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"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:54:36 GMT, "Bioboffin"
> <Reply_to_Group_please@zzz.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>> It is uncomfortable to maintain the same posture for an extended
>>period of time. When users tire of the head-erect posture, the acceptable
>>alternative postures with an eye-level monitor are limited. Flexing the
>>neck
>>is one alternative, but that results in the user looking out of the top of
>>their eyes. While bending the neck downward may be physically comfortable
>>(as long as you are not forced to hold it in a fixed position), looking
>>out
>>of the top of your eyes at close objects is extremely uncomfortable.
>>People
>>will just not do it for any length of time.
>
> I suppose this is the part I disagree with, that i seldom see
> people taking odd head postures like a bird while looking at
> their monitor. I don't feel anyone will be tilting their head
> enough up or down that they'd be looking upwards so much that
> it's uncomfortable.
At the end of the day, it is your neck!
My only comment is that after 23 years of using computers, I am more aware
of neck stiffness than when I was younger. Like many of these Health and
Safety issues, it is easy to laugh at the time, but you may have to pay for
it later!
>
>> Neck extension and forward head posture, while acceptable for the
>>visual system, have been associated with both discomfort and disease
>>(Kumar
>>1994; McKinnon 1994). With a low monitor position you can hold your head
>>erect and look downward. When that posture becomes tiring, as eventually
>>it
>>will, a low monitor will allow you to alternate among a wide range of
>>flexed
>>neck postures that allow good visual performance and will not increase
>>postural discomfort (as long as you don't hold any particular posture for
>>a
>>long time)."
>
> Still sounds like BS to me, with monitor at eye level the head
> can be tilted a little up or a little down, less deviation from a
> normal angle... at least that's what _I_ find most comfortable,
> maybe not everyone does?
>
> Only downside is that every time i have to use a monitor sitting
> on a desk I am disappointed to be having to look down upon it.
> At least with the old curved CRT tubes that did reduce glare but
> today that glare is easy enough to avoid.
>
>>
>>For a full explanation look here:
http://www.office-ergo.com/setting.htm
>>
>>Incidentally, one of the best bits of advice that I have found is to sit
>>in
>>front of your monitor with your eyes closed, and relax. When your head
>>position is completely comfortable, open your eyes, and note where on your
>>monitor your gaze settles. It should be in the middle of your screen.
>
> Wouldn't that have a lot to do with posture though? I mean, that
> neck position will put your relaxed gaze in quite a different
> place depending on chair, sitting habits, type of work being
> done, etc.
>
My posture when working at the keyboard is dictated by the position of the
keyboard. I arrange the chair, mouse, monitor and everything else to fit in
with that.
In any case I have no wish to pontificate on the subject. My original post
was really intended to highlight the fact that the position of the monitor
should be determined by what is most comfortable for the user, rather than
by whether the position of the monitor might cause problems for the hard
drive.
Take care,
John.
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