Comments on: To Work On the Web, You Have to Be Able to See the Screen

By: ric dugan

ric dugan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:49:58 +0000

where did you get your computer glasses? And are the lenses still bifocalized w/ computer range and reading range? Because that design seems like it will still lead to sore neck syndrome.
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By: Dawn Rogers

Dawn Rogers — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:51:42 +0000

I haven’t tried computer glass and would really prefer not to have to wear them; however, I did invest in a Cubeshield (http://www.cubeshield.com) for my office cubicle. It blocks some afternoon glare coming from the windows on the west side of our office building.

Dawn

By: hkyson

hkyson — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:20:07 +0000

Besides using control pluses to enlarge the screen, you can also use control minuses to reduce it in size. As I said before, you can use control-zero to go back to the original or default size of the screen presentation.

Harleigh Kyson Jr.

By: warlock6

warlock6 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:17:26 +0000

I think i will need to buy the same soon. i work at the computer much and i do not want to become blind at 40 years…. thank you for such an information

By: shauky

shauky — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:57:28 +0000

I always assumed that CRTs were better than LCDs. Working in graphics I found that the so called ‘raster burn’ was exerted more on liquid displays rather than the conventional tubes. Also LED displays tend to present colors more vividly (contrasted), asserting the strain on your eyes.

By: lifeaftereighty

lifeaftereighty — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:40:05 +0000

Thank you, Harleigh, for the tip about the control +. It works!!! I never knew that. If I had I might not be going back for new glasses next week.

Much appreciated.

By: Doug Hacker

Doug Hacker — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:18:27 +0000

You might want to consider a software solution to this problem.

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By: SallyK

SallyK — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:06:54 +0000

I do pretty well with regular progressive lenses – occasionally I have trouble with a lot of back and forth from page to screen but correct positioning of the printed material seems to help. Glasses do take some getting used to but mine are very comfortable – most of the time I don’t remember I have them on and have even stepped into the shower and turned on the water before I realized I still had them on! Or maybe that’s just another symptom of “aging”… hmmm. North Coast Muse @ http://sally1029.wordpress.com

By: Steven Harris

Steven Harris — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:23:46 +0000

Interesting. I need reading glasses but never really stopped to think that I am further away from the computer screen than I would be reading a book.
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By: BJH

BJH — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:09:36 +0000

Thank you, thank you! I’m a 61-year-old blogger with trifocals. Getting my eyeballs to look through the middle lense at the computer screen has become more and more difficult. And my present glasses cost about $300! I will try the source from Pakistan. (A little guilt about patronizing the global economy. Pretty soon we’ll have no work at all left here in North America. But I’m poor and I gotta survive.)

By: Frank Broughton

Frank Broughton — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:06:17 +0000

Thanks for the tip. My eyes are getting very bad and I need to do something. I just hate wearing the things – they drive me crazy at times, so for years I put off wearing any. Now I have to get some. Computer glasses sound like the deal for me.

By: Harleigh Kyson Jr.

Harleigh Kyson Jr. — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:40:34 +0000

I find I can get along quite well with ordinary bifocals.

I like being able to enlarge print on my screen with control-pluses (control-zero will restore the screen to its default size).

Harleigh Kyson Jr.

By: JennZ

JennZ — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:40:40 +0000

My major issue with bifocals — I have exclusively worn progressive or no-line bifocal glasses and contacts — while working on a computer is having to use the typewriter method of pointing the nose at what you want to see or read. This is especially tiresome while evaluating a photo shoot and a few hundred full screen pictures.

I finally convinced my optometrist to prescribe progressive bifocals used specifically for computer work, another pair of progressive bifocals for everyday use, and a pair of progressive contacts as an alternative to glasses and with a single-vision prescription to work on the computer while wearing contacts.

My computer glasses, which are Nikon lenses specifically designed for computer use, have so far proved far superior to any other solution previously used. I would heartily recommend that anyone who uses bifocals investigate using a prescription and lenses designed for computer use. I, for one, will never go back to one pair of bifocals for everything.

By: tony neria

tony neria — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:24:08 +0000

I went the computer glasses route a few years ago (I’m 51). I got tired of looking through my bifocals and never really seeing the screen well. At the end of the day, my neck hurt (from tilting my head in a awkward angle) and my eyes were just tired. I can’t imagine going back to my regular glasses now. And by the way—if you haven’t upgraded from a CRT screen to LCD, that also makes a big difference in preventing eye strain.