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Most people also position their monitor too high, to be fair. The top of the monitor should be at or slightly below eye level. If you reach out from your chai

Most people also position their monitor too high, to be fair. The top of the monitor should be at or slightly below eye level. If you reach out from your chair with your arm held level, that should be roughly in line with the middle of the screen, and your fintips should be ~10cm or a few inches away from the screen.

bbarnett 6y ago
This seems wrong to me. I very purposefully position my monitor so that my main console window is viewed, with my head level. It is also horizontally centred on the mid-left of that console. This is because most text, eg bash work, vi of files or code, rests there. In this way, my head is not tilted down, or eyes tilted down constantly. My head is mostly centred, and looking straight ahead. I find that elsewise, my body follows the constant downward look, either slouching or the neck bent forwards. Why do you belief your monitor should be positioned, so you are looking downward constantly?
- jnwatson 6y ago
  The point isn’t that you should be looking downward, it is that you shouldn’t be looking upward. It creates eye and neck strain.
  - bbarnett 6y ago
    For me, constantly looking downward causes neck strain. Hence the top of the monitor being at eye level, is problematic. I think the best scenario is most-often level. I wonder, I grew up before laptops and smartphones. These often result is down-gazing a lot. Hmm.
- Daneel_ 6y ago
  Multiple ergonomics guides give the guidance I mentioned. Here’s a link to a few, but I encourage you to do your own research. At the end of the day, if you’re finding that something helps to reduce long-term fatigue then it’s probably not too bad, but don’t forget that slouching in your chair feels good however it’s terrible ergonomically - this is similar. Comfortable short term, but not always long term. All of these recommend at or slightly below eye level: https://www.ors.od.nih.gov/sr/dohs/Documents/Computer%20Workstation%20Ergonomics%20Self%20Assessment%20Checklist.pdf https://www.ors.od.nih.gov/sr/dohs/Documents/Computer%20Work... https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/computerworkstations/components_monitors.html https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/computerworkstations/compon... https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/ergonomics/office/monitor_positioning.html https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/ergonomics/office/monitor_po... https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/83067/guide-ergo-comp-workstations.pdf https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/... https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/office-ergonomics/art-20046169 https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in... Etc.. The search I ran in google was “monitor ergonomics gov”

bbarnett 6y ago

This seems wrong to me. I very purposefully position my monitor so that my main console window is viewed, with my head level. It is also horizontally centred on the mid-left of that console. This is because most text, eg bash work, vi of files or code, rests there. In this way, my head is not tilted down, or eyes tilted down constantly. My head is mostly centred, and looking straight ahead. I find that elsewise, my body follows the constant downward look, either slouching or the neck bent forwards. Why do you belief your monitor should be positioned, so you are looking downward constantly?

jnwatson 6y ago
The point isn’t that you should be looking downward, it is that you shouldn’t be looking upward. It creates eye and neck strain.
- bbarnett 6y ago
  For me, constantly looking downward causes neck strain. Hence the top of the monitor being at eye level, is problematic. I think the best scenario is most-often level. I wonder, I grew up before laptops and smartphones. These often result is down-gazing a lot. Hmm.
Daneel_ 6y ago
Multiple ergonomics guides give the guidance I mentioned. Here’s a link to a few, but I encourage you to do your own research. At the end of the day, if you’re finding that something helps to reduce long-term fatigue then it’s probably not too bad, but don’t forget that slouching in your chair feels good however it’s terrible ergonomically - this is similar. Comfortable short term, but not always long term. All of these recommend at or slightly below eye level: https://www.ors.od.nih.gov/sr/dohs/Documents/Computer%20Workstation%20Ergonomics%20Self%20Assessment%20Checklist.pdf https://www.ors.od.nih.gov/sr/dohs/Documents/Computer%20Work... https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/computerworkstations/components_monitors.html https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/computerworkstations/compon... https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/ergonomics/office/monitor_positioning.html https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/ergonomics/office/monitor_po... https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/83067/guide-ergo-comp-workstations.pdf https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/... https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/office-ergonomics/art-20046169 https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in... Etc.. The search I ran in google was “monitor ergonomics gov”