Question for you.

[andrewducker]

Widescreen monitors are now most definitely in.  But does anyone know _why_?

I can understand them on laptops.  And clearly widescreen TVs are better for films.  But why monitors?

Comments

[red-phil.livejournal.com]

So speaks someone who doesn't need to read from one document while editing another.
Wide screens make having 2 documents open side by side more practical.

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

And/or someone who doesn't have a widescreen monitor that rotates 90 degrees so you get a nice long "A4 page" on your screen!

At work I have a mix, the laptop is wide screen but the 19" monitor attached is 4:3 so I have many small windows open on the laptop (currently instant messenger, outlook, and a couple of others) and I have my main apps open on the big 4:3 screen.

At home I use two 4:3 19" monitors next to each other to get a 2560x1024 double screen (so an 8:3 monitor!) and about half of my "TV" watching is done on the computer screen as I watch my US TV downloads there.