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> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 19:19:18 -0400 > From: Margaret Monty <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: "assist" for Windows "mousing" > > > We had an odd problem with the larger screens: ergonomically, > > (according to our friendly neighborhood industrial hygenicist) your eyes > > are supposed to be level with the upper part of the screen, so that you > > look across and maybe down but not up. This is particularly important for > > people who wear bifocals. Mother is so short that we couldn't get the > > table down low enough without messing up her kneeroom! > > > Another suggestion: I placed a shorter table beside my desk (similar to a > typing "return" table), and put the monitor there. The keyboard/mouse are > on the desk, and the CPU is underneath. The upper part of the screen is now > slightly below eye level, with the lower part just at the level of the desk. > This also keeps the monitor a reasonable distance away from the body. This > arrangement means having to turn the head or body toward the monitor, We had already moved the CPU. It seems that twisting the body for a long time would also be unergonomic. > but if > space permits, a high table forward, low table behind might also work. > That would work, I think. It turned out that M. was happiest with a smaller monitor and big fonts. She prefers to have only one window up at a time. > Look forward to hearing from your mother here! > She's the elder Mrs. Immega, actually, and you will probably hear from her -- she's really getting into this computer stuff. --- Usual disclaimers, vis a vis opinions, use and attribution thereof! ====================================================================== Inda Immega, Pecten International Co. [log in to unmask] ======C=o=m=p=u=t=e=r===A=i=d=e=d===I=n=t=e=r=p=r=e=t=a=t=i=o=n=======