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The curve is just right for the ~32" I normally sit from my monitors. I was contemplating purchasing a second one on this second redrop, but I think I've got more than enough monitor space now.
In the picture, the 34CB88-P is flanked on the left by a 23" U2312HM Dell UltraSharp 1080p in portrait, and on the right by a 27" 27UD68-W LG 4K@2160p (that the 34CB88-P is replacing as the main monitor). The reason I decided to switch to the ultrawide over the 4K LG, was due to the fact that I needed to run the 4K with scaling, which made it effectively 1440p.
The current setup has my desktop on the center and left monitor (running Linux for dev work, and Windows for games), and the right monitor is for my 15" MBP. I use the Symless Synergy program to share my mouse and keyboard between the two. (The desktop is the server, and the MacBook operates as a client.)
Overall, very pleased so far with my preliminary use. I'm going to put it through a gauntlet of tests and I'll report back if I find any issues.
I had to turn down a few settings on some of my games with a 980ti, from ultra, to get a solid 60+ FPS, but overall, it wasn't much harder to drive than my 4K running at 1440p. It is true that the FPS takes about a 5-10 FPS hit with the ultrawide.
However, the experience when running ultrawide is really immersive. I also have a Vive VR headset, and while that's obviously a different experience, with an environment all around you, the ultrawide monitor fills so much of my vision, I find it much more enjoyable than the 4K. Even on the few games I could run at native 4K with my 980ti, I find I prefer the ultrawide's larger field of view more than the increased resolution of 4K. I've heard that some older games might not like the 3440x1440, but I've yet to run into one. If you play shooters, as long as it supports the resolution and ideally has a FOV slider, it's a wonderful experience.
If I had experienced an ultrawide before I bought my 4K monitor, I'd probably only have bought the ultrawide. My 4K monitor is now relegated to a secondary screen run by my MBP for things like watching 16:9 video (like pretty much all youtube content) or playing my Xbox One S on. It's still a great monitor, but I just find the 1440p ultrawide better in every usecase I've tried so far.
In the picture, in which the camera picks up the backlight better than my eyes normally can, you can see it has a slightly grey tone overall with the most noticeable bleed in the bottom corners. Even with dark adjusted eyes, only the brightest blueish spots in the bottom corners are noticeable, and even still, that's only on the darkest scenes in movies and such. Typical scenes, with any normally bright parts, I can't notice it. Also, I rarely use the monitor in complete darkness, which also helps. (I usually have a single, somewhat warm 60W-equivalent LED lamp running in a corner, to the left and behind the monitors, that lights the whole room gently.)
Overall, still extremely pleased and definitely enjoying it more than I did when running my 4K 16:9 monitor as my primary.