Multi-monitor Usage [closed]

"The coolest multi-monitor setup I've seen, not in person, is Stefan Didak's office setup. Stefan is a computer animator, and has the SWEETEST home office:

http://www.stefandidak.com/office/"

I 'only' have two monitors. One is my notebook display, the other is a 17" monitor rotated to portrait. I use this for web browsing, documents and code.

"I have 4 monitors set up to support about 12 windows. I am a currency trader, so I need at least 2 of the monitors always dedicated to FX prices and graphs. The other two screens I use to toggle between the other apps I use.

Some other people I work with use 6 or 8 screen set ups. The only problem is once you go over 4 screens, you generally need another computer. This means having more than one keyboard and mouse. It can be fairly confusing to remember which mouse is for which screens. Above picture is a very clean looking 8 screen set up.

I think the key to need more than 2 screens is using a screen to keep constant information/data on. Each graph or data feed usually needs a dedicated screen."

"I am a software tester by trade and I write a lot of automated tests. Because of that I typically have Visual Studio open in one screen and the web browser that is doing it's stuff in the other screen.

Now I just need a third screen for superuser.com, and one for stackoverflow and one for serverfault ...."

"3 monitor setup, regularly have 10+ windows open.

I run my taskbar vertically along one edge of the screen to make more program names visible.

(I'm a software developer)"