[Topgun]

I am worried that my eyesight might decay from looking at a computer monitor for hours on end.
do you guys have any tips on reducing eye strain and having overall healthy eyes?

and are certain monitors better at reducing eye strain than others?

[Colonol Dekker]

Taqke a break once every half hour. Change depths of focus every five. REad every night (a  book for ten minutes at arms length) and no masturbation....

I'd write more but i can't see the screen

[Jeff Vader]

*squints eyes* Who's that?

Umm, let's see. They did teach us some things... Oh, right. Every now and then, disattach your eyes from the monitor and gaze upon the horizon. This will relax the eye muscles. Or something.

As for monitors... well, the only thing I've heard is that LCD is better for the eyes than CRT. Dunno if there are differences between LCDs.

[Topgun]

and no masturbation....

[Jeff Vader]

and no masturbation....

Agreed. 

We're trying to help the mon with his eyes, not with his carpal tunnel syndrome.

[Akalabeth Angel]

We're trying to help the mon with his eyes, not with his carpal tunnel syndrome.

    No one's every told you it will make you go blind??

 
     But yeah, what they said's is what I heard. Just get up from your computer, and let your eyes look at other things. Focus on different depths, that sort of thing. Look out the damn window and see the world outside. Watch the girls walk by, etctera. . . .

[Topgun]

We're trying to help the mon with his eyes, not with his carpal tunnel syndrome.

    No one's every told you it will make you go blind??

no...

[Jeff Vader]

We're trying to help the mon with his eyes, not with his carpal tunnel syndrome.

    No one's every told you it will make you go blind??

Oh, that. I've heard about it but no one's ever said it to me more or less directly. There is actually a priest somewhere around here who has said "Masturbation is alright.".

[Colonol Dekker]

In an effort to avoid wank-thread III.


Make sure to avoid glare at the same time make sure it's not too dark and you don't have to squint. MAke sure you're looking slightly down on your screen and its pointed slightly up to face you. Just follow DSE prinipals and you'll be fine.

Google Display Sceren Evaluationss.......

Get an eye-test too to make sure your eyes aren't getting knackered first. << avoid glasses.

[CP5670]

Your computer usage patterns won't really affect your eyesight over the long term, but they can certainly cause temporary discomfort.

On LCDs, turn down the brightness, especially for basic Windows programs. Practically every LCD I've seen has the brightness set way too high by default. Make sure your monitor's DPI is high enough that the text size looks comfortable to you, as you will otherwise have to run at a lower resolution than the native and everything will look like crap. Windows has options to increase the text size but they don't work in all programs. Also, avoid monitors with heavy screen door effects or excessive motion blur. VA panels seem to have the least SDE, but also the most motion blur (shouldn't be significant in Windows on modern panels though).

For CRTs, make sure your monitor is properly focused and runs at least at 85hz. Some people need over 100hz for it to look comfortable while others find 75hz okay. A lot of low end or midrange CRTs have very bad focus and shouldn't be used at all, although the best ones can be very good in this respect.

Another thing that helps for me on any kind of display is to use a high contrast Windows color scheme with light text on dark backgrounds, like the colors that HLP uses. This especially makes things much more readable in a dark or dimly lit room.

[colecampbell666]

We're trying to help the mon with his eyes, not with his carpal tunnel syndrome.

    No one's every told you it will make you go blind??

[Nuke]

remove your eyes
replace when dead

[Colonol Dekker]

remove your eyes
replace when dead

My thread lock button has vanished 

[colecampbell666]

Weird, the image I posted isn't showing up.

[Polpolion]

Make sure the monitor isn't the brightest source of light in the room, or at least that it's not the only decent source of light.

[Mobius]

Use Neroogle...

[colecampbell666]

Use Neroogle...

Actually, Blackle seems to be better in the energy-saving respect.

[Stormkeeper]

Singaporean schools teach us some eye exercise routines to help blood circulation to the eyes. I dunno if it works, but if I can find them, I'll post it up.

[Snail]

Singaporean schools teach us some eye exercise routines to help blood circulation to the eyes. I dunno if it works, but if I can find them, I'll post it up.

If I introduced a tyrannosaurus rex into your class assembly, would you notice?

[Mobius]

Possibly a living one?

As far as I know it's a good thing to turn the PC off and walk near trees, the green color is supposed to calm people down.