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No, wrongly assigned to me I'm afraid. Not guilty nor a user of Password Managers.

 

I do think about them, but I'm not really sure what you are getting at here.

No, that is something I mostly chose not to think about nowadays - and I'm not sure how my monitor would impact on it anyway.

It's not about the cost, it's about considering the environmental impact.

Also, I would struggle to fit a monitor that large on my desk, and in order to view the whole screen comfortably I'd have to move my seat somewhat further back - which might make using my keyboard tricky.

 

However small the stand is you still need space around it for the rest of the monitor, and yes, my desk is quite shallow - I only have about 2" of empty desk space behind my current monitor.

I currently sit with my eyes about 30" from my monitor, although I might occasionally move in a bit closer to decipher some particularly obscure old handwriting. That's well within the recommended range for my monitor, and also means my arms are in a comfortable position for the mouse and keyboard.

 

It's nice to have someone concerned for my welfare, but it's all good - no computer related problems with either my eyes or my back (or anything else for that matter). My desk doesn't have a monitor shelf over, it has a keyboard and mouse shelf under instead.

It's a 15" screen, 1024 x 768 resolution - I did say it was the day before yesterday's model! It's only for the new style FMP pages that I am reducing to 75% - everything else works fine at 100%.

 

Doesn't work for me. I am permanently logged in so I logged out and used the link. The link took me to the start a free trial page and how I can bring my back story to life. (Grrr, my back does not have a story!!)
When I logged back in I didn't get an offer either.

 

No. BUT I think i ignored something yesterday (maybe about 24 hours ago) because I thought it was yet another DNA offer.

 

I have computer glasses but have to admit forgot about them until I read your post I got them three years ago along with my progressives, which I only wear when watching TV while doing needlework. I can read quite well without them as long as I do not close my right eye. I find myself closing the left quite often without even realizing it but can read the screen and any book with just the right eye. I think the reason why I pretty much forgot them is because I can see the computer screen better without them; the print is just the teeniest bit fuzzy around the edges with them.

 

Well CB, if I may be so bold as to say so, perhaps it's time to get them tested again? I am sure Canadian Optometrists use the same equipment as the UK and I well recall being asked what sort of distance I sat from my monitors, and then having set an adjustable screen at that distance, going through variable lens strengths (with each eye) until I pronounced whether A or B gave the best vision. Then, of course, after visiting the Opticians to try on my new Computer glasses, being asked to check they performed as intended by moving my chair to view a screen at the right distance.

I do not have old computer glasses, but if I judge your 'a bit fuzzy' comments with older prescription glasses (which of course as I rarely discard anything I keep for 'contingencies') then yes, older glasses -especially viewed through my 'inferior' eye (by that I mean the one that needs the most correction over time)- may well make things appear fuzzy.

On the other hand you may be one of those who (like my wife for instance) actually gets a no-change report and last time an 'improved' vision report, in which case she also would not want to use her older glasses for fear they made things appear fuzzy. But either way an eye test and mentioning about the 'fuzziness' will soon uncover the reason why this happens.

 

My eyes have changed several times over the past ten years or so. Before I had cataract surgery I needed glasses for close-up work; in fact I also needed a strong light as well as a magnifying light for doing needlework (cross stitch). Afterwards, everything changed to the opposite. Then I had retinal surgery and everything changed again. Today I have progressives so I can see the TV and also for my stitching. The maglight is very much necessary. (I also have macular degeneration but it is not all that noticeable as yet) But for just plain reading I do not need the glasses at all. My current glasses are over three years old but insurance will not pay for new ones until February.

I should add that Ancestry has not offered a 50% discount either, but my subscription is good until March. I pay for six months at a time. And I use ancestry.ca

 

I have always found that examination to be very confusing. I feel that I am sitting a test and have to give the 'correct' answer! I am not all that happy with my last pair of specs.

 

Having read of your eyesight problems and solutions, you certainly didn't need any advice about taking another eye test, and most likely may not need new computer glasses as another test may confirm. Good luck.

 

I can understand why questions asked at an eye test ..."which lens is clearer A or B" (repeated ad infinitum) ..."can you read the line below"... "keep you eye on the red dot and press the button when you see anything in your peripheral vision" and more of the same can seem daunting, I have to admit I have only met tolerance and patience even when I ask for a particular test to be repeated.

As for not being happy with the new specs, even if accepted at the time, I would most certainly return to the Opticians and explain why I was unhappy with the new glasses, providing of course it is not just a belated decision of not liking the frames. (Although in my wife's case I doubt even that would daunt her).