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There's a limit to how far up and down it's comfortable to look for long periods of time. That limit, in most desk setups, is pretty much the height of the top
by kadoban 3y ago
There's a limit to how far up and down it's comfortable to look for long periods of time. That limit, in most desk setups, is pretty much the height of the top of a landscape monitor. Once you reach that you might as well just have a wider monitor to be able to see multiple threads of work at once.
- jwells89 3y agoWith large 16:9 monitors in particular this is a problem. 16:10, 5:4, 4:3, 3:2, etc would all work better in portrait displays.
- dkersten 3y agoThat’s actually a good point. My main monitor sits on top of a stand so it’s raised above my desk, set up that the center is roughly eye height. The portrait monitor is on the desk and its top is about the same height as the main monitor. The laptop is also on the desk so is much lower, but I use it mainly for calendar, jira board and things like that.
- kadoban 3y agoThat sounds like a pretty good setup. One thing I heard, which feels true but I don't actually have a way to verify tbh: you should aim to have the _top_ of your monitor at eye level, to avoid temptation to look up often. I've been told that that is bad for your neck.