I had a similar matrix of screens at my old job: Seismic survey observer desk. Three rows tall, four columns wide.
They weren't all connected to the same PC, though; If I remember correctly:
Top row was one PC (linux)
Middle row was another (linux)
Bottom left was its own PC (It ran msdos 6.22. Excellent OS for realtime stuff!)
Bottom right was its own (linux)
middle two at the bottom was windows.
They were all connected to a Raritan KVM switch, so I used that to select which row to control. The exception was on bottom left and bottom right which had a dedicated keyboard and mouse.
I have a picture of it somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.
Not sure if it's still in use today, but the above description was 2008 through 2012. Msdos was used for "gun timing", which basically amounted to extreme precision when it came to opening or shutting some solenoid valves. The computer had a GPS input and a bunch of serial outputs, and a control line (also serial).
The control line sent instructions of which solenoid to open when, a time reference was determined by the GPS, and you can probably guess what the serial outputs were for.
Windows are too big. The whole point is to have small windows and multiple screens so you don't have to move your eyes around in their sockets in the window you're working which causes eyestrain.
They might have well just have fewer screens and click through windows.
Loads fine for me. It's someone sitting in front of a desk with 15 large monitors surrounding them in a semicircle, 3 monitors stacked on top of one another in 5 columns.
It would be funny af if there was a way to make the computer think the screen size was infinite (just for the mouse) so you could send your cursor 20 miles away and never find it again.
Literal doctors trying to convince me that monitors emit cancer causing radiation.
I had to explain to a doctor what ionizing radiation was... And that's how I learned that doctors are just like every other profession. And there are just as many morons that graduated med school as morons that graduated high school (proportionately).
I have recently pared down to 4 screens and yeah, people take seem to get great enjoyment out of giving me shit. I've been receiving this very meme image for a good while. Not sure what triggered the re-run of this one in particular.
Go to mouse l settings, make your cursor larger and change the contrast. So when the curse is black and it goes over something white and then white when it goes over black
for real though, the CTRL tap accessibility feature to find the cursor is a lifesaver
On KDE and on MacOS, if you shake the cursor it becomes larger
And larger...and larger...
No lying, wiggling my mouse until it becomes HUGE is my go to activity during boring video calls.
Try putting it on the speaker's nose and jiggling.
Only in KDE, and i think now we can limit that in settings
Tim apple i suppose
Thats why i also have a thinkpad
I guess this confirms that I am a man, because I refuse to do anything except jiggle the mouse until I see it.
Am woman, learned today you can use CTRL to find it as I too wiggle it until I find it.
that's what she said!
KDE: just wiggle it
wiggle it until it's the size of a monitor, and if you're brave, it'll take over EVERYTHING.
I love it that KDE didn't limit the growing of it :)
i still do this for fun about once a week or so
One of the few features that I'm missing from niri :')
That and the sweet zoom that KDE has built in.
Oh, it's limited. But you will only discover it if you look at the bug-tracker.
I had a similar matrix of screens at my old job: Seismic survey observer desk. Three rows tall, four columns wide.
They weren't all connected to the same PC, though; If I remember correctly:
They were all connected to a Raritan KVM switch, so I used that to select which row to control. The exception was on bottom left and bottom right which had a dedicated keyboard and mouse.
I have a picture of it somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.
you'd love synergy. it's a client you install on multiple devices and allows you to share one keyboard and mouse across as many devices as you want.
you can even share the clipboard too.
Well aware of it. Used it between the top two rows.
really? I used 6.22 back in the day - what's it still being used for these days?
Not sure if it's still in use today, but the above description was 2008 through 2012. Msdos was used for "gun timing", which basically amounted to extreme precision when it came to opening or shutting some solenoid valves. The computer had a GPS input and a bunch of serial outputs, and a control line (also serial).
The control line sent instructions of which solenoid to open when, a time reference was determined by the GPS, and you can probably guess what the serial outputs were for.
i had a similar setup when i worked at a NOC.
thank god i never intended to have children. lol
The cursor is on Monitor 3 (there is no monitor 3 but Windows thinks there is)
Loooove for KDE
I'm confused... Cursor? Surely you control everything via keyboard?
ditch the rat
(Shamelessly stolen from this very community.)
right-click and see where a menu opens.
pastes into putty
am I doing it right?
Where's we are going: https://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/
KDE shaky shaky
Fooled us all. That's a tanning booth.
What is this activity you call "looking for my cursor?
On my computer, I summon my cursor.
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I now undestand whom that KDE cursor is for?
That's why you have eyes in the panel.
You’d need 3 sets to triangulate with in this setup.
No, seriously: what are they for? They exist since X and at that time, displays were 800p max.
People have been losing their cursors since the Xerox labs days.
There's no way he ever looks at the top row.
this is why he can't find his mouse.
Having worked with such setups before, yes the top row is used, infrequently but watched
Ow my neck
I struggle with my neck and 3 screens. I've gotten really good at doing a bunch of shit at once on one screen so my neck doesn't hurt as much lol
Windows are too big. The whole point is to have small windows and multiple screens so you don't have to move your eyes around in their sockets in the window you're working which causes eyestrain.
They might have well just have fewer screens and click through windows.
Where the fuck is the image? Not loading for me
Check monitor number 8, it may have opened there.
Loads fine for me. It's someone sitting in front of a desk with 15 large monitors surrounding them in a semicircle, 3 monitors stacked on top of one another in 5 columns.
surely just using the terminal?
It would be funny af if there was a way to make the computer think the screen size was infinite (just for the mouse) so you could send your cursor 20 miles away and never find it again.
And people rib me for having 3 screens. Yes yes, tell me how much cancer they are giving me per square second.
Cancer? From monitors? Is that a thing people believe? Do they think "the 5G comes from all them screens" ?
Literal doctors trying to convince me that monitors emit cancer causing radiation.
I had to explain to a doctor what ionizing radiation was... And that's how I learned that doctors are just like every other profession. And there are just as many morons that graduated med school as morons that graduated high school (proportionately).
I'm guessing old CRTs. I've heard they can emit radiation if they aren't lead lined.
Only cancer mine gave was from reading reddit or facebook
Wait what? They give cancer? Outgassing or something?
That would be me, sorry.
Just merging the conversations: https://lemmy.world/comment/22910631
Far dumber than you might have guessed. And this is not even close to the dumbest thing I've seen working healthcare IT.
I have recently pared down to 4 screens and yeah, people take seem to get great enjoyment out of giving me shit. I've been receiving this very meme image for a good while. Not sure what triggered the re-run of this one in particular.
Go to mouse l settings, make your cursor larger and change the contrast. So when the curse is black and it goes over something white and then white when it goes over black
R/Wsb
That's why I no longer code in C#.
This is a job for a tiling WM. Imagine doing this on Window$.
Wiggle thing on MacOS and you'll see it. ✨ Got you covered there.