Seriously?
Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers
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Re: Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers
#412Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's nonsense, I'm perfectly capable of slouching without the assistance of a back rest.
Op must have an iron rod for a spine. I naturally slouch lying down . Cats are less fluid than my posture at 4pm-second-wind, two-screens-of-code-and-one-of-data full-crunch-engaged mode.
the only solution appear to be a reverse standing desk. you get one of those reclinable planks to hang yourself upside down at an incline and have gravity fix your posture
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#413Earlier quoted context omitted.
Example of a web developer: Monitor #1: The page Monitor #2: The code Monitor #3: Mail, chat etc. You can drop the third one, but at least two is kinda required. You can't just shove #1 and #2 on a single monitor or the page layout won't match the user's.
Or I can put the browser and the code editor on different workspaces and instantly switch between them with the press of a key.
It's not faster than flicking your eyes to the other screen. And you can't type in workspace #1 while looking at workspace #2 :)
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#414Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Pitch" is actually a useful rotation. Displays should be placed as far away as practical, with their top edge roughly at eye level, and tilted so that the bottom of the display is closer to the body than the top. Eyes have an easier time both focusing and converging closer in the bottom part of the field of view. Viewers should sit up, with their backs and necks straight and plumb, and look around at different parts…
> with their top edge roughly at eye level I'd heard that this advice has changed, and that the centre of the screen being roughly at eye level is recommended. Though maybe that was wrong?
There is a ton of terrible advice out there, including from official standards organizations. Office ergonomics is a mess, with widespread normalization of injury-causing practices, and a lot of poorly designed/implemented research uninformed by any understanding of human anatomy.
If you find some particular screen placement personally comfortable though, go for it. Keyboard design and use is generally a much bigger problem.
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#415What we need is short lines. Why? It's cognitively better. Fast reading apps optimize for eye movement.
Also this is why boustrophedon is great. It makes your eyes move smoothly, not abruptly skip left after each line. This is better for your attention and beneficial for your health by keeping you balanced.
You may notice the difference in how your sight/attention flow from left to right and in the opposite direction.
Re: Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers
#416Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or I can put the browser and the code editor on different workspaces and instantly switch between them with the press of a key.
It's not faster than flicking your eyes to the other screen. And you can't type in workspace #1 while looking at workspace #2 :)
Debatable, my sway setup transitions instantly :) Everyone has their preferred workflow. I personally switched back from two monitors to a 15" laptop screen
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#417This is interesting but the author considers only one degree of freedom, "roll". Equally important are "pitch" and "yaw". "pitch" is necessary to accommodate another kind of rotation, known in HCI as "slouch". "yaw" is important because sometimes your code is so elegant and impressive, that you need people walking by to see it more than you need to see it yourself. You use yaw to rotate your monitor away, toward the…
Could stretch the "yaw" into a "yawn" which is the typical response when you showcase your elegant and impressive code to family and friends.
Yeah that's like Louis and the rest of the family pretending to eat and enjoy Stewie's sand cake (complete with plastic toys for decoration): "Mmmh yummie, Stewie is a great cook"
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#418Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know that you are writing in jest, but the very concept that any amount of slouching is tolerable to someone in this profession should be outrageous. We spend decades deforming our backs to sit in chairs. The least we can do is to promote the idea of an international "Insufficiently Ergonomic Office Chair Bonfire Day".
You don't want to burn all that plastic, not without a gas mask at least. But hey, recreational axe throwing by the hour is apparently a thing and so also are places where you literally go and pay to break stuff, I think there's a niche in the intersection of those where angle grinders and shitty chairs both fit. Just want to make sure your PI and liability cover is good.
Thinking "axe" and "break stuff", there is nothing like going to split some firewood for a while to limber up away from the desk.
Re: Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers
#419Earlier quoted context omitted.
Op must have an iron rod for a spine. I naturally slouch lying down . Cats are less fluid than my posture at 4pm-second-wind, two-screens-of-code-and-one-of-data full-crunch-engaged mode.
the only solution appear to be a reverse standing desk. you get one of those reclinable planks to hang yourself upside down at an incline and have gravity fix your posture
Ok, we found a graduate of Tom Cruise's programming school (Mission Impossible) .
Re: Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers
#420Earlier quoted context omitted.
You don't want to burn all that plastic, not without a gas mask at least. But hey, recreational axe throwing by the hour is apparently a thing and so also are places where you literally go and pay to break stuff, I think there's a niche in the intersection of those where angle grinders and shitty chairs both fit. Just want to make sure your PI and liability cover is good.
Thinking "axe" and "break stuff", there is nothing like going to split some firewood for a while to limber up away from the desk.
I've got plenty of split wood in the shed, but Beat Saber in VR has been great for this same purpose lately. The problem, I find, is stopping when I need to - it's engrossing enough that I have to set a phone alarm, and not only when I need to be back at my desk by a given time.