angle.  So I decided that perhaps using the monitor on my laptop might be the answer, then use remote desktop to switch between them rather than a KVM switch.  Plus, I have always wanted to do the dual monitor thing, leave my email and billing db on one screen and other stuff on the other.  Or code on one and program on the other.

Things are NEVER simple.  RD comes up in the resolution of monitor one.
Plus, if I am going to do this the big screen really should be the monitor one right?  Except that typing and mousing off to the side of the main monitor is just weird!  But I don't have a native USB keyboard to plug in to the laptop (gonna go order that now).  Etc. Etc.

The monitor itself is cool, looks good, works just fine with the laptop (as opposed to a few years back when I tried this - different laptop).
Technology has advanced, easier to set up, still feels strange.

Well, gotta go to work and give this dual monitor thing a shot.

I know others here do this, how long did it take your brain to adjust?

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John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com
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