Computer Eye Strain: 10 Steps for Relief (#5) http://www.allaboutvision.com/cvs/irritated.htm How to Eliminate Eyestrain http://www.pcworld.com/article/258703/how_to_eliminate_eyestrain_from_your_big_beautiful_pc.html What color text on what color background http://ask.metafilter.com/112084/Wh...screen-readability-while-minimizing-eyestrain . . . and remember to let your assistant place those cucumber slices on your eyes while rubbing the tension out of your shoulders.
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I always wear Ray-Ban ambermatic sunglasses when I am using computer monitors. This for me has for years eliminated the eye fatigue and strain problems I was having when I started using computers with monitors.
Are you blind? I know several blind people who often use computers with/without monitors and also wear sunglasses while using them.
I hope I never join that group!; Although, I thought I was going blind until I tried the ray-ban ambermatics.
Some good points raised and a few good links. I need to make a few changes and this should help. Sunglasses would definitely reduce the brightness but what do you think an Optician would say about this.
My eye Doctor toll me that the eye strain is because people in front of monitors don't blink for longer periods, and the eyes get dry just drop water on your eyes...
I probably have as much screen time as anybody, and I've never experienced any kind of eye strain with flat screen monitors. 1. Turn down the brightness (may need to turn up the contrast). I have brightness turned down so much, I need to temporarily increase it to view online videos. 2. Use native resolution for the monitor, but increase font size so you can see comfortably, 3' from screen. (If the image is blurry at all, your eyes constantly try to adjust to focus the blur... and that leads to eye strain.... much like corrective lenses with wrong prescription.) 3. Wouldn't know what color combo experts would say is best, but from my experience I'd say "no white background". I use black background for quotes and black background with cyan candles for charts.