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Chair is too high, monitors are too forward if he has to lean forward like that (he needs glasses, really), keyboard and mouse are too high (which is why many d

Chair is too high, monitors are too forward if he has to lean forward like that (he needs glasses, really), keyboard and mouse are too high (which is why many desks have trays), and monitors are too low (neutral position looking forwards, the middle should be right in front of you), two monitors instead of three, the "middle" one of the duo not straight ahead, no mouse pad... So many sins.

Tepix 10y ago
The monitors aren't too low on the picture! It's bad for your neck if you have to look up whereas looking down is OK.
- stinos 10y ago
  Source please? And does this mean all those people bending their neck over their smartphone are OK? I always thought (because of the internet I guess, and because it makes most snese to me) looking down nor up is the best, but just straight forward. I.e. computer screen centered to the eyes vertically.
  - georgemcbay 10y ago
    I'm not the guy you are responding to, but from OSHA: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/computerworkstations/components_monitors.html https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/computerworkstations/compon... "Place monitor so top line of screen is at or below eye level." I've very commonly heard ergonomics experts suggest having the top bezel of your monitor be at eye level which seems like it would be about right for the person in the photo if he wasn't hunching over, which is a problem but seemingly not one related to the height of his monitors. I believe a constant extreme downward neck bend would be bad, the idea is that if the monitor's top is about eye level you can scan down to see it primarily just with your eyes without actually having to tilt your neck too much, which is quite different than the sort of extreme neck bending I believe you mean when it comes to certain types of cellphone usage.
    - DiabloD3 10y ago
      I've seen the OSHA recommendation, but I don't agree with it. Maybe I'm just weird, but my neck hurts more having to tilt my head ever so slightly forward instead of leaving it neutral. Also, as a side effect, and maybe largely why I find it uncomfortable... it makes me aim wrong in FPSes due to perspective issues. I have mine where they are centered in my vision, and I don't move my head to look up and down, I just move my eyes.

Tepix 10y ago

The monitors aren't too low on the picture! It's bad for your neck if you have to look up whereas looking down is OK.

stinos 10y ago
Source please? And does this mean all those people bending their neck over their smartphone are OK? I always thought (because of the internet I guess, and because it makes most snese to me) looking down nor up is the best, but just straight forward. I.e. computer screen centered to the eyes vertically.
- georgemcbay 10y ago
  I'm not the guy you are responding to, but from OSHA: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/computerworkstations/components_monitors.html https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/computerworkstations/compon... "Place monitor so top line of screen is at or below eye level." I've very commonly heard ergonomics experts suggest having the top bezel of your monitor be at eye level which seems like it would be about right for the person in the photo if he wasn't hunching over, which is a problem but seemingly not one related to the height of his monitors. I believe a constant extreme downward neck bend would be bad, the idea is that if the monitor's top is about eye level you can scan down to see it primarily just with your eyes without actually having to tilt your neck too much, which is quite different than the sort of extreme neck bending I believe you mean when it comes to certain types of cellphone usage.
  - DiabloD3 10y ago
    I've seen the OSHA recommendation, but I don't agree with it. Maybe I'm just weird, but my neck hurts more having to tilt my head ever so slightly forward instead of leaving it neutral. Also, as a side effect, and maybe largely why I find it uncomfortable... it makes me aim wrong in FPSes due to perspective issues. I have mine where they are centered in my vision, and I don't move my head to look up and down, I just move my eyes.