Posted by: Bruce Carney | July 21, 2008

Sit Down and Rotate

I spent today trialling my computer monitor in portrait mode. If your graphics card supports rotation, try this feature.

Steps:

1. Right Mouse-click on your desktop background. And select as follows:-

1.

2. Physically turn your monitor onto its side.

Conclusion:

So far, it is an instant satisfier (i.e. why didn’t I do this sooner) and is much better for just about everything; reading documents, email lists, file explorer lists, web rendered pages and even uses less physical space on my desk.


Responses

  1. Giving it a try now… getting more vertical real estate feels great, although I’m discovering just how horizontally hungry browser tabs are.

    The other major drawback (on Mac OS X) is no more horizontal sub-pixel font aliasing.


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