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Try changing your ambient lighting - when I had an ergo exam at work, they suggested that I make sure that the areas beside my monitor were of a similar brightn

by JimmyL 17y ago

Try changing your ambient lighting - when I had an ergo exam at work, they suggested that I make sure that the areas beside my monitor were of a similar brightness to the monitor (the idea being that it's stressful for your eyes to adjust brightness when you look to the side of your screen). I can't say I've noticed a difference, but the logic makes sense to me. Also see if you can have some surfaces around your monitor that are different distances away from your seat, so you can periodically look to them for a few seconds to allow your eyes to adjust and not get strained into one fixed "focal length". Lastly, don't underestimate the impact of some good eye drops. Many offices are much drier than they should be, and this effects contact-users even moreso. Throw some drops in now and then, and if you have an enclosed office, run a humidifier in there to get some moisture in the air.

drinian 17y ago
That is true -- some high-end TVs come with ambient lights behind the panel for this reason, to ease the transition between bright screen and dark room. I know this won't help you (no glasses) but I often alternate days between contacts that give me 20/15 vision and intentionally weak glasses that give me about 20/40 vision or so. I'm thinking that changing the effective distance that my eyes have to focus each day might help with eyestrain.
ptuzla 17y ago
In my experience, it's not only for the times you look to the side of the screen. Working in a dark environment with a relatively bright monitor is very harsh on the eyes, even you stare at the monitor all the time. So reducing the contrast between the ambient and the monitor is key to reducing eye strain, at least for my eyes. You can even improve this, by choosing a dark green or blue background, and some beige like pale color for foreground in you IDE or text editor.

by JimmyL 17y ago

drinian 17y ago

That is true -- some high-end TVs come with ambient lights behind the panel for this reason, to ease the transition between bright screen and dark room. I know this won't help you (no glasses) but I often alternate days between contacts that give me 20/15 vision and intentionally weak glasses that give me about 20/40 vision or so. I'm thinking that changing the effective distance that my eyes have to focus each day might help with eyestrain.

ptuzla 17y ago

In my experience, it's not only for the times you look to the side of the screen. Working in a dark environment with a relatively bright monitor is very harsh on the eyes, even you stare at the monitor all the time. So reducing the contrast between the ambient and the monitor is key to reducing eye strain, at least for my eyes. You can even improve this, by choosing a dark green or blue background, and some beige like pale color for foreground in you IDE or text editor.