Everyone has different vision, of course! If you don't mind my asking, what is your viewing distance to the screen?
One big consideration for me: I'm 65, so my eyes are not able to focus back and forth to different distances like a younger person.
My solution is a pair of single vision prescription lenses, adjusted to the distance to my monitor(s). I need to be able to use the laptop all on its own, so that determines the focus distance: about 20".
Because of that, I also place any secondary monitor at about the same distance from my eyes, otherwise it would be out of focus. I can't go changing glasses to look at a different monitor. :-)
A 24" 4K display works nicely for this, and as I mentioned it's small enough to work really well in portrait mode.
So I have two recommendations for any programmer. If you haven't used a portrait mode monitor, try it out alongside your laptop display. It's a very practical setup.
But more importantly, if you find yourself gravitating toward lower-DPI monitors, it may be time for a vision check and a good pair of single vision prescription glasses adjusted for your monitor distance (again, about 20" if you ever need to use a laptop by itself). I put off doing this for years - I always thought of myself as the kind of person who "didn't need glasses."
When I finally got the prescription lenses, it was a real eye-opener - pun intended!
One big consideration for me: I'm 65, so my eyes are not able to focus back and forth to different distances like a younger person.
My solution is a pair of single vision prescription lenses, adjusted to the distance to my monitor(s). I need to be able to use the laptop all on its own, so that determines the focus distance: about 20".
Because of that, I also place any secondary monitor at about the same distance from my eyes, otherwise it would be out of focus. I can't go changing glasses to look at a different monitor. :-)
A 24" 4K display works nicely for this, and as I mentioned it's small enough to work really well in portrait mode.
So I have two recommendations for any programmer. If you haven't used a portrait mode monitor, try it out alongside your laptop display. It's a very practical setup.
But more importantly, if you find yourself gravitating toward lower-DPI monitors, it may be time for a vision check and a good pair of single vision prescription glasses adjusted for your monitor distance (again, about 20" if you ever need to use a laptop by itself). I put off doing this for years - I always thought of myself as the kind of person who "didn't need glasses."
When I finally got the prescription lenses, it was a real eye-opener - pun intended!