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Don’t Call Me Bono… These Here Are Computer Glasses

10 points by wensing 18y ago

zandorg 18y ago
Argh, everything will look blue after wearing those.
nuclear_eclipse 18y ago
I personally wear contacts for my pitiful eyesight; even getting 12" away from the monitor, I can't read anything without my contacts, even with Firefox on highest magnification. With correction, I have 20/25 vision, but I still sometimes get eyestrain and can feel my eye muscles going limp/lazy/cross-eyed when I'm staring too much at a monitor or TV, and I wonder if perhaps these sort of glasses might help. However, I didn't quite grasp what the glasses actually did for him, or what they offer to the wearer; is there a better explanation someone wants to offer?
- mattmcknight 18y ago
  It seems like making everything yellow is like dropping out the brightness a little and reducing the contrast. I feel like I could adjust my monitor to do this.
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- gcv 18y ago
  I'd like to hear an answer to this, too. Could it be the magnification? Basically, do these things just work like very low-power reading glasses (say, +0.25)?
wallflower 18y ago
Get a special prescription if you already use eyeglasses. And you won't have to make inadvertent fashion statements. I have had computer prescription eyeglasses for over five years now. They are a variation on your standard prescription that you can get from your eye doctor. They have helped stabilize my worsening eyesight. I highly recommend that if you stare at a screen all day long to at least consider investing in a pair and using them. Don't take your eyesight for granted. My eye doctor also recommended the 20-20-20 rule - every 20 minutes look at least 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds. It helps unfocus your eyes and you know how quickly 20 minutes can go in a coding binge.
- sh1mmer 18y ago
  My eye doctor also recommended the 20-20-20 rule Good call! I'd recommend AntiRSI.app (http://tech.inhelsinki.nl/antirsi/ http://tech.inhelsinki.nl/antirsi/) too remind you to do this. It has breaks and micro-breaks. Micro breaks are for your eyes, breaks are for the rest of you as well.
- iigs 18y ago
  I'm fortunate enough to work at an office building with a pier overlooking a lake. Every so often I take a non-smoking break and walk out to the end of the pier and focus on the tree line on the horizon at the opposite end of the lake. I have no science to back up any claims but it certainly feels good to do that, and looking at the LCDs again afterwards feels nicer too.
- grouchyOldGuy 18y ago
  I also got prescription computer glasses a few months ago after using non-prescription reading glasses. They seem to work well, and I paid extra to get the anti-reflective coating too. I spend 8-16 hours a day staring at computer screens. I wish that my boss would replace the ancient 21-inch CRT displays on my desk at work with a flat screen LCD--even with good glasses, the displays are fuzzy (and I'm sure it's the displays and not my eyes now.)

10 points by wensing 18y ago

Argh, everything will look blue after wearing those.

I personally wear contacts for my pitiful eyesight; even getting 12" away from the monitor, I can't read anything without my contacts, even with Firefox on highest magnification. With correction, I have 20/25 vision, but I still sometimes get eyestrain and can feel my eye muscles going limp/lazy/cross-eyed when I'm staring too much at a monitor or TV, and I wonder if perhaps these sort of glasses might help. However, I didn't quite grasp what the glasses actually did for him, or what they offer to the wearer; is there a better explanation someone wants to offer?

mattmcknight 18y ago
It seems like making everything yellow is like dropping out the brightness a little and reducing the contrast. I feel like I could adjust my monitor to do this.
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gcv 18y ago
I'd like to hear an answer to this, too. Could it be the magnification? Basically, do these things just work like very low-power reading glasses (say, +0.25)?

wallflower 18y ago

Get a special prescription if you already use eyeglasses. And you won't have to make inadvertent fashion statements. I have had computer prescription eyeglasses for over five years now. They are a variation on your standard prescription that you can get from your eye doctor. They have helped stabilize my worsening eyesight. I highly recommend that if you stare at a screen all day long to at least consider investing in a pair and using them. Don't take your eyesight for granted. My eye doctor also recommended the 20-20-20 rule - every 20 minutes look at least 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds. It helps unfocus your eyes and you know how quickly 20 minutes can go in a coding binge.

sh1mmer 18y ago
My eye doctor also recommended the 20-20-20 rule Good call! I'd recommend AntiRSI.app (http://tech.inhelsinki.nl/antirsi/ http://tech.inhelsinki.nl/antirsi/) too remind you to do this. It has breaks and micro-breaks. Micro breaks are for your eyes, breaks are for the rest of you as well.
iigs 18y ago
I'm fortunate enough to work at an office building with a pier overlooking a lake. Every so often I take a non-smoking break and walk out to the end of the pier and focus on the tree line on the horizon at the opposite end of the lake. I have no science to back up any claims but it certainly feels good to do that, and looking at the LCDs again afterwards feels nicer too.
grouchyOldGuy 18y ago
I also got prescription computer glasses a few months ago after using non-prescription reading glasses. They seem to work well, and I paid extra to get the anti-reflective coating too. I spend 8-16 hours a day staring at computer screens. I wish that my boss would replace the ancient 21-inch CRT displays on my desk at work with a flat screen LCD--even with good glasses, the displays are fuzzy (and I'm sure it's the displays and not my eyes now.)