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Pause Me – Apply the 20-20-20 rule to prevent eyestrain while working

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Re: Pause Me – Apply the 20-20-20 rule to prevent eyestrain while working

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Post by anon4 »

yelnatz wrote: post #9

Is this even usable as a developer? Seems it'll be annoying for something to break my concentration every 20 minutes, losing my flow all the time.

I actually use a similar thing - I run a script that locks the screen every 30 minutes and take a short break. At first it can be a bit annoying, but it does reduce eye strain and improves overall well-being.

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Post by geococcyxc »

anupshinde wrote: post #8

I have experienced that eyes strain much lesser while using a LCD display instead of an LED display. Experienced this pretty much consistently. LEDs start hurting my eyes after some time. And I use a MBP with Retina display for long hours - and I have to say, it has never put stress on my eyes at all (unless I make the screen too bright). Also I do not work at super-high small font resolutions - that allows me to kee…

Your MBP contains what is commonly called an "LED" display - an LCD with LED backlight.

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Post by castell »

anupshinde wrote: post #8

I have experienced that eyes strain much lesser while using a LCD display instead of an LED display. Experienced this pretty much consistently. LEDs start hurting my eyes after some time. And I use a MBP with Retina display for long hours - and I have to say, it has never put stress on my eyes at all (unless I make the screen too bright). Also I do not work at super-high small font resolutions - that allows me to kee…

Do you mean a LCD display with fluorescent tube as light source, instead of an LCD display with an LED as light source?

Your MacBookPro with Retina display uses an LCD with LED light source too - it's just an LCD panel with IPS technology instead of the TN technology (common in cheaper desktop monitor panels).

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Post by rosstex »

sgloutnikov wrote: post #13

On the topic of eye strain. For anyone not familiar with f.lux, highly recommend you check it out. Everyone that I have recommended it to so far loves it. https://justgetflux.com

My eye strain ended permanently about 4 years ago, the day I installed f.lux. My eyes have never once felt strained at night after that day. Truly a miracle program.

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Post by henrik_w »

yelnatz wrote: post #9

Is this even usable as a developer? Seems it'll be annoying for something to break my concentration every 20 minutes, losing my flow all the time.

I use RSIGuard (Mac), not for eye strain but for muscle pain in my forearms. I've set it up to give micro breaks (10 seconds) every 5 minutes and exercise breaks (4 minutes) every 45 minutes. It does break the flow, which is a bit of a pain, but not as much of a pain as I had in my arms :-)

I've written more about how I got rid of my RSI here: http://henrikwarne.com/2012/02/18/how-i-beat-rsi/

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rosstex wrote: post #16
sgloutnikov wrote: post #13

On the topic of eye strain. For anyone not familiar with f.lux, highly recommend you check it out. Everyone that I have recommended it to so far loves it. https://justgetflux.com

My eye strain ended permanently about 4 years ago, the day I installed f.lux. My eyes have never once felt strained at night after that day. Truly a miracle program.

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