Tagged “monitor”
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Your glasses set the screen height, not the rule book
If you wear varifocals or reading glasses, the lens decides where the screen goes. How to tell, and why the right answer will look far too low.
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Where the paper goes
Paper flat on the desk drops your head lower than any screen does. Where documents belong, and how to make a holder out of what's already there.
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The laptop is the problem
A laptop puts the screen and the keyboard on the same object, so one of them is always wrong. The fix is separating them, and the cheap version works.
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Monitor height and distance
Your head goes wherever the screen makes it go. How to find the right height and distance by checking your own eyes rather than measuring anything.
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Two monitors, and which one is the main one
Two screens side by side means neither is in front of you. How to decide on a primary, arrange the second, and stop turning your head all day.
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Glare, the window, and where light should come from
Turn your screen off and look at it — whatever you can see is glare. How window position, room brightness and reflections change how you sit.
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Desk depth is the constraint nobody checks
How deep your desk is decides how far away the screen can go, and a shallow desk forces a compromise. How to spot it and how to buy depth back for free.