Chuck(G)
25k Member
For the last few years, I've been using an NEC monitor with a stand that allows for screen height adjustment over a wide range (as well as being able to turn the display 90 degrees for an extra-tall portrait view). It's always been adjusted so that I'm looking straight ahead while sitting erect (good posture). I was working on another system today so I grabbed a couple of regular consumer-level 22" widescreen monitors to use. It's been driving me crazy.
While it's true that you can tilt the monitor so that you can look down at it, there's no height adjustment! If I wanted a vertical screen at eye level when I'm sitting with my back straight, I'd have to raise the monitor nearly 8 inches (20 cm) off the table top.
This is exactly the reason that I hate notebook computers. If I position the unit so the screen allows me to sit upright, looking straight ahead, the keyboard has me typing at the level of my shoulders.
So it got me to wonder what everyone else does to maintain good posture. Any suggestions?
It seems that ergonomics in modern computing is dead.
While it's true that you can tilt the monitor so that you can look down at it, there's no height adjustment! If I wanted a vertical screen at eye level when I'm sitting with my back straight, I'd have to raise the monitor nearly 8 inches (20 cm) off the table top.
This is exactly the reason that I hate notebook computers. If I position the unit so the screen allows me to sit upright, looking straight ahead, the keyboard has me typing at the level of my shoulders.
So it got me to wonder what everyone else does to maintain good posture. Any suggestions?
It seems that ergonomics in modern computing is dead.