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I don't particularly like the Apple Studio Display, but this post is wrong on the ergonomics. Generally the top of your monitor should sit at or just below eye

• sp332 5y ago
  Doesn't that mean you have your head slouched forward most of the time? I think that's just painful.
  • kitsunesoba 5y ago
    Indeed, I’ve had my desk set up to have the middle of my screen line up with my eyes to keep my neck straight. When I have to use a more traditional setup that has my face tilting down a bit, my neck quickly tells me to stop.
    • Joeri 5y ago
      What works for you is what works for you, but I don’t think putting the middle of the screen at eye level is good advice for most people. Moving the head is indeed a bad thing, but you’re not supposed to tilt the head down, only the eyes. All ergonomic advice says to put the top of the screen 5 to 10 cm above eye level so that the eyes can move to any spot on the screen comfortably without having to tilt the head. It is straining on the eyes to look up, so having the top of the screen too far above eye level causes people to tilt their head backwards to look at the top of the screen. I used to raise my screens and had exactly this problem, with lots of shoulder and neck aches. Now that my screen is at the ergonomic height I can work entire days without having neck or shoulder discomfort.
  • tehnub 5y ago
    It means your head/neck is straight, but your eyes glance slightly downwards. I believe I read in some ergonomics article that the natural, most comfortable gaze position of the eye is not straight ahead, but slightly down.
    • jen729w 5y ago
      My optician told me this last year. Less strain on the eyes.