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    CP would be displayed in the HUD of course


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    Dalek Dave
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    I like the ZZZ glasses. They make you look like your eyes are open, but actually you are grabbing some dreamtime.

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      I don't mean prescription eyewear. After long days in front of the monitors I found my eyes really strained at the end of the day so I thought I'd try a pair of Gunnar[^] glasses. They do help. The screens are more clear and my eyes are not strained at the end of the day. They also make me look like Bono. The old, fat, poor and can't sing version. :-D Anyone else use similar products?


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      You should not deny it....suddenly you'll start going to the gym and using shirts with rolled-up sleeves....glasses is the first step to become a brogrammer

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        R Giskard Reventlov
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        Both excellent responses (see henry's above). 5 for each. I should be a straight man... (here all week).

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          I don't mean prescription eyewear. After long days in front of the monitors I found my eyes really strained at the end of the day so I thought I'd try a pair of Gunnar[^] glasses. They do help. The screens are more clear and my eyes are not strained at the end of the day. They also make me look like Bono. The old, fat, poor and can't sing version. :-D Anyone else use similar products?


          Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.

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          Orcun Iyigun
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          Hey Mark, I have posted a similar question like yours earlier. I don't know if it is going to help but here is the thread[^]. Cheers, OI

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            I don't mean prescription eyewear. After long days in front of the monitors I found my eyes really strained at the end of the day so I thought I'd try a pair of Gunnar[^] glasses. They do help. The screens are more clear and my eyes are not strained at the end of the day. They also make me look like Bono. The old, fat, poor and can't sing version. :-D Anyone else use similar products?


            Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.

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            GuyThiebaut
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            A little trick I started using about 6 years back and has made a big difference - is to go into the settings for windows then: On the white backgrounds select the "other" option and you should get to a slider which will allow you to set the white to be set to slight grey tone - doing this means is that you don't have to fiddle with the contrast on your monitor and you are only changing the pure white light which its what I found caused eye strain. (In windows 7 right click on the desktop then --> personalize/windows color/advanced appearance settings/ click on the white part of a windon/click the color 1 dropdown/click on "other" button)

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            • O Orcun Iyigun

              Hey Mark, I have posted a similar question like yours earlier. I don't know if it is going to help but here is the thread[^]. Cheers, OI

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              What help? There was no help being asked for. I'm not asking for reviews. Just making a comment and asking a question.


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              • S Soulus83

                You should not deny it....suddenly you'll start going to the gym and using shirts with rolled-up sleeves....glasses is the first step to become a brogrammer

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                They were all using Macs. No thank you. I'll return the glasses immediately.


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                • D Dalek Dave

                  Shameel, may I ask your age?

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                    A little trick I started using about 6 years back and has made a big difference - is to go into the settings for windows then: On the white backgrounds select the "other" option and you should get to a slider which will allow you to set the white to be set to slight grey tone - doing this means is that you don't have to fiddle with the contrast on your monitor and you are only changing the pure white light which its what I found caused eye strain. (In windows 7 right click on the desktop then --> personalize/windows color/advanced appearance settings/ click on the white part of a windon/click the color 1 dropdown/click on "other" button)

                    “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

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                    Henry Minute
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                    I do something very similar except instead of grey I use R:225 G:215 B:192 which is a light buff/tan colour. Suits my eyes well after years of use (since 3.11 anyway :) ).

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                      I do something very similar except instead of grey I use R:225 G:215 B:192 which is a light buff/tan colour. Suits my eyes well after years of use (since 3.11 anyway :) ).

                      Henry Minute Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is. Cogito ergo thumb - Sucking my thumb helps me to think.

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                      You've only used your eyes since March 2011? :)


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                        I don't mean prescription eyewear. After long days in front of the monitors I found my eyes really strained at the end of the day so I thought I'd try a pair of Gunnar[^] glasses. They do help. The screens are more clear and my eyes are not strained at the end of the day. They also make me look like Bono. The old, fat, poor and can't sing version. :-D Anyone else use similar products?


                        Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.

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                        Could it be that part of why they work is that they adjust the color temperature in the center of your vision, ie the monitor? I use a small freeware program called F.lux. http://stereopsis.com/flux/[^] It tunes the white point of my display to match the ambient lighting as appropriate for the time of day. I have to say it makes a huge difference to have your display's white point set correctly. 9300K when it's dark outside is terrible. Also, fluorescent lighting in your workplace is really going to contribute. My glasses (which correct myopia) also have the AR + polarizing coatings, although I follow my optician's advice and don't wear them for use at arms' length, which is where you're supposed to sit for most normal desktop monitor sizes. I also agree with other posters. Don't max out your brightness and contrast. Your monitor will last longer and your eyes will not be nearly as strained. I could go on about this stuff, being that I've done a lot of informal research over the couple decades I've been in computing.

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                          You've only used your eyes since March 2011? :)


                          Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.

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                          Henry Minute
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                          Yep. Before then I had a seeing eye hamster because dogs are too much work for older people.

                          Henry Minute Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is. Cogito ergo thumb - Sucking my thumb helps me to think.

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                            Could it be that part of why they work is that they adjust the color temperature in the center of your vision, ie the monitor? I use a small freeware program called F.lux. http://stereopsis.com/flux/[^] It tunes the white point of my display to match the ambient lighting as appropriate for the time of day. I have to say it makes a huge difference to have your display's white point set correctly. 9300K when it's dark outside is terrible. Also, fluorescent lighting in your workplace is really going to contribute. My glasses (which correct myopia) also have the AR + polarizing coatings, although I follow my optician's advice and don't wear them for use at arms' length, which is where you're supposed to sit for most normal desktop monitor sizes. I also agree with other posters. Don't max out your brightness and contrast. Your monitor will last longer and your eyes will not be nearly as strained. I could go on about this stuff, being that I've done a lot of informal research over the couple decades I've been in computing.

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                            You seem to have missed the point. The post was not about what settings to use on my monitor, color temperatures, lighting conditions or the number of hamsters in Wales. Do you wear similar glasses or not?


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                              Could it be that part of why they work is that they adjust the color temperature in the center of your vision, ie the monitor? I use a small freeware program called F.lux. http://stereopsis.com/flux/[^] It tunes the white point of my display to match the ambient lighting as appropriate for the time of day. I have to say it makes a huge difference to have your display's white point set correctly. 9300K when it's dark outside is terrible. Also, fluorescent lighting in your workplace is really going to contribute. My glasses (which correct myopia) also have the AR + polarizing coatings, although I follow my optician's advice and don't wear them for use at arms' length, which is where you're supposed to sit for most normal desktop monitor sizes. I also agree with other posters. Don't max out your brightness and contrast. Your monitor will last longer and your eyes will not be nearly as strained. I could go on about this stuff, being that I've done a lot of informal research over the couple decades I've been in computing.

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                              GuyThiebaut
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                              Thanks for the tip on flux - I am trying it out now and like it :thumbsup:

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                                David C Hobbyist
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                                Wow wait till you hit 50

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                                • S Soulus83

                                  You should not deny it....suddenly you'll start going to the gym and using shirts with rolled-up sleeves....glasses is the first step to become a brogrammer

                                  "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--either way, you are right." — Henry Ford "When I waste my time, I only use the best, Code Project...don't leave home without it." — Slacker007

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                                  Ahh, BroGrammers are special kind of tool though...

                                  Something worth reading, albeit it's invincible!

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                                    You seem to have missed the point. The post was not about what settings to use on my monitor, color temperatures, lighting conditions or the number of hamsters in Wales. Do you wear similar glasses or not?


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                                    djdanlib 0
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                                    I was merely contributing to what I thought was a discussion on relieving eye strain, with your contribution being some tinted glasses that probably work just fine. Why the anger?

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