News Summary

• Aussie dev xssfox says the best monitor orientation is a diagonal tilt of about 22 degrees, and she's put her time and energy into proving it..
• A diagonal monitor might get annoying to use, and if you're doing anything other than programming, it's probably not the best option..
• This approach does seem to assume your monitor is large enough that you can tile windows and make them large enough to be readable without cutting off anything important..
• One developer has sought to find the most efficient monitor orientation for programming, but it's not horizontal or vertical..
• Rotating to 45 degrees might be tempting, but the actual ideal angle depends on your monitor's display ratio..
• You can stick with the tried and true landscape orientation or spice things up with a vertical monitor..