[dragonsky67]

I think the floaters are a function of both getting old, and brighter "white" displays.

I started noticing them about 10 years ago when I got my first iMac. Prior to that I'd mostly used smaller CRT displays, suddenly my field of view was taken up by this big white screen and what were those dark shadows floating around my view...

A few years on and I still see them, especially when using a 21+ inch screen on white web pages. Just part of get old...

[jacobolus]

From what I understand accumulation of 'floaters' is common for most (all?) people as they age, though some people surely have more problem with them than others. I have never heard that looking at computer displays causes any particular effect on the rate at which they develop.

[jibreel]

i have a 13inch macbook pro and a desktop with 25 inch screen, i rarely ever see floaters on the laptop but i do on the desctop. so a maximized browser is a big no no.

making the text larger helps as well.