I’ve been shrimping for decades with minimal back pain so I think I’m doing something right.
Wait, you’re meant to be looking down? I was always told my eyes should line up with the top of my screen.
Yes, level with the top of the screen, so you’re looking slightly down.
In the graphic the screen is way too.
It’s probably just as important though that the screen is in front of you, so you’re not constantly looking to the same side.
Also, slouching every once in a while is actually better than keeping the same “correct” posture for 8 hours straight. We’re built to move.
Weird. Here™ (swiss), we learned that always looking down (phone) is bad for posture.
Btw, screen top should be at least eye level.
The first picture is only wrong because their posture is horrible. I’ve tried every possible screen height, and eye level works best as long as you sit up straight.
I got a monitor stand to put my monitor such that the middle of the screen was level with my eyes. Made my neck hurt worse. It needs to be a bit below eye level.
Wouldn’t that make sense from an evolutionary perspective? Through human history and prehistory, think of all the common tasks people did on a day-to-day basis. I would say the vast majority of them would involve looking at things below eye level. With the exception of picking fruit from trees or hunting birds in flight, most of the tasks we evolved to do involved looking at things below eye level. Most work with crops involves looking at things below the height of your eyes. Tracking prey involves looking at things below the line of the horizon or tracks on the ground. Crafting objects involves working with your hands and looking down at your work. Raising children involves looking down at their shorter stature.
Why wouldn’t our back and neck structure be evolutionarily optimized to look at things a bit below eye level?
Is your posture correct? The usual ergonomic advice is to have the top of the screen level with your eyes, but I’ve found that to be less comfortable for me. I look all over the screen, but most often at the middle, so I want that level with my eyes. I don’t think that looking down all day is great for posture.
