I have a monitor that's almost like this and it's surprisingly nice. It feels like a two-monitor setup. Two actual monitors would probably have been cheaper, but I got mine from work, so it wasn't a factor.

The real advantage of having two actual monitors is being able to flip one vertically for reading code.

EDIT: a word

[–] VanillaGorilla@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bought one after some months of remote work in 2020. Then when I started my new job they gave me another one (different manufacturer but exact same panel size). I needed to rearrange my desk a lot, but holy shit so much room for error messages!

Yes, I'm a Java developer ¯\(ツ)/¯

[–] MaungaHikoi@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago

It was either that or a C++ programmer. Those template error messages are gnarly.

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The real advantage of two monitors is that you can turn one off if you don’t need the full 50000px width.

[–] firelizzard@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

As far as I'm concerned the advantage is I can have three windows (or three editor views) tiled horizontally and each one is the perfect width. A half width (half of 1080p/16:9) is too narrow and a full width window wastes space, but a 2/3 (of 1080p) width window is about perfect. If I tried to do that with two regular monitors, the middle window would be split across the bezel.

*When I say 1080p, I really mean the aspect ratio. My monitor is effectively a double width 1440p monitor, but with the display scaling I use the space is effectively 1080p.