atw: Re: Dual-screen monitors

Howard, 

I think they are essential.. I have two monitors now.. (hell some of our 
developers have 5!) so 2 is conservative in my world... 

The real estate is great.. but the ability to see what you are documenting 
while you are documenting is just pure heaven..after only having 1 screen.

Cheers
Nikki 




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> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:38:45 +1000
> From: bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Dual-screen monitors
> 
> Howard,
> I first got a dual-screen setup in about 2000 when I asked for a crappy slow 
> PC  with a small crappy screen so we could test webpages on the crappiest PC 
> on our network. We had lovely 22" screens (because as tech writers we needed 
> the best - and someone believed us)
> The nice man came to install things and I left him to it.  After he had gone, 
> I realised that I had a two headed beast.  Not what I originally asked for 
> but I LOVED IT.  We found a separate PC for crappy testing.
> I was on a project last year where the programmers all had dual screen 
> setups, but as a TW I "didn't need one" ??
> I have found that unsupported statements like "As a TW, I need the biggest 
> screen available" usually gets me a nice setup.   Try it yourself.
> Bob T
> On 7/21/06, Howard.Silcock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <Howard.Silcock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 
> wrote:
> I'm interested to get some idea how many tech writers out there use
> dual-screen monitors, and how many (of those working on clients' or
> employers' machines) have asked for them and been knocked back. Also I'd
> be interested to hear from anyone who's switched to one about how they
> find it.
> A lot of my work seems to involve switching between documents and I'm now
> interested in getting one for my PC. We were going to get them when I was
> at Defence, but management suddenly had a change of heart and it never
> happened. Many of the software developers had them and it seemed to me
> that we had an equally good case.
> I know from my experience working on short-term contracts that it was
> sometimes hard for the client to find me a PC at all when I first arrived
> - or even a desk to sit at sometimes! - but for long-term contracts or
> permanent positions I'd have thought it a reasonable requirement.
> Howard
> Howard Silcock
> Technical Writer
> Electronic Systems
> ADI Limited
> PO Box 14, Deakin, ACT 2600, Australia
> Ph: +61 2 6234 6000
> Fx: +61 2 6234 6011
> Email: howard.silcock @adi-limited.com
> Web: www.adi-limited.com
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