Here's how your favorite websites and programs look on Samsung's new super-ultrawide monitor

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Samsung's new CHG90 monitor is so wide it's almost ridiculous.

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And for many of your everyday computing activities, it's not exactly ideal.

Standard monitors these days typically have a 16:9 aspect ratio, which is the relative proportion of their width to their height. Ultrawide monitors have a 21:9 aspect ratio.

The CHG90 is the first monitor with a 32:9 aspect ratio, which gives it a long and narrow design. The Korean electronics giant designed the 49-inch display, which retails for $1300, for gaming.

But since most of us use our computers for more than just playing games, we decided to see what other applications might look like on it. We displayed nearly three dozen websites and programs in full-screen mode to see how their appearances might be affected by the CHG90's elongated display. Perhaps not surprisingly, we discovered that few sites, services, or apps have been designed to support such a wide screen.

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In many cases, sites and services only displayed text or images in the center of the display, leaving lots of blank space on its left and right sides. In other cases, sites or programs showed text or images primarily on the left side of the screen. Such results made the CHG90 look essentially like three screens mashed together into one gargantuan display. 

But there were a handful of sites and services that did take advantage of much or all of the screen's full width. It was impressive to see in such cases just how much information can be displayed on the CHG90.

Check out how a collection of popular websites and programs look when viewed in full-screen on the CHG90 monitor: 

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Netflix's home page

Netflix in a full-screen browser
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"Chris Rock: Tamborine" streamed from Netflix

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A YouTube page

YouTube in a full screen browser
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A YouTube video

YouTube stream in full-screen
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A YouTube video with a 32:9 aspect ratio

Youtube 32:9 aspect ratio playback
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A Twitter profile page

Twitter in full-screen browser
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The Facebook home page

Facebook in full-screen browser
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Slack in a web browser

Slack in a full-screen browser
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Feedly in a browser tab

Feedly in a full-screen browser
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Gmail

Gmail in a full-screen browser
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Business Insider

Business Insider in a full-screen browser
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Amazon's home page

Amazon in a full-screen browser
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A product page on Amazon

Amazon product page in a full-screen browser
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Reddit

Reddit in a full-screen browser
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MacBook Pro Launchpad

MacBook Pro launchPad
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Craigslist's housing page

Craigslist housing page in full-screen browser
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A Wikipedia entry

Wikipedia page in full-screen browser
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Google Maps

Google Maps in full-screen browser
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Google's home page

Google.com in a full-screen browser
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A Google search results page

Google search results in a full-screen browser
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A Google image results page

Google images results in a full-screen browser
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Vevo's home page

Vevo homepage in full-screen
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A Vevo video page

Vevo in a full-screen browser
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Maroon 5's "Wait" streamed from Vevo

Vevo stream in full-screen
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An Instagram page in browser tab

Instagram webpage in a full-screen browser
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Pinterest

Pinterest in a full-screen browser
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Twitch's home page

Twitch in a full-screen browser
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A video streamed from Twitch

Twitch stream in full-screen
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iBooks

iBooks in a full-screen browser
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An iBooks book

iBook in full-screen
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iTunes

iTunes in full-screen
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Apple Maps

Apple Maps in full-screen
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Apple Numbers

Apple Numbers in full-screen
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