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Au contraire, as a developer staring at screens all day I think it's very important to invest in high quality displays

• fomine3 5y ago
  Generally agree to invest to avoid eye stain, but this is overkill.
  • fastball 5y ago
    How can you generally agree but then say this display is overkill? The previous displays were definitely not the peak of quality to avoid eye strain.
    • fomine3 5y ago
      To reduce eye strain, reducing glare is important so using non-reflective screen by sacrificing quality is better (or ideally eInk). XDR displays (and previous displays from Apple) are great for quality, but not fully optimized for reducing eye strain. https://www.eizo.com/library/basics/10_ways_to_address_eye_fatigue/ https://www.eizo.com/library/basics/10_ways_to_address_eye_f...
      • lwouis 5y ago
        I would argue dynamic backlit screens are terrible for development actually. High contrast is intense on the eye. I bought a QLED TV 3 years ago, and tried to use it as an external display for my laptop. It's painful to look at. You switch from a white window to a black one and the TV adjusts backlight dynamically and blasts your eyes. I would react by putting my hand in front on my eyes like if i had looked outside from inside a cave after getting used to the cave. Something like e-ink would be best for office work indeed. Lighting is external so controlled by the user and in line with the rest of the room
        • phil294 5y ago
          > High contrast is intense on the eye. Is it really the contrast though? No contrast is sharper than blank and white, and reading a book is fine.
          • lwouis 5y ago
            Sorry, I meant to say brightness contrast: high-end dynamic displays will turn off backlighting in black areas, and turn them all the way up in white areas. Let's say your movie shows a full moon in the night. Looking at that moon on the screen is now like looking at a torchlight in the night in real life. The moon section of the screen is blasting high brightness right at your eyes. This is what I meant. I tried doing office work on such a monitor, and quickly realize it's good for immersion, but terrible for office work, for which you want stable brightness.
• red2awn 5y ago
  As a developer, I think we should invest in big external monitor, not looking at a tiny 14in display, however nice it is.
  • fomine3 5y ago
    Agreed. Laptop form factor itself is also bad for ergonomics.