Dec. 3rd, 2002
ergonomics
Dec. 3rd, 2002 09:19 pmI think that the general death of desktop computers in favor of towers or laptops has contributed to the occurrence of back problems. So many people seem to think it's perfectly fine to have the keyboard on a desk, with the monitor plopped down on the same surface. Unless you're really short, it's not... this leads to awkward slouching that causes trouble when you do it for extended periods.
With a big flat box on your desktop, there's somewhere obvious to put the monitor on top of, at about the right height. But with an even bigger box hidden under the desk, you're left at the mercy of whatever stand adjustment the manufacturer of your monitor has seen fit to offer, which is usually none.
Everywhere I go, I see this. Monitor on the same table or desk as the keyboard, no keyboard drawer, no monitor raising, no nothing. Animation studios, video game companies, nobody lifts the monitor to the backache-avoiding height...
I need to figure out how to safely prop up the monitor at work. *sigh*
With a big flat box on your desktop, there's somewhere obvious to put the monitor on top of, at about the right height. But with an even bigger box hidden under the desk, you're left at the mercy of whatever stand adjustment the manufacturer of your monitor has seen fit to offer, which is usually none.
Everywhere I go, I see this. Monitor on the same table or desk as the keyboard, no keyboard drawer, no monitor raising, no nothing. Animation studios, video game companies, nobody lifts the monitor to the backache-avoiding height...
I need to figure out how to safely prop up the monitor at work. *sigh*