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I think the premise is flawed -- the idea that using our PC should be a static experience where we minimise movement of the body. The same thing leads to keybo
by zbuf 5y ago
I think the premise is flawed -- the idea that using our PC should be a static experience where we minimise movement of the body.
The same thing leads to keyboard fanatics trying to get all typing from the fingers without moving their wrists or arms; that seems likely to be a terrible recipe for RSI.
As a user of multiple large monitors for many years, I enjoy actually turning my neck, rotating my body and moving on the chair to orientate around different parts of the screen space. Probably I have to actually re-focus my eyes as well, as the screen edges are a little further away, too.
I heard this is similar to pianists, who say you should only play from the fingers if you can't move the wrist, and from the wrist if you can't move the arm.
Am I the only person who thinks a certain level of physical interaction when at the PC is actually a good thing?
- altaltalt 5y agoYou are not alone. See my comment.
- jstimpfle 5y agoI bought a 27" UHD Monitor and was very happy with it. I got the same monitor for my workplace but now I'm back to the previous 24" one (only HD unfortunately). Not sure why but it was too big in that office / for the tasks that I do. There can be such a thing as too much physical interaction. If I have to turn my head constantly, and more importantly find everything again with the eye, it's straining and it gets unproductive. Even at home where I'm happy with the monitor, I often have these huuuuge blank areas on the screen (that emit a lot of light), for example while typing this comment. But other elements (such as the browser's tablist) extend uncomfortably to the right, and typically I'm switching between the rightmost tabs.