Products · Pattern or everyday thing
multi monitor setups
Raised as a usability problem by 15 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2011–2024), in 15 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Moving the mouse cursor between screens takes too longUnreviewed
20112026- Awkward to reach second screen and must keep moving cursor back and forth between monitors2024-01-31
- Coworkers' split-monitor setups make finding apps, screens and cursor slow during context switching2023-09-25
- Cursor must travel very far across many screens, making pointing inefficient2020-06-18
More than two screens forces head turning instead of eye movementUnreviewed
20112026- Windows shows dialogs on an empty screen, and multiple monitors cause distraction and head rotation2021-12-02
- Turning head and body between centered monitors strains neck, eyes and shoulders2020-06-17
- More than two screens forces annoying head turning instead of eye movement2013-09-04
Windows open on the wrong monitor, sit between screens, or get lostUnreviewed
20112026- Windows and icons get dumped onto the main display when the second monitor is turned off2024-11-11
- Windows move to a newly discovered monitor on wake, forcing constant rearranging2020-09-03
- Windows land on the wrong monitor, sit between screens, and get lost2012-04-23
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 16 complaints
- Windows and icons get dumped onto the main display when the second monitor is turned off2024-11-11
- Mouse leaves the bounded screen, slowing access to edge menu bars2024-10-29
- Awkward to reach second screen and must keep moving cursor back and forth between monitors2024-01-31
- Coworkers' split-monitor setups make finding apps, screens and cursor slow during context switching2023-09-25
- When dragging a fullscreen window across differently sized screens, a window below is grabbed instead of the top one2022-09-27
- Windows shows dialogs on an empty screen, and multiple monitors cause distraction and head rotation2021-12-02
- Windows move to a newly discovered monitor on wake, forcing constant rearranging2020-09-03
- Cursor must travel very far across many screens, making pointing inefficient2020-06-18
- Turning head and body between centered monitors strains neck, eyes and shoulders2020-06-17
- Alt-tab focuses windows on unexpected screens, slowing the commenter down2018-04-19
- Can't find current windows among hundreds of open windows and tabs2017-07-22
- No easy way to switch to a focus mode that disables extra monitors2017-01-15
- Documentation windows keep covering the code being worked on, forcing constant alt-tabbing2015-04-07
- More than two screens forces annoying head turning instead of eye movement2013-09-04
- Windows land on the wrong monitor, sit between screens, and get lost2012-04-23
- Moving the mouse cursor between screens takes too long2011-04-03